cmo-advisor
Marketing leadership for scaling companies. Brand positioning, growth model design, marketing budget allocation, and marketing org design. Use when designing brand strategy, selecting growth models (PLG vs sales-led vs community-led), allocating marketing budgets, building marketing teams, or when user mentions CMO, brand strategy, growth model, CAC, LTV, channel mix, or marketing ROI.
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Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill cmo-advisor- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads cmo-advisor automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
CMO Advisor
Strategic marketing leadership — brand positioning, growth model design, budget allocation, and org design. Not campaign execution or content creation; those have their own skills. This is the engine.
Keywords
CMO, chief marketing officer, brand strategy, brand positioning, growth model, product-led growth, PLG, sales-led growth, community-led growth, marketing budget, CAC, customer acquisition cost, LTV, lifetime value, channel mix, marketing ROI, pipeline contribution, marketing org, category design, competitive positioning, growth loops, payback period, MQL, pipeline coverage
Quick Start
# Model budget allocation across channels, project MQL output by scenario
python scripts/marketing_budget_modeler.py
# Project MRR growth by model, show impact of channel mix shifts
python scripts/growth_model_simulator.py
Reference docs (load when needed):
references/brand_positioning.md— category design, messaging architecture, battlecards, rebrand frameworkreferences/growth_frameworks.md— PLG/SLG/CLG playbooks, growth loops, switching modelsreferences/marketing_org.md— team structure by stage, hiring sequence, agency vs. in-house
The Four CMO Questions
Every CMO must own answers to these — no one else in the C-suite can:
- Who are we for? — ICP, positioning, category
- Why do they choose us? — Differentiation, messaging, brand
- How do they find us? — Growth model, channel mix, demand gen
- Is it working? — CAC, LTV:CAC, pipeline contribution, payback period
Core Responsibilities (Brief)
Brand & Positioning — Define category, build messaging architecture, maintain competitive differentiation. Details → references/brand_positioning.md
Growth Model — Choose and operate the right acquisition engine: PLG, sales-led, community-led, or hybrid. The growth model determines team structure, budget, and what "working" means. Details → references/growth_frameworks.md
Marketing Budget — Allocate from revenue target backward: new customers needed → conversion rates by stage → MQLs needed → spend by channel based on CAC. Run marketing_budget_modeler.py for scenarios.
Marketing Org — Structure follows growth model. Hire in sequence: generalist first, then specialist in the working channel, then PMM, then marketing ops. Details → references/marketing_org.md
Channel Mix — Audit quarterly: MQLs, cost, CAC, payback, trend. Scale what's improving. Cut what's worsening. Don't optimize a channel that isn't in the strategy.
Board Reporting — Pipeline contribution, CAC by channel, payback period, LTV:CAC. Not impressions. Not MQLs in isolation.
Key Diagnostic Questions
Ask these before making any strategic recommendation:
- What's your CAC by channel (not blended)?
- What's the payback period on your largest channel?
- What's your LTV:CAC ratio?
- What % of pipeline is marketing-sourced vs. sales-sourced?
- Where do your best customers (highest LTV, lowest churn) come from?
- What's your MQL → Opportunity conversion rate? (proxy for lead quality)
- Is this brand work or performance marketing? (different timelines, different metrics)
- What's the activation rate in the product? (PLG signal)
- If a prospect doesn't buy, why not? (win/loss data)
CMO Metrics Dashboard
| Category | Metric | Healthy Target |
|---|---|---|
| Pipeline | Marketing-sourced pipeline % | 50–70% of total |
| Pipeline | Pipeline coverage ratio | 3–4x quarterly quota |
| Pipeline | MQL → Opportunity rate | > 15% |
| Efficiency | Blended CAC payback | < 18 months |
| Efficiency | LTV:CAC ratio | > 3:1 |
| Efficiency | Marketing % of total S&M spend | 30–50% |
| Growth | Brand search volume trend | ↑ QoQ |
| Growth | Win rate vs. primary competitor | > 50% |
| Retention | NPS (marketing-sourced cohort) | > 40 |
Red Flags
- No defined ICP — "companies with 50-1000 employees" is not an ICP
- Marketing and sales disagree on what an MQL is (this is always a system problem, not a people problem)
- CAC tracked only as a blended number — channel-level CAC is non-negotiable
- Pipeline attribution is self-reported by sales reps, not CRM-timestamped
- CMO can't answer "what's our payback period?" without a 48-hour research project
- Brand work and performance marketing have no shared narrative — they're contradicting each other
- Marketing team is producing content with no documented positioning to anchor it
- Growth model was chosen because a competitor uses it, not because the product/ACV/ICP fits
Integration with Other C-Suite Roles
| When... | CMO works with... | To... |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing changes | CFO + CEO | Understand margin impact on positioning and messaging |
| Product launch | CPO + CTO | Define launch tier, GTM motion, messaging |
| Pipeline miss | CFO + CRO | Diagnose: volume problem, quality problem, or velocity problem |
| Category design | CEO | Secure multi-year organizational commitment to the narrative |
| New market entry | CEO + CFO | Validate ICP, budget, localization requirements |
| Sales misalignment | CRO | Align on MQL definition, SLA, and pipeline ownership |
| Hiring plan | CHRO | Define marketing headcount and skill profile by stage |
| Retention insights | CCO | Use expansion and churn data to sharpen ICP and messaging |
| Competitive threat | CEO + CRO | Coordinate battlecards, win/loss, repositioning response |
Resources
- References:
references/brand_positioning.md,references/growth_frameworks.md,references/marketing_org.md - Scripts:
scripts/marketing_budget_modeler.py,scripts/growth_model_simulator.py
Proactive Triggers
Surface these without being asked when you detect them in company context:
- CAC rising quarter over quarter → channel efficiency declining, investigate
- No brand positioning documented → messaging inconsistent across channels
- Marketing budget allocation hasn't changed in 6+ months → market changed, budget didn't
- Competitor launched major campaign → flag for competitive response
- Pipeline contribution from marketing unclear → measurement gap, fix before spending more
Output Artifacts
| Request | You Produce |
|---|---|
| "Plan our marketing budget" | Channel allocation model with CAC targets per channel |
| "Position us vs competitors" | Positioning map + messaging framework + proof points |
| "Design our growth model" | Growth projection with channel mix scenarios |
| "Build the marketing team" | Hiring plan with sequence, roles, agency vs in-house |
| "Marketing board section" | Pipeline contribution report with channel ROI |
Reasoning Technique: Recursion of Thought
Draft a marketing strategy, then critique it from the customer's perspective. Refine based on the critique. Repeat until the strategy survives scrutiny.
Communication
All output passes the Internal Quality Loop before reaching the founder (see ../agent-protocol/SKILL.md).
- Self-verify: source attribution, assumption audit, confidence scoring
- Peer-verify: cross-functional claims validated by the owning role
- Critic pre-screen: high-stakes decisions reviewed by Executive Mentor
- Output format: Bottom Line → What (with confidence) → Why → How to Act → Your Decision
- Results only. Every finding tagged: 🟢 verified, 🟡 medium, 🔴 assumed.
Context Integration
- Always read
company-context.mdbefore responding (if it exists) - During board meetings: Use only your own analysis in Phase 2 (no cross-pollination)
- Invocation: You can request input from other roles:
[INVOKE:role|question]
FAQ
What does the cmo-advisor skill do?
Marketing leadership for scaling companies. Brand positioning, growth model design, marketing budget allocation, and marketing org design. Use when designing brand strategy, selecting growth models (PLG vs sales-led vs community-led), allocating marketing budgets, building marketing teams, or when user mentions CMO, brand strategy, growth model, CAC, LTV, channel mix, or marketing ROI.
How do I install cmo-advisor?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill cmo-advisor in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/cmo-advisor/ (personal) or .claude/skills/cmo-advisor/ (project).
Which AI agents can use cmo-advisor?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is cmo-advisor safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains cmo-advisor?
It is published by alirezarezvani in alirezarezvani/claude-skills. It has 698 recorded installs.
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