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F-CMO.co is a network of experienced marketing professionals who specialise in providing Fractional CMO services to companies in the Middle East and S.E. Asia. Led by David Fuller, we are a group of peers who have worked with each other and know each other's capabilities. We pride ourselves on our professional reputations and work with partners to deliver exceptional marketing results. 

We believe that marketing is a diverse discipline that requires different skillsets for different challenges. While Marketing fundamentals can be applied to any product and any market, some verticals require specialised knowledge, which is why we partner with others. 

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Your customers are diverse. Your team needs to have different voices. In a time when AI is averaging people's experience, Marketing needs to listen the outliers and the edge-cases. Experience is a differentiator, but experience is subjective - no two people have the same experience.  

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The Case for a Fractional CMO and Marketing Strategy.

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Fractional Dubai CMO FAQ

Fractional is a relatively new word for a concept that has been around for a while. Think part-time plus.

A fractional Dubai based CMO is a senior marketing leader who works part‑time, in a flexible engagement from 1 or 2 days a week to 1 or 2 days a month. They own strategy, positioning, demand generation, and commercial marketing outcomes at a fraction of the AED 400,000–750,000 annual cost of a full‑time CMO. This model is increasingly used iby founders who need board‑level marketing leadership without hiring a permanent executive.

A fractional CMO Job description is the same as a full-time Chief Marketing Officer. The key letter is not M. The word Chief and Officer are important. Chief means that the CMO is the most senior marketer in the company. Officer means that the CMO is at the board table. 

  • Owns marketing strategy including product, pricing, positioning, and go‑to‑market plans.
  • Hires, leads and mentors internal teams. 
  • Engages, briefs and holds agencies to account. 
  • Aligns the business around long-term and short-term objectives with linked KPIs
  • Works with internal customers, including Sales / Growth / Revenue to create value.
  • Embeds into the leadership team like a full-time CMO but on a flexible schedule.

It depends on your business. In many cases, businesses hire a Factional CMO too late. GTM Is too late. Here are some of the signals that you need Factional Marketing leadership

  • Marketing spend isn’t converting into results.
  • The founder, who has no formal marketing training is acting as the de facto CMO.
  • The business is entering new markets that they have limited local knowledge of. 
  • The company is operating tactically on a month to month or quarter to quarter basis with no strategy. 
  • You can't afford a full-time CMO or the talent is difficult to find in market

Dubai is a hub. Not only does a Fractional Dubai based CMO serve areas like Al Barsha, Media City, Silicon Oasis and the DIFC, they can easily get to Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah and even Singapore or London. 

A Fractional Dubai based CMO sees the innovation happening in Fintech and Proptech as well as what founders are doing in blockchain and AI. 

F-CMO.co is led by David Fuller, a CMO who has worked for Procter & Gamble, Unilever and numerous start-ups. Based in Dubai since 2014, David has worked on Ecommerce and Digital Marketing projects with Chalhoub Group, AlTayer and OSN. He has worked in Sports Marketing and Sponsorship and acted as a Fractional Dubai based CMO for SaaS startups, fintech, travel, healthtech and ecommerce brands. 

Often a +971 number is not enough. The best way to check if your Fractional Dubai based CMO is actually in Dubai is to ask to meet in Dubai at short notice, or ask them questions that only a local would know. Get recommendations from other Fractional leaders.