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Build an agency that runs without you.

Fractional COO services for digital marketing agencies scaling from $1M to $10M. We embed in your business, fix what's broken, and hand back an agency that doesn't need you in every decision.

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AGENCY REVENUE GROWTH

3X$2M → $6M

scaled as full-time COO

PROFIT MARGIN

28%

maintained through 3x scale

OWNER EXTRACTION

4days / wk

extracted from daily operations

DELIVERY SCALE

1,100+ clients

accounts served as COO

How it works

Diagnose. Rebuild. Hand off.

We embed as your fractional COO for 6–12 months. First we diagnose. Then we rebuild. Then we hand it over — to systems, your team, and AI automations that remove real hours.

01 / DIAGNOSE

Where your business actually leaks time & margin.

We audit your operations end to end — every recurring decision, every handoff that drops, every retainer that's mispriced. You get a written diagnosis with the top 3 constraints blocking growth, ranked by impact.

02 / REBUILD

Systems, leverage, and AI where it actually pays off.

We restructure your team, reprice your services, document your delivery process, and ship AI automations that remove real hours. Not a deck — real systems, installed and running inside your business.

03 / HAND OFF

The agency runs. You get your life back.

We train your leadership team to own the operating rhythm. Weekly meetings, quarterly planning, KPI reviews — all documented, all owned by someone other than you. When we leave, nothing breaks.

What we actually do

Not a coach. An operator, in the seat.

We don't write decks from the outside. We sit in your Slack, run your Monday leadership meeting, and hold the rope on the hires, the numbers, and the uncomfortable conversations.

01 — OPERATING SYSTEM

A weekly rhythm your team can actually follow.

Quarterly plan, weekly leadership meeting, metric review, hiring cadence. All written down. All owned by someone other than you.

WEEK · OPERATING RHYTHM

MON

Leadership

TUE

Delivery

WED

Deep work

THU

1:1s

FRI

Metrics

02 — MARGIN

Pricing & scope, rebuilt from the math.

Your retainers are probably mispriced. We fix the math before we fix anything else — because margin funds everything.

GROSS MARGIN %

03 — AI LEVERAGE

AI in your delivery — not bolted on.

Built into your workflow. We ship automations that remove real hours from reporting, QA, research, and client comms.

HOURS REMOVED / MONTH

Reporting

Research

Comms

04 — FOUNDER FREEDOM

Your calendar, unwound.

The most honest metric we track. If your weekly hours are still north of 55 in month six, we haven't done our job. Period.

FOUNDER HOURS / WEEK

Outcomes

Receipts. Not slogans.

Ten years of fractional COO and operational work inside marketing agencies.

01 / REVENUE

Agency Revenue Tripled as COO

Stepped in as full-time COO at a marketing agency doing $2M. Rebuilt team structure, delivery operations, and financial systems. Over three years, scaled the agency to $6M in revenue with improved margins.

$2M → $6M

02 / SCALE

Early-Stage Agency to $1.5M

Took a $300K agency with no documented processes and built the operational infrastructure from scratch — hiring playbooks, delivery systems, client onboarding automation. Revenue hit $1.5M within 18 months.

$300K → $1.5M

03 / FREEDOM

Founder Hours Cut Nearly in Half

Agency founder was working 60-hour weeks and still the bottleneck on every decision. We installed a leadership team, documented the operating rhythm, and automated reporting. Revenue grew while hours dropped.

60h → 35h/wk

Free assessment

What's actually blocking your growth?

16 questions. 3 minutes. Find out which of the 4 operational pillars needs attention first — and where to focus for maximum impact.

Scored across People, Strategy, Execution & Profit

Instantly see your weakest operational area

Know exactly what to fix first before your next hire

SAMPLE RESULTS

67 % OVERALL

PPL

80%

STR

70%

EXE

45%

PRF

75%

Focus area: EXECUTION

About

Built by an operator who's been in your chair.

HireOutcome was founded by Brady Stoeltzing after a decade as a fractional COO and operations leader inside marketing agencies between $300K and $6M in revenue. He's made the senior hires that actually worked. He's had the hard conversation with the founders. He's built the operating rhythm that held 28% margins through 3x scale.

We work with a small roster — because this work is only worth doing if it's done well. No templates. No frameworks. Just an operator embedded in your business until it runs without one.

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Common questions

The honest answers.

What agency founders ask us on a first call. No spin.

How is this different from a business coach or consultant?

Coaches ask questions. Consultants write strategy decks. We do the work. We sit in your leadership meeting, own the hiring loop, build the systems, and make the uncomfortable calls. You'll know the difference in week three.

What size agency is this for?

Marketing agencies between $1M and $10M in revenue. Below that, you probably don't need a fractional COO yet — you need clients. Above $10M, you likely need a full-time one. We're built for the messy middle where growth breaks things.

How long does an engagement last?

Most partnerships run 12–24 months. Months 1–3 are heavy: we diagnose, interview the team, and ship the first systems. By month six, the operating rhythm is live and your hours should be trending down. By month nine to twelve, your leadership team owns the day-to-day. We stay on to hold the rope through the next growth phase, until the business runs without us.

How much of my time will this take?

Directly with us: a weekly 1-hour working session on implementation, constraints, and org structure. We also embed into (or establish) your weekly leadership meeting, and run your quarterly planning off-sites. Net effect on your week: by month three, your total hours should be trending down, not up. If they aren't, we aren't doing our job.

What do you mean by "AI leverage"?

We build AI directly into your delivery workflows (reporting, research, QA, client comms, etc.) not theatre. Every automation we ship has a documented hour-savings target. If it doesn't save real time, we don't ship it.

Are you a solo operator or a firm?

Right now, it's a small team led by me (Brady). I run every engagement personally — no handoff to a junior, no "account manager" between you and the work. As we grow, we'll only add operators who've actually run agency operations, not consultants looking for a pivot. The small roster is the point.

Do you sign NDAs?

Always. Mutual NDA before the first deep-dive call. Nothing we see, learn, or build is ever shared without your written approval.

Ready when you are

Stop being the bottleneck.

30-minute intro call. No deck. We'll tell you on the call whether we're a fit — and if we aren't, who probably is.

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Intro call

Let's see if we're a fit.

30 minutes. You tell us where the business is stuck. We tell you — honestly — whether we can help, and if we can't, who might.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

You'll get a calendar link within one business day. First call is with a senior operator, not a salesperson.

DIRECT LINE

brady@hireoutcome.com

Received

Thanks — you'll hear from a senior operator within one business day.