You run the company. We run the marketing.
At this size the CEO is usually the marketing department, on top of everything else. CESSON becomes your marketing team: Philippe Cesson sets the strategy, a named team does the work, and you pay one flat monthly fee.
A marketing department, without building one
One person who answers for it
Philippe Cesson sets the strategy, reviews and directs all the work, and answers for the result. A named member of the CESSON team runs it day to day. You stop managing freelancers and vendors.
The whole gamut under one fee
Strategy, SEO, AI search, content and social media, advertising, your website, lead follow-up and reporting, in the mix your business needs. See all eight services.
No surprise bills
One flat monthly fee. We don’t bill by the hour, so you call, text or email as often as you need to. We answer within half a business day.
Reports you can read in five minutes
Leads and revenue, in plain words, from data you own. No jargon and no vanity numbers.
Someone who tells you what to skip
For over 20 years CESSON has told clients which shiny things to ignore. At your size, the dollars you don’t waste matter as much as the ones you spend.
Everything stays yours
Your website, your ad accounts, your analytics, your CRM. If we part ways, you keep it all.
An agency, or a hire?
Most CEOs at this size weigh CESSON against hiring one marketing person. Here is the comparison, with public salary figures.
| Hire a marketing manager | Hire a marketing specialist | A CESSON engagement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost per year | $166,790 median salary, before benefits, software and recruiting | $78,760 median salary, before benefits, software and recruiting | $48,000 to $72,000 for most engagements, with the software we use included |
| What you get | One experienced person, with one person’s skills | One person, earlier in their career, who needs direction | Strategy, search, AI, content, advertising, web, lead follow-up and reporting, in the mix you need |
| Who sets the direction | You, or they do | You | Philippe Cesson, with over 20 years of doing this for CEOs |
| When they are out, or leave | The work stops and you recruit again | The work stops and you recruit again | The team carries on |
| The commitment | Employment | Employment | Six months to start, with a checkpoint at 90 days, then month to month |
Salaries: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, median annual wage, May 2025, for marketing managers and for market research analysts and marketing specialists. CESSON figure: $4,000 to $6,000 a month, the range most engagements fall in.
If you have enough work for a full-time marketer and someone to direct them, hire one. Several CESSON clients have both: their person runs the day-to-day, and CESSON brings the strategy and the specialist work.
What happened for three of them
Pilot Painting & Construction: load time cut, and visitors doubled
The Music Oasis: from an idea to a launched retreat in under a year
TMS Therapy Near Me: a startup taken from zero to 18 paying centers
I highly recommend the CESSON team to any business that wants to get to the next level. They have all the latest technology and most important a team that knows how to best utilize their tools to help improve or start up your new business.
CESSON’s insights and entrepreneurial acumen offer us a unique perspective on how to identify, cultivate and secure clients. They offer a wide range of skills to ensure we obtain our goals. From finding employees, new markets, or opportunities, and creating the strategies and tools needed to execute, they are an invaluable resource for our firm.
With CESSON you are delivered exactly what you are promised. For example, CESSON created materials for our library of knowledge that are simple and easy to understand, which serve their purpose perfectly. CESSON employees are very easy to work with and I’m very happy with the results.
One agency. Pick your starting point.
CESSON Digital Marketing
The whole gamut, AI included. We do the work, and Philippe Cesson answers for the result. Most engagements run $4,000 to $6,000 a month.
AI Only
CESSON Guidance and Badass Coaching, for AI visibility only. We plan, and in Coaching we draft; your team publishes.
The AI Reality Check
Twenty-five minutes on Zoom and a written report with eight grades: where your buyers’ AI names you, who it names instead, and what to fix first. For businesses with at least 10 employees.
Before you book
- Companies from $1M in revenue up, with at least 10 employees. Below that, the fee is hard to earn back, and we will say so on the first call.
- No. Many of our $1–10M clients have none. If you do have one, the engagement is scoped around what that person takes on.
- A monthly review, a short conversation to collect what only you know, and quick approvals. The point is to give you time back.
- CESSON clients stay seven years on average.
- Six months to start, because onboarding is a real investment and we charge no setup fee for it. At 90 days we sit down with the plan from month one. If we haven’t done the work we said we would, you can leave on 30 days’ notice.
- Philippe Cesson sets the strategy, reviews and directs all the work, and answers for the result. The buck stops with him. A named member of the CESSON team runs your account day to day, and you will know by name everyone who works on it. When an account needs an extra specialist, that person joins the team and works with you directly.
- A CESSON digital marketing engagement starts at $3,500 a month, and most run between $4,000 and $6,000. One flat fee. No setup fee. Six months to start, with a checkpoint at 90 days, then month-to-month on 30 days’ written notice. The terms are on the pricing page.
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