Fractional Growth Marketing for Startups

Hi, I’m David Turnbull.

I’ve spent the past ten years working as a growth marketing specialist at early-stage startups.

I know first-hand just how difficult it can be in the early days of a startup’s life, and enjoy being able to leverage my experience to find creative ways for teams with limited resources to reach their growth goals.

Fractional growth marketing

Many startups are not ready or able to hire a full-time growth marketing specialist, but still need help with these vital areas.
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That's where I can step in. By splitting my time across a small, select group of startups I can help each company "fill the gaps" with professional expertise that would otherwise be out of reach.

Why work with me?

Experience
I've worked with bootstrapped and venture-backed early-stage startups in SaaS and ecommerce, across areas including growth strategy, funnels (AARRR), analytics, marketing/growth stack design, SEO, CRO, content and more.

Direct Access
It's frustrating when you work with agencies and have to deal with an ever-changing lineup of junior team members. When you choose to work with me that’s exactly who you get – me.

Flexibility
Life at an early-stage startup is fast-moving and unpredictable. As a fractional growth marketer I'm able to keep up and adapt to the changes in your business as they happen.

Ingredients for growth

Improve your startup's key growth metrics with minimal time & engineering costs.

Growth Foundations

To maximise your startup's odds of success we need to make sure the foundations for growth are in place.

I can help you check off the "essentials": develop a growth strategy, select the best acquisition channels, sort out your positioning, set up analytics tools, define your key metrics and goals, and more.

Growth Stack Design

When you have a relatively small and busy team you need to take advantage of automated, efficient growth where-ever you can.

Through the smart selection and implementation of marketing & data software I can create a stack that powers ongoing growth for your startup, without pulling your team away from their core tasks.

On-demand advice

You're going to come across many growth & marketing issues as you build your business, and it's not a smart use of your time to try and solve these problems alone.

As your on-demand growth specialist I can provide you with fast, accurate advice and support, guided by my decade of professional experience working with early-stage startups.

These are just a few of the ways I can help.
If you'd like to discuss my services in more detail then please get in touch

“I don’t think I’ve met anyone else with David’s enthusiasm and capacity for knowledge and learning new skills. During our time working together, he was always reading up on his area of expertise, exploring new tools, methods and platforms to build on his skill sets.”
– Tre Wee, The Loppist

Get the ingredients for early-stage growth.

I help early-stage SaaS & e-commerce startups hit their growth goals with minimal time and engineering costs.

Hi, I’m David Turnbull.