// fractional marketing team · houston · since 2016

Your Houston fractional marketing team.

A full marketing department — strategy, web, automation, content, hosting — for less than the cost of one in-house hire. Built for Houston small businesses that are tired of juggling five vendors and still not getting leads.

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the problem

The Houston small business marketing trap.

You can't justify a $90,000-a-year marketing director. You can't trust a $99/month agency that disappears after the first month. So you're stuck doing it yourself — building the website, writing the email, posting to Instagram, chasing leads — and your real business suffers.

Meanwhile, your competitors who figured out marketing five years ago are eating your lunch.

A fractional marketing team is the answer. One retainer. One point of contact. A team that owns every channel, every system, every lead — like an in-house marketing department, only better.

what's included

A real marketing department, at a fraction of the cost.

Quarterly strategy

Every 90 days we sit down with you, review what worked, and set the next quarter's goals. Real planning, not weekly status meetings.

Website ownership

Your site is ours to maintain, update, and improve. New service page? New testimonial? Done — without quoting every change.

Marketing automation

Lead capture, drip sequences, CRM integration, review collection, appointment reminders — built once, running forever.

Hosting & maintenance

Enterprise hosting, daily backups, SSL, plugin updates, uptime monitoring — all included. You never think about it.

Monthly reporting

One simple report each month: leads, rankings, traffic, conversions. No 40-slide decks. Just what's working and what isn't.

One point of contact

Edward. You text or call, you get an answer the same day. No account managers, no ticket systems, no escalation paths.

how it stacks up

Fractional vs. the alternatives.

Three ways Houston small business owners typically handle marketing — and why fractional usually wins.

option 1

Hire in-house

$90K+ per year for a marketing director, plus another $60K+ for a designer or coordinator. Plus benefits, tools, and the risk of a bad hire.

Best for: companies with $5M+ in revenue and clear scale.

option 2

Cobble together freelancers

A web person, an SEO person, a social person, an email person. Cheaper on paper, expensive in practice — nothing connects, nobody owns the outcome, and you become the project manager.

Best for: businesses with patience and a free 10 hours per week.

option 3 — what we do

Fractional marketing team

One retainer. One team. Strategy, web, automation, content, hosting — all under one roof, working as if they were inside your company. Roughly $1,500–$5,000/month.

Best for: Houston small businesses doing $250K–$5M who need marketing to actually work.

who it's for

Is fractional marketing right for you?

Fractional marketing support is built for a specific kind of Houston business. You're a fit if:

  • You're doing $250K to $5M in annual revenue
  • You know marketing matters but you don't have time to run it
  • You've tried agencies before and felt like a number on someone's account list
  • You want one team that owns it all — not five vendors you have to manage
  • You're based in Houston, the greater metro, or doing business with Texans

If that's you, the next step is a 20-minute audit. We'll look at where you are, where you want to go, and tell you honestly whether a fractional engagement is the right move — or whether one of our productized services would serve you better.

questions, answered

Fractional marketing, explained.

What exactly is a fractional marketing team?
A fractional marketing team is an outsourced marketing department that works for several businesses part-time instead of one business full-time. You get senior-level strategy and execution — web, automation, content, hosting — for roughly a third of the cost of hiring in-house, with none of the hiring risk.
How is this different from hiring an agency?
Most agencies sell projects: a website build, a campaign, a logo refresh. A fractional marketing team owns the outcome — every channel, every system, every lead — like an in-house team would. We don't bill change orders for every tweak. We work like we're part of your company.
How is this different from a fractional CMO?
A fractional CMO is strategy and leadership without the execution — you still need a team to actually build and run things. A fractional marketing team like FlameGrower includes the strategy and the execution. We build the website, run the automation, host the infrastructure, and report on the results.
How much does it cost?
Retainers typically run $1,500–$5,000 per month, depending on scope. For context: a full-time in-house marketing director in Houston costs $90,000–$140,000 per year before benefits and tools — and that's just one person, not a full team.
Are there contracts?
Engagements are month-to-month after a 90-day initial commitment. The 90 days exists because that's how long it takes to build a real foundation — strategy, systems, and the first set of results. After that, you stay because it's working, not because you're locked in.
Do you work outside of Houston?
Houston is home and where we do most of our work, but we serve clients across Texas. If you're outside Houston but want a Texas-based team that picks up the phone, we're worth a conversation.

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Ready to stop juggling vendors and start growing?

Book a free 20-minute audit. We'll look at where you are now, what would move the needle most, and tell you honestly whether a fractional engagement is the right next step.

Book My Free Audit → Or Call (888) 874-4988