For business owners ready to act

Stop guessing
what to do
next.

In one 2-hour session, we'll show you the three marketing moves most likely to grow your business, and the order to tackle them in.

  • 2 hours
  • Two Fractional CMOs
  • $500 + GST
  • No lock-in

Trusted by New Zealand businesses including

  • Apex Advice
  • Venerdi
  • Kaikaha Group
  • Ascot Cardiology
  • PHS Innovate
  • DX Mail
  • Fieldair
The problem

Most marketing advice tells you everything you could do.

This tells you
what to do first.

The Momentum Session is a focused, one-on-one working session with two Fractional CMOs. We look at your business, your market and your current marketing, and come out the other side with a clear, ranked set of priorities. Quick wins you can start this week. Bigger plays if you're ready to go further.

Sound familiar?

This is built for you if…

  • You are growing but your marketing feels scattered or reactive

  • You have got budget to invest but are not sure where it should go

  • You want a straight answer, not a 40-page report

  • You are ready to act on what you learn, not just think about it

The shift

Two hours in.
A clear plan out.

You leave knowing the three moves to make next, the order to make them in, and what can wait.

A practical plan your team can start using straight away.

How we choose the order

Biggest wins first.

Low-hanging fruitEffort to deliverImpact on growthLowHighHighLow01Start hereThis week02Next moveThen this03What can waitLater

Illustrative. On the day we plot your own three moves, using your numbers.

  • Two Fractional CMOs in the room

    Not one adviser and a notepad. Two senior marketers who have worked with 70+ New Zealand businesses, focused on yours for two hours.

  • Your top three priorities, ranked

    A short written summary you can hand to your team on Monday. Number one is the thing to start this week.

  • Clarity on what can wait

    Knowing what to stop spending time and money on is worth as much as knowing what to start.

  • No obligation, no lock-in

    No retainer to sign and no sales pitch disguised as advice. You get the priorities either way.

How it works

Three steps, start to finish.

  1. 1

    Book your session

    Pick a time and tell us a bit about your business. We do our homework before we walk in.

  2. 2

    We meet for 2 hours

    In person or over video, your call. We work through your business, your market and what your marketing is doing today.

  3. 3

    Walk away with priorities

    A clear, ranked list of what to focus on next. Quick wins you can start this week, bigger plays if you are ready to go further.

James Smith and Mariana Suarez, the Fractional CMOs who run the Momentum Session
Who is in the room?

James and Mariana.

Between them, more than 25 years of senior marketing experience and over 70 New Zealand businesses helped. Both of them are in the room, start to finish.

James Smith Xennial Founder and Director

James brings more than 15 years across senior corporate roles and owner-led businesses, including Fairfax Media, Mercury Energy and Panasonic. He brings commercial focus and an honest view of what will move your business forward.

Mariana Suarez Fractional CMO and Marketing Adviser

Mariana brings over 15 years across brand, digital, content, automation and lead generation, from large corporates to ambitious mid-sized businesses. She turns data and insight into practical decisions your team can act on.

In their words

What changes afterwards.

Less reacting. More confidence about where the next marketing dollar and hour should go.

DX Mail logo

Before we started with Xennial, we were busy but not always pointed in the right direction. James helped us step back, get clear on what we are genuinely best at, and build a plan around it rather than reacting week to week.

Steven PearsonGeneral Manager, DX Mail
Fieldair logo

We knew we were more than an engineering company, but we had never been able to say it clearly. James helped us work out which opportunities were worth chasing and focused the marketing there, rather than trying to do everything at once.

Nolan KingGeneral Manager, Fieldair
Venerdi logo

We had marketing ambition and internal talent but we lacked experience and strategy. James took the time to learn our company workings and resources and worked with us to create a marketing plan.

Tim GraingerFounder, Venerdi
Your next move

One session.
Three priorities.
A clear order.

$500 + GST

Two senior marketers, two hours, and a written list of your top three priorities.

  • 2 hours with two Fractional CMOs
  • A short written summary of your top 3 priorities, ranked
  • In person in Auckland or over video, anywhere in New Zealand
  • No commitment beyond the session

No commitment beyond the session. If it leads to more work together, great. If not, you'll still walk away with a clear plan.

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