The Virtual CMO
The Virtual CMO is a podcast for experienced professionals building sustainable solo, fractional, advisory, or expert-led consulting businesses. Hosted by Eric Dickmann, founder of The Five Echelon Group and a fractional CMO, the show explores how independent experts turn their experience into authority, trust, client opportunities, and multiple income streams.
Each episode features candid conversations with fractional executives, consultants, advisors, coaches, authors, founders, and community builders who share the real lessons of building a business around their expertise. The show goes beyond polished success stories to examine positioning, offer design, pricing, referrals, business development, thought leadership, AI, marketing execution, and the emotional realities of working independently.
Whether you are a fractional executive, consultant, advisor, coach, or an experienced professional rethinking the traditional corporate path, The Virtual CMO helps you build a more visible, trusted, and commercially viable business around your expertise.
The Virtual CMO
Latest Episodes
Marketing Earns Its Seat At The Table When It Speaks Revenue with Dana Marxer
Followers, clicks, open rates, and impressions can make a marketing dashboard look busy, but they rarely answer the question your CEO and CFO actually ask: how much revenue did marketing influence? Eric Dickmann sits down with Dana Marxer, CEO ...
The Key to Marketing Technical Products and Services
For many marketers, it can be a challenge knowing how to market technical products and services when the assumption is often that for content to resonate, it must speak in very technical terms. Today, we'll discuss the secrets behind effective ...
Fractional CMO Insight: The Importance of Having a Marketing Strategy with Natalie Swan
In episode 124, host Eric Dickmann welcomes guest, Natalie Swan, a Fractional CMO at Swan & Associates. Natalie shares her unique perspective on the importance of marketing strategy. She shares insights on the necessity of having a clear ma...
Fractional Executives: A New Engagement Model with Nancy Fox
In episode 123, host Eric Dickmann talks with Nancy Fox - Co-Founder and Fractional CMO of Fractional Connections, an association of fractional executives and SMB owners. Over the years, she has trained and coached executive leaders and corpora...
How to Attract New Clients as a Fractional CMO with Dean Waye
In episode 122, host Eric Dickmann talks with Dean Waye - CEO of WayeCreative, a copywriting firm helping businesses and fractional CMOs attract, impress, and lock in new clients.Dean Wayne also co-hosts "This Audience Means Business," a...
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