Your marketing manager and your CMO — for $2,000 a month.
Full-time marketing strategy and execution — a quarterly plan, content, campaigns, and a live report — for a fraction of the $60,000–$100,000+ a year it costs to hire either role as an employee. Flat $2,000/month, cancel with 30 days' notice, AI-powered so the math works.
Northeast Florida-based · month-to-month after 6 · cancel anytime · replies same business day
Cheaper than the hire, not just cheaper than an agency.
The real comparison isn't another marketing company — it's the hiring decision you haven't made yet.
| Marketing Manager (employee) | Fractional CMO (consultant) | Swaha AI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual cost | ~$65K–$90K loaded (salary + payroll tax + benefits + recruiting) | Commonly $3,000–$10,000+/mo | $24,000/yr ($2,000/mo) |
| Strategy | Usually not included | Yes | Yes |
| Execution | Yes | Usually not included | Yes |
| Time to start | 2–3 months to hire + onboard | Contract-dependent | Days |
| Risk | Turnover, bad-hire risk, PTO/benefits regardless of output | Varies by firm | Cancel anytime, 30 days' notice |
Figures are directional — a fair reflection of the market, not a cited statistic. What's not directional: the $2,000/month, the fact that it covers both layers, and the 30-day out. See the full cost breakdown →
The report a CMO gives a CEO — except it's live.
Every Swaha client gets a live dashboard, not a slide deck once a quarter. Below is a demo of the kind of view you get, always current.
Command Center — demo preview
Live demoTraffic by source — last 8 weeks
Activity feed
- Mon Quarterly roadmap check-in logged
- Tue GBP post published — "Spring sod special"
- Wed 3 quote-request form fills, LSA campaign live
- Fri Ranking check — moved up 2 spots
- Sat Monthly report + strategic note drafted for the 5th
Illustrative demo of the dashboard format — every client's numbers are their own real data, delivered the same way.
Nobody owns your marketing. That's the actual cost.
Marketing happens when there's time. There's never time.
- ✕ Posting, content, and ads happen ad hoc — whoever has a spare hour.
- ✕ No one sets the quarter's plan, so nothing compounds.
- ✕ A real hire is 2–3 months out and $60K+/yr before benefits.
One accountable owner for the plan and the work.
- ✓ A quarterly roadmap sets direction; execution follows it every month.
- ✓ Content, SEO, social, email, and ads — done for you, AI-assisted so it's fast.
- ✓ Direct answers, no account managers, no hiring risk, cancel anytime.
Three steps, then it just runs.
Audit
A 15-minute conversation — what's not working, and a straight answer on whether Swaha AI can help.
Roadmap
Your quarterly marketing roadmap gets built — what to run, where, and why, before anything ships.
Run
Content, profile, email, ads, and SEO run every month against that plan. Plan on the 1st, report by the 5th.
One retainer. No tiers to work out.
Strategy and execution, bundled — the way it would work if you'd hired both roles yourself. See full details →
The retainer
Everything a marketing manager and a CMO would split across two hires — from one accountable source.
- Quarterly marketing roadmap + monthly strategic check-in
- SEO & AEO content — 1–2 posts or site updates/month
- 12+ social posts/month + Google Business Profile fully managed
- 2 email campaigns/month
- Paid channel management — Google LSA, Google Ads, Meta Ads (ad spend billed direct)
- Monthly report + your live Command Center dashboard
- Month-to-month after the initial 6 — cancel anytime, 30 days' notice
Need a new website too? It's scoped and quoted separately as a one-time project — see how that works →
Where Swaha AI fits against the rest of the market.
| Swaha AI | Traditional agency | Doing it yourself | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $2,000 flat | $2,500–$12,000+ | $0 + your time |
| Owns strategy, not just tasks | Yes — quarterly roadmap | Rarely, without a CMO retainer | You, after hours |
| Contract | Month-to-month after 6 | Often 6–12 months | — |
| Who does the work | Direct, no handoffs | Junior account managers | You, after hours |
| AI use | Disclosed & transparent | Rarely disclosed | — |
| Reporting | Live dashboard, plain English | Jargon-heavy dashboards | None |
Small businesses I talk to don't need a marketing agency — they need someone who owns the plan and actually does the work. That's two hires most of them can't justify. AI is what lets one person credibly cover both jobs, at a price that isn't a rounding error on a hiring budget. That's the whole idea.
Who do you work with? +
What's included in the $2,000/month? +
Is there a contract? +
Do you handle ad spend? +
What's not working?
Fifteen minutes, no pitch deck. If it's a fit, you'll know what it costs and what you'll get before the call ends.
Straight answers, every time.
No call center, no junior account managers — work is handled directly.
Prefer email? hello@swahaai.com — replies the same business day.