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Frameworks and guides for UK founders

Practical, evidence-led tools to help you understand and evaluate your marketing, written for the people who carry the decision. Free to use, no jargon.

New tool · 2026 UK benchmarks

Fractional vs Full-Time Calculator

What would a senior hire really cost you? Compare the full first-year cost of a full-time CMO, CFO, CTO, COO or CPO with a fractional leader, including National Insurance, pension and recruitment fees. A full-time CMO on the UK median salary costs about £234,000 in year one.

6

Leadership roles

80%

Lower year-one cost than a full-time CMO

2026

UK and London salary data

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What else is available

New frameworks, guides and blueprints are added regularly.

Framework · 2026 edition

The B2B AEO Framework

Getting your SME into the AI answer, not just the search result. Twelve parts, a five-pillar method and an honest account of what you can and can’t measure inside AI-generated answers.

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Framework

The B2B SME Marketing Framework

A founder’s guide to understanding and evaluating your marketing. Eleven parts, a five-pillar scoring tool, and an honest answer to whether what you’re doing is actually working.

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Guide · coming soon

AI Spend Discipline

Why AI cost stays invisible until it’s large, and how to govern it like the P&L line it has become.

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