Fill your pipeline before this engagement ends
Your clients came through referrals, and you can’t tell when the next one lands. Work through your niche, offer, pricing and outreach with people who sell their own expertise.
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Sean Weisbrot
4.8 · +11 more
Blaine
Founder · Permit Hound
"I don't want to walk through an uncleared minefield without someone who has walked it before."
Hamel Shah
Co-Founder · CarrotsAndCake
"GrowthMentor enables us to swiftly get a world-class expert to give us guidance on any marketing issue or…"
Lena Sesardic
Product Manager
"Knowing I can always book a call to help me clarify what I'm doing is the best feeling in the world."
Minh
Solo Founder · SEOmatic
"I like to set my own strategies and then get help from experts to improve on them and check if I'm on the…"
Nicola Rubino
Growth Marketing Consultant · nicorubino
"It gave me fast access to expert-level insights that I couldn't get from academic research or user surveys…"
Annie Chen
Head of Marketing · DOWN Dating App
"Sometimes I'm stuck at one step and all I need is someone who can share experiences of what they did when…"
Carlos Terol
Co-Founder · Bagmaya
"I enjoy having pretty much instant access to a pool of worldwide, expert mentors who are keen to share their…"
Luka Karsten Breitig
Co-Founder · The Happy Beavers
"Imagine a world where everything you read was written by a subject-matter expert."
Flora Bui
Co-Founder · Acie
"My favorite thing about GrowthMentor is how it allows me to expand my network globally in a very short time…"
Maria Ledentsova
Digital Marketing Manager · magier
"Whatever problem I have, there's a friendly and incredibly helpful mentor ready to help."
Kate Bojkov
Head of Growth · EmbedSocial
"How quick and easy I can find somebody who had my problem and is willing to talk with me and openly share…"
Supriya Agarwal
Co-founder · BiosectRx
"Being able to connect with any expert across the globe at the click of a button. No network or previous…"
Anastasia Rubleva
Head of Growth · Rapid Dev
"I love the ability to receive valuable feedback from mentors who have been in the industry for decades."
Andrew McBurney
CEO & Co-founder · Review Robin
"You should cut out 99% of the things that you're thinking about."
The mentors, selected for this decision.
12 featured mentors
Why this mentor
Sean built a consulting firm that sold $15M in services and is a self-described master networker, useful when your next clients should come from people you already know.
Peter Murphy Lewis
🕸️Fractional Chief Marketing Officer | 📺 TV Host | 🎧 Podcaster |🐒 CSO Zoo | Founder 🚲 | 👠Ultra-Marathoner
Why this mentor
Peter works as a fractional CMO on 2 to 4 large engagements at a time, with a team of 15 handling execution, a direct peer on client mix and capacity.
Why this mentor
Oren runs a hybrid consultancy and digital marketing agency, splitting time between FTSE 100 clients such as Canon and Lenovo and startups, useful for selling senior work to both kinds of buyer.
Denny Hollick
Fractional Product Marketing Leader | Positioning & Messaging | ICP | GTM Launches | AI for Marketing
Why this mentor
Denny runs Really Good PMM, a fractional product marketing practice that ships positioning and launch assets by week two, a working example of an offer with a clear scope and timeline.
Why this mentor
Olly built a tech services company to 85 people and $12M in revenue in 2.5 years, building products for EY, JPMC and Mastercard, useful when you want bigger enterprise engagements.
Why this mentor
Trevor has done growth work as a freelancer, an agency founder and a marketplace operator who hired 80+ part-time marketers, useful for seeing your offer from the buyer’s side.
Why this mentor
Anna runs Furmanov Marketing Consulting, a buyer research and positioning firm for B2B startups, useful for finding out why past clients hired you before you rewrite your offer.
Lidiia Tkachenko
Fractional GTM & RevOps Expert to B2B Founders | RevOps & Outbound Systems | certified Clay & Cargo expert
Why this mentor
Lidiia has generated $150M+ in pipeline over 10 years in sales and builds outbound systems as a certified Clay expert, useful when referrals slow down and you need prospecting that runs weekly.
Michelle Teo
Growth Marketer for B2B SaaS 🚀 | Fractional CMO 📈 | Founder @ Demand Conversion
Why this mentor
Michelle runs Demand Conversion, works as a fractional CMO and is a founding partner at Partnerships in Play, useful when you want other firms to send you clients.
Why this mentor
Miranda has worked as a contractor, consultant, interim and fractional marketing director, including at Ancestry and PINCH, after 8 years at Google and Meta, a sounding board on which engagements to take.
Tracy Laranjo 🍊
Fractional Head of CRO & Experimentation / I help you make better website decisions and stop throwing 💩 at the wall
Why this mentor
Tracy runs a one-woman CRO consultancy for DTC brands and agencies and was named Experiment Nation’s #1 Must-Meet CRO in 2023, a model for a narrow offer with a clear buyer.
Why this mentor
Farzad has served as a fractional marketing, product and sales executive for 50+ companies since 2020, including 4 YC startups, a good guide on packaging and selling ongoing executive work.
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You came in with
"Three pricing tiers, flat conversion on the middle one."
You left with
"Don't lower your B2B price under $400."
14:22 / 30:00
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Keep the recording, summary, and takeaways. Yours to implement.
Turn your experience into one clear offer
You can do six things well, so your pitch lists all six and reads like a job description. Buyers hire someone to fix one problem they already feel.
Bring the two or three offers you’re weighing and the last three clients who paid you. A mentor can help you pick the one with a clear buyer, a clear result and a start date.
How should I price my work?
Many independents charge every client the same flat retainer, whatever the work is worth to that client. Each common model answers a different buyer worry:
- A paid diagnostic. A fixed fee for an audit or assessment. A new buyer can test you, and you see the real scope before you quote the rest.
- A fixed sprint. A set result in 30 to 90 days. Easy to say yes to, as long as you write down what is out of scope.
- A retainer. Steady income for ongoing ownership. Agree on what you own, the hours and when the terms get reviewed.
- A day rate or hourly fee. Simple to quote, but it ties income to your calendar and invites buyers to compare you on cost.
- Profit share or success fees. Can win a cautious client, and works only when the result is measurable and you control enough of it.
What if every client so far came from a referral?
Referrals bring the best clients most independents ever get, and they are the hardest to plan around. Move to a new city or lose one contact to a job change, and the introductions stop.
Start with the people who already sent you work: ask what made you easy to recommend and who else they know. Then add one deliberate channel, such as partner firms, targeted LinkedIn outreach or written case studies.
Keep selling while you deliver
Most solo practices sell hard when the calendar is empty and stop the week a project signs. Set a weekly selling routine small enough to keep when you’re fully booked.
The mentors above run their own fractional and consulting practices or specialize in positioning, partnerships and outbound. Pick the one whose practice looks most like the one you want to build.
People who were exactly where you are.
GrowthMentor enables us to swiftly get a world-class expert to give us guidance on any marketing issue or question in a matter of days.
Hamel Shah · Co-Founder
Read Hamel's storyKnowing I can always book a call to help me clarify what I'm doing is the best feeling in the world.
Lena Sesardic · Product Manager
Read Lena's storyI like to set my own strategies and then get help from experts to improve on them and check if I'm on the right track.
Minh · Solo Founder
Read Minh's storyIt gave me fast access to expert-level insights that I couldn't get from academic research or user surveys alone.
Nicola Rubino · Growth Marketing Consultant
Read Nicola's storySometimes I'm stuck at one step and all I need is someone who can share experiences of what they did when they were in my situation.
Annie Chen · Head of Marketing
Read Annie's storyI enjoy having pretty much instant access to a pool of worldwide, expert mentors who are keen to share their expertise and help others.
Carlos Terol · Co-Founder
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What people ask before their first call.
Look at your last five clients: who paid the most, who was easiest to work with and where you got the clearest result. Your niche is usually the overlap. A mentor can test it against what buyers in that niche pay for.
A fixed, scoped project is easier to sell to a buyer who doesn’t know you yet. A retainer fits the ongoing work once they’ve seen results. Bring your current pricing and one recent proposal so the mentor sees what you actually quote.
Use results from your past roles, with numbers you’re allowed to share, and write up one or two small projects in detail. Some consultants run a first diagnostic at a lower fee to earn the first story.
It can, when the list is narrow and the message names a problem the buyer already has. Generic lists and service menus rarely get replies. Bring your target list, your message and your reply numbers, and a mentor can say which part to fix first.
Your offer in two sentences, your pricing, where your last five clients came from and how much capacity you have. Add a proposal or an outreach message if you want feedback on it.
The session is advice and review. Introductions are up to the mentor, and done-for-you outreach, proposal writing or ongoing advisory work need a separate agreement with the mentor; say what you need in your request.
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