Become the CMO who builds the AI growth engine — not the one whose budget gets cut for one.

Sales wants pipeline yesterday. The CEO wants efficient growth. Your team wants to know if the agency is still relevant. In 12 weeks, you'll rebuild marketing around AI-native content, demand and attribution.

★ Founding Cohort — 7 Seats12 Weeks5 Anchor Outputs + 1 Live AI Growth EngineDemo Day

The Reality Check

Marketing is the first function being asked to prove AI ROI — and the first whose budget gets reallocated if you can't.

You're a senior marketing leader: CMO, VP of Marketing, Fractional CMO. You own the brand, demand, content, attribution and the marketing team.

You've trialed Jasper, Writer, HeyGen. You've added an AI line item to last year's plan. You've watched competitors publish 10× the content with half your headcount.

But the agency relationship still costs you. The content cadence still misses. The attribution model still breaks every quarter. And the board still asks 'where's the ROI on the AI line?'

You need to ship the growth engine. Not get growth-engineered around.

The Opportunity

Close the AI Growth Gap in Marketing.

Marketers who rebuilt the engine around AI are publishing 5–10× more content, running tighter feedback loops on positioning, and showing attribution boards actually trust. The ones still buying tools without rebuilding the workflow are quietly losing budget to RevOps.

CMO searches now screen for AI fluency at the content, demand and attribution layers. And a small group of marketing leaders has gone further — building portfolio careers as fractional CMOs and growth advisors, on the back of the AI marketing systems they shipped.

This program makes you more valuable inside your current role first. Then it gives you optionality.

The Solution

The AI-First CMO Mastery OS

A 12-week peer advisory program for sitting CMOs, VPs of Marketing, and Fractional CMOs. One goal per week, five tasks per goal, 12 live sessions, and 5 anchor outputs — plus one live AI growth engine running on your real funnel.

1

Build Without Agency Markups

Using Claude Code, content pipelines and a curated tool stack, you'll ship working AI marketing workflows: content engines, persona synthesizers, attribution rebuilders, ABM scorers.

2

Ship Tangible Marketing Artifacts

You won't leave with just decks. Every cohort member ships five anchor outputs + one live AI growth engine — the kind you can demo in a board call or to your CEO.

3

Cross-Pollinate in a Private CMO Room

Pressure-test your positioning in a curated, NDA-protected room of fellow marketing leaders. Peer pairs, weekly check-ins, no vendor pitches.

4

Build Portfolio Optionality

Learn the sequence to make yourself indispensable where you are — and, when you're ready, to land fractional CMO mandates.

The Five Anchor Outputs

No CMO leaves with just notes. You leave with the growth engine.

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Output
Ships
1
Marketing DiagnosticPipeline contribution, content velocity, brand strength and attribution score. One page.
Week 3
2
Marketing Second BrainClaude Code + Notion querying customer interviews, sales calls and content archive. The infra the engine runs on.
Week 4
3
AI Content EngineContent pipeline — research → draft → review → publish. Running on agents, calibrated to your voice.
Week 6
4
Demand & Attribution StackSources, channels, conversion, attribution. Defensible in a board call, debatable in a CFO meeting.
Week 7
5
ICP & Positioning MemoWho you serve, what changes, how AI sharpens the value prop. One page, three audiences.
Week 9
Live AI Growth EngineOne AI workflow running on your real funnel — content engine, ABM scorer, or lifecycle sequencer.
Week 11
🎤
Demo DayPresent 5 anchors + live engine to the cohort and sign your 90-day plan.
Week 12

Who This Is For

This room is intentionally curated.

Senior Marketing Leaders

CMOs, VPs of Marketing, Heads of Growth, Fractional CMOs at Series B+ startups or mid-market enterprises.

Proactive Operators

Tired of being the function asked to prove AI ROI without being given the budget to build it. Ready to ship the engine.

Non-Technical Builders

You don't code, and never will. You want a structured environment to put AI agents to work in marketing — not another LinkedIn growth course.

Not for: Marketing coordinators, content writers, or anyone looking for a generic 'AI for marketers' webinar. This is a CMO room.

Your Guide

Forward Achieve Faculty

Forward Achieve Faculty

Veteran CMO · Growth Leader · Forward Achieve Partner

Your guide has led marketing at two venture-backed companies, run six rebrands, built attribution from scratch in three orgs, and currently runs a fractional CMO practice powered by AI growth engines. The curriculum draws on the Forward Achieve marketing library, the Beast Score diagnostic and a library of unlisted CMO interviews.

What to Expect

Designed for a working CMO's calendar.

Duration12 weeks · Starts [START DATE]
CadenceLive sessions [DAY] at [TIME + TIMEZONE]
Time Commitment2–3 hrs most weeks; ~5 hrs in build weeks (Weeks 4, 7, 11).
FormatLive sessions (60–90 min) · Peer pairs · Async build sprints
Learning TracksPick Read OR Listen each week — your call
ToolingClaude Code, Notion / Obsidian, content pipeline tools, attribution stack
CommunityPrivate Circle space + office hours
Cohort Cap7 seats
InvestmentFounding-cohort pricing starts at [$X]. Final fit and price confirmed on a short intro call.

Frequently Asked

The questions every CMO asks first.

Will this replace my agency?

It can. The content engine alone has paid for the program for several pilot CMOs. Whether you keep the agency for craft or sunset it for cost is your call.

Do I need a technical background?

No. The stack is no-code or AI-assisted. Marketing leaders are exactly who this is designed for.

How much time will this take?

2–3 hours most weeks, ~5 in the three build weeks.

Is this just a content engine?

No. Content is one of five anchors. Demand stack, attribution, ICP and positioning all ship too.

How is this different from typical AI-for-marketing courses?

Most courses teach you to prompt better. This one ships an end-to-end growth engine running on your real funnel.

What if it's not for me?

Ship Anchor 1 by Week 3 and decide it's not delivering — tell us and we'll refund. [CONFIRM refund terms.]

The Full Syllabus

Curious about the week-by-week?

Three stages. Twelve weeks. Click any stage to expand.

Week 1

The Snap and the Score

Run the Marketing Beast Score. Diagnose your AI Growth Gap. Draft your 12-week target.

Session 1 · 90 min · Cohort orientation.

Week 2

Reading Your Marketing Stack

Map content, demand and attribution against Substitute/Augment/Elevate. Top 3 automation candidates.

Session 2 · 60 min · Stack clinic.

Week 3Anchor 1 ships

Ship the Marketing Diagnostic

Score pipeline contribution, content velocity, brand strength, attribution. Ship a one-page diagnostic.

Session 3 · 90 min · Diagnostic clinic.

Week 4Anchor 2 ships

Build Your Marketing Second Brain

Install Claude Code + Notion. Load interviews, sales calls, content archive. Query your own KB.

Session 4 · 60 min · Build session.

Week 5

AI Skills Sprint: Marketing Edition

Move from AI Operator to AI Translator. Ship one production prompt for a real content brief.

Session 5 · 90 min · Prompt lab.

Week 6Anchor 3 ships

Ship the AI Content Engine

Research → draft → review → publish pipeline, agents calibrated to your voice. Publish one piece in week.

Session 6 · 60 min · Engine clinic.

Week 7Anchor 4 ships

Ship the Demand & Attribution Stack

Sources, channels, conversion, attribution. Live and board-ready.

Session 7 · 90 min · Attribution shipped.

Week 8

Choose Your Positioning Bet

Pre-score 3 candidate positions. Run the Filter Test. Lock your anchor.

Session 8 · 60 min · Positioning clinic.

Week 9Anchor 5 ships

Ship the ICP & Positioning Memo

Sharpen ICP, value prop and positioning. Push to sales, CS and the website in week.

Session 9 · 90 min · Positioning role-play.

Week 10

Marketing Org Design in the AI Era

Marketing squad shapes that work post-agent. Decide on a 90-day org-design experiment.

Session 10 · 60 min · Org audit.

Week 11System ships

Build the Live AI Growth Engine

Ship one workflow on your real funnel — content engine, ABM scorer or lifecycle sequencer.

Session 11 · 90 min · Engine built live.

Week 12Demo Day

Demo Day + 90-Day Plan

Present 5 anchors + live engine. Sign 90-day plan.

Session 12 · 90 min · Demo Day.

Apply

First cohort. 7 seats. Founding-member status.

This is the inaugural run of the program. Pricing, access, and the seat at the table all reflect that — and won't repeat in future cohorts.

Founding Pricing
Materially below what future cohorts will pay.
Direct Access to Your Guide
A 7-person room means real 1:1 time every week.
Shape the Curriculum
Your feedback locks in v1. Future cohorts inherit it.

Seven seats deserve a conversation, not a form — so there's one step:

Internal: Sales playbook — ICPs, Apollo search & 5-touch sequences ↗

If you're a sitting CMO, VP Marketing or Fractional CMO ready to ship the growth engine — let's talk.