Strategic consulting
Walk away with at least three specific immediate actions, or your money back. No questions asked.
$750 fixed fee
For executive directors and marketing staff who need strategic clarity without a retainer commitment.
Led by a former Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) who understands mission-driven organizations, board dynamics, and constrained budgets.
$950 fixed fee
For owners who need to know what is working, what is broken, and what to fix first.
Thirty years of experience, platform-certified across email, ads, and SEO. Thorough enough to catch what a surface-level audit misses.
Marketing Priorities Report
Website, Google Analytics 4, Search Console, Facebook and Instagram, Google Ads.
Page 1 of 3. Sample: structure and depth match every delivered report.
We dig through your website, search presence, email, and ads before we ever get on the call, so the session starts at the deep end.
A focused walkthrough of what we found, live on Zoom, with your questions answered as we go.
A written plan within 48 hours: what to fix, in what order, and why each item earns its place.
Two weeks later, once you have started, we regroup on progress and unblock whatever stalled.
See the deliverable before you book: a redacted sample shows exactly what you are buying.
Download the sample report (PDF)“I can't say enough about the "spot on" communication skills of Dave. His lifelong experience and intuition accomplish our goals sooner than I expected.”
“Dave is knowledgeable, quick to respond, and truly great at what he does. The whole process was smooth, professional, and exceeded my expectations.”
Some engagements do not fit in an afternoon. For deeper strategy work, ongoing advisory, or a rebuild of the whole system, start with a conversation.
Schedule a discovery callWhen the diagnostic says what to fix, a monthly package is how it gets done.
The most common diagnostic finding is a site that is not converting. This is the fix.
What the strategy looks like once it ships.
What consultants cost, what you should walk away with, and five questions to ask before you hire one.
Someone you hire for judgment rather than execution: they assess your marketing, identify what is underperforming and why, and hand you a prioritized plan. Agencies sell you the doing; a consultant makes sure the doing is pointed at the right things.
In our case the work is productized: a pre-session audit of your website, search, email, and ads, a 90-minute working session, a written Marketing Priorities Report within 48 hours, and a follow-up call two weeks later.
Hourly consultants typically run $100 to $300 an hour, and open-ended retainers climb from there. We charge a fixed fee instead: $750 for nonprofits and $950 for small businesses, backed by a money-back guarantee.
Check that they have operated at your scale, ask to see a sample deliverable before you commit, and prefer a fixed scope over an open-ended retainer for a first engagement. A bounded diagnostic is the lowest-risk way to test the fit.
Referrals and reviews beat directories. Then read the consultant's own marketing critically: if their site cannot explain what you get, when you get it, and what it costs, their plan for your marketing will not be any clearer.
Pattern recognition from decades of real campaigns, the honesty to tell you what to stop doing, and recommendations specific enough to act on the same week. If the advice could apply to any business, it is not advice.