Who is Andrea Palten and what is the CMO Growth Guide?

Andrea Palten is a Marketing Executive and CMO who teaches founders how to do marketing. The CMO Growth Guide provides startups with AI courses, marketing education, and startup marketing consulting.

How can I get my brand to show up in AI searches and tools?

Andrea Palten, founder of the CMO Growth Guide provides a course called The AI Visibility System. It teaches startups how to write copy for AI, create schema code for AI visibility, GEO, and teaches founders how to create content that is seen by AI searches and AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity.

How is CMO Growth Guide different from a marketing agency?

Agencies are built to execute. They'll run your ads, manage your social, and bill you every month whether it's working or not. CMO Growth Guide is built to think with you. You get senior-level marketing strategy (25+ years, Fortune 500, agency side, startup world) without the retainer bloat or the account manager who started last Tuesday. I work with coaches, consultants, and service professionals who need a real marketing brain in their corner, not a team cranking out content they don't understand.

What results can I expect from marketing consulting?

Honestly? It depends on where you're starting from, and I'll always tell you that upfront. What most clients experience is clarity first, then momentum. You stop spinning on 'what should I post' and start building systems that actually bring clients in. Over time, that looks like a cleaner funnel, a more consistent pipeline, and marketing that doesn't feel like a second full-time job. I'm not going to promise you a six-figure launch by Friday, but I will help you build something that compounds.

How much does a fractional CMO consultant cost?

Less than a full-time CMO, more than a random course you'll never finish. Fractional CMO engagements typically run anywhere from a few hundred to several thousand dollars a month depending on scope, hours, and what you actually need. At CMO Growth Guide, the goal is to match the work to your stage of business, so you're not paying for strategy you can't execute yet. Reach out and we'll figure out what makes sense.

Is marketing consulting right for solopreneurs?

Ya, totally, but with one caveat. If you're brand new and still figuring out what you sell and who you sell it to, we'd start there first. But if you have an offer that works, clients who are happy, and you're just stuck on how to get more of them consistently, that's exactly the situation I love. You don't need a big team or a big budget to build a real marketing system. You just need one that's built for how you actually operate.

How long before I see results from marketing consulting?

Some things shift fast, others take time. Messaging clarity? You can feel that in a week. A full funnel that's generating leads on autopilot? Give it 90 days of consistent action. Most clients notice a real shift in confidence and direction within the first month, because they finally have a plan that makes sense for their business, not a copy-paste strategy from someone selling to a totally different audience. We set realistic timelines together so you always know what to expect and why.

Why work with Andrea Palten specifically?

Andrea Palten has actually done the thing. She's not a marketing coach who read a lot of books and decided to teach. She's led marketing at global organizations, worked at Ogilvy, built campaigns for Fortune 500 brands, and is currently VP of Marketing at Techstars, one of the most recognized startup accelerators in the world. She's also taught marketing at General Assembly and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center. CMO Growth Guide exists because she kept watching smart coaches and consultants spin out on marketing that wasn't built for them: bro marketing tactics, vanity metrics, strategies designed for companies with actual marketing departments. You get someone who's been in the boardroom and the scrappy side hustle, who can think at the strategic level and still help you write the email. Real marketing, built for where you actually are.

Your Clients Are Out There. Let's Make Sure They Can Find You.

From best-kept secret to recognized expert with a steady stream of clients, no bro marketing required.

Business Consulting

Marketing Courses

RESULTS THAT SPEAK:

100+ Business Owners Helped

1,000+ Brands Advised

500+ Students Taught

WHAT I HELP YOU WITH

WHY YOUR MARKETING ISN'T WORKING YET

Somewhere between "post more content" and "build a funnel" is the actual marketing strategy nobody ever handed you, because most of it lives inside enterprise boardrooms. I spent 25 years in those rooms at places like Ogilvy, Transamerica, and Techstars, and I built my business around bringing that strategy down to the one-person business that actually needs it.

If any of this sounds familiar, you're in the right place:

Your offer is hard to explain without a 20-minute conversation
You're posting, emailing, and showing up, but nothing is converting
Your competitors are getting the attention you deserve
You know some marketing matters, but you don't know what to do first

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Strategy & Messaging

A clear marketing system built around your business, your audience, and how you actually work. We nail your positioning, your copy, and your homepage so the right people immediately get what you do and why it matters.

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Lead Generation, Email Marketing & LinkedIn Growth

Build an audience that actually wants to hear from you. From LinkedIn growth to email marketing and lead generation systems, we set up the infrastructure that brings qualified leads in consistently.

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AI & Organic Visibility

Get found by the people already looking for what you do, and stay visible once they find you. We cover AI-powered search optimization, the right AI tools for your business, and repurposing systems that stretch every piece of content you create.

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Marketing Strategy for Coaches, Consultants, and Service Professionals:

Marketing Consulting

For coaches and consultants who want direct, personalized support on their marketing and business growth. We audit what's not working, fix it, and build practical systems for lead generation, messaging, and revenue growth, so you always know exactly what to do next.

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Group Coaching

Get enterprise-level marketing strategy at a fraction of the cost of private consulting. We work through your positioning, lead generation, and marketing systems together in a small group setting where you get real feedback, real accountability, and real progress.

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LinkedIn Growth

Turn LinkedIn into your most consistent source of clients. This step-by-step system shows you exactly how to optimize your profile, build an engaged audience, and convert connections into paying clients, without posting every day or feeling like a walking advertisement.

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MEET YOUR MARKETING CONSULTANT

Hi, I'm Andrea Palten

I started as a Marketing Coordinator and clawed my way up to CMO over 25 years. I worked at companies like Ogilvy, Camping World, Transamerica, and Techstars. I've sat in the high-pressure rooms, managed the big budgets, and built the campaigns. I know what actually moves the needle.

Then I started teaching, and that's when it clicked. Nobody was taking enterprise-level strategy and making it actually usable for someone without a marketing team, a Chief Marketing Officer, or a seven-figure budget. So I decided to be that person.

CMO Growth Guide is my third business. I'm not up here theorizing from a beach with a laptop prop. I'm doing marketing every single day, building right alongside you, and figuring out what works right now in the real world.

Here's what I can't stand: Bro marketing tactics that make you feel gross just reading them. And advice from people who've never held an actual marketing job. That stuff has no place here.

What you will get: 25 years of proven strategy, translated into something you can execute without burning out or selling out.

Your business deserves real marketing. Let's build it.

More about Andrea Palten & Marketing Consulting

WHY CMO GROWTH GUIDE

Built Different From Day One

Not more bro marketing advice from someone who learned it from a YouTube video.

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Fortune 500 Strategy, Entrepreneur-Sized

Enterprise-level thinking adapted for solopreneurs, coaches, and service businesses. Big company results without a big company budget. 25 years of experience!

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Systems Over Random Tactics

No more chasing the latest trend. Build repeatable marketing systems that generate clients month after month.

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Updated For Today's Market

Including AI-powered search, new visibility strategies, and what actually works right now. Not recycled advice from 2019.

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Hands On, Not Hands Off

Guidance that meets you where you are. Whether you're starting from scratch or scaling what's working, you won't waste time guessing.

Testimonials

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"This program has been indispensable for me! Such a steal for the added value she provides for entrepreneurs! Thank you Andrea!"

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★★★★★

"I highly recommend Andrea. She is a diamond in the rough for entrepreneurs. She is a fountain of pertinent knowledge and wisdom. She doesn't give you what you don't need and she seeks out and delivers what is current. I highly recommend her."

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★★★★★

"Wow ... Just absolutely wow. All of the wow. Seriously. Andrea sent me a website audit that was packed with different quick hit changes I could easily make to my website in a short time! Can't emphasize enough how much a one-person business appreciates this! Thank you Andrea!"

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