The right support,
built around your business

Every business's marketing needs are different, so we don't force them into the same box. Most businesses don't need more marketing. They need the right marketing, built around a clear strategy, delivered consistently, and designed to actually grow the business.

At Tonic, we work with professional service businesses and recruitment agencies as their outsourced marketing partner. We start with a conversation, not a package, so whether you need to get clear on your positioning, hand over your day-to-day marketing, launch something big, or get serious about being found in AI search, we build the right mix around where your business actually is, not a template. No cookie-cutter packages. No junior account managers. Just senior-level thinking and proper execution, from day one.

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Ways We Work Together

Every engagement starts the same way: a conversation about what your business actually needs right now. The four paths below are common starting points, not fixed products. We'll shape the detail around you.

Fractional CMO Partnership

This is for businesses done with scattered, reactive marketing and ready to put someone senior in charge of it. Not a freelancer ticking off a content list, someone who sits across from you as your marketing lead: setting direction, making the calls, and making sure everything your business puts out is working toward the same goal.

We don't just create content. We run the function, and right now, that function looks different than it did two years ago. Search has split in two: there's still Google, and there's a whole new layer of AI search, ChatGPT, Perplexity, the AI Overviews sitting above Google itself, where buyers are starting decisions before they ever hit a website. Most agencies are still building for the Google half. We build for both, because a strategy that only covers half the search a client actually does isn't a full strategy. That's Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and it's core to how we approach every client, not a bolt-on service.

What that looks like, month to month:

  • A weekly strategy call, where direction gets set and priorities get decided, not just a status update
  • GEO built into the strategy from day one: how your brand is structured, described, and positioned so AI tools surface you as a credible answer, not just how your website ranks
  • Content built to work across both search layers, blogs, LinkedIn articles, and posts written to build authority with people and with the AI systems now shaping what people see
  • LinkedIn content across your brand and your consultants' personal profiles, each playing a different role in the same strategy
  • A monthly EDM, keeping the right message in front of the right audience
  • Campaign copy and graphics for launches, events, and talent drives, briefed and directed, not just designed on request
  • A monthly visibility and insights report, showing what's working, what's ranking in Google, and where you're showing up in AI search, so you can see the shift happening, not just take our word for it

The exact mix flexes month to month around what the business needs. What doesn't flex is the level of thinking behind it, and the fact that GEO is built in, not offered as an upsell.

For businesses ready to hand their marketing to someone who thinks like a CMO, not a content calendar.

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Recruitment agencies and professional services firms who want a marketing leader in their corner without the cost of a full-time CMO. Ideal for founders and principals who want someone accountable for the thinking and the direction, not just a pair of hands producing content.

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Professional service businesses and recruitment agencies who know AI search matters but don't know where they stand. Ongoing GEO is part of the Fractional CMO Partnership, so this is also a natural first step if you're weighing up that partnership.

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Your clients are asking ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers who to trust. Whether your business shows up depends on how clearly and consistently it's described across your website, your content and your online presence.

The GEO Foundation is a focused project. We sit down together, review where your marketing and visibility stand today, and agree what matters most. Then we do the work, rather than handing you a report to action yourself.

How it works:
  1. Review: we go through your marketing and online presence together and score where you stand on GEO
  2. Recommend: you get a prioritised plan covering what to fix first and why
  3. Implement: we carry out the work to make you easier for AI search to find, understand and cite

This typically includes:
  • A marketing and GEO review, with a visibility score
  • Benchmarking of how you appear in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers for the questions your clients actually ask
  • A positioning and entity consistency review across your website, LinkedIn and key listings
  • Question mapping, so you know which questions your ideal clients ask and which answers you should own
  • Website page improvements for GEO and SEO, covering rewrites, structure and schema as scoped
  • A prioritised roadmap and a follow-up review

For businesses that want to be found where their clients are now asking.

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The Design Desk

Not every project needs a full marketing partnership. Sometimes you just need something designed well, on brand, and ready to use. The Design Desk is our project-based design service for exactly that.

We take your brand and turn it into whatever you need next, without you having to brief a freelancer from scratch or wrestle with Canva templates that never quite look right.

Common projects we take on:

  • Capability statements and company profiles
  • Brochures, one-pagers, and flyers
  • Lead magnets, guides, checklists, and templates
  • Pitch decks and sales presentations
  • Salary guides and market insight reports
  • Candidate information packs and client proposal documents
  • Presentation templates for your team to reuse
  • Social media template kits, LinkedIn banners, and email signatures
  • Event and conference collateral, banners, signage, and print materials
  • Business cards and stationery

Every project is scoped individually based on what you need. If it's not on this list, ask, chances are we can still help.

For when you need something specific designed, properly.

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Businesses who don't need ongoing marketing support but have a specific piece of collateral that needs to look like a real, considered brand, not a rushed template. Available as a standalone project, or bundled in for clients on The Outsourced Partner.

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Recruitment agencies running talent drives, client campaigns, or major announcements. Professional services firms launching a new offering, hosting an event, or releasing a lead magnet. Any business that has something important to say and wants to make sure it actually gets heard.

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When you're launching something that matters, a new service, a talent drive, a lead magnet, an event, or a major brand announcement — scattered promotion isn't going to cut it. You need a clear strategy, the right message, and everything executed in the right order so it actually lands.

Campaign Catalyst gives your launch the structure and commercial focus it deserves. We handle the strategy and the execution so you can focus on showing up, not scrambling to pull it together at the last minute.

Here's what's included:
  • Campaign strategy and messaging - the positioning, the narrative, and the angle that makes your launch land with the right people
  • Launch copy suite - emails, social posts, LinkedIn content, and landing page copy, all written and ready to go
  • Content rollout plan - what goes out, where, and when, mapped across your platforms
  • Canva-based visual assets - graphics and templates built to your brand
  • Timeline and launch management - everything sequenced so nothing falls through the cracks
  • Post-campaign review - what worked, what didn't, and what to do differently next time


Strategic launch support that builds momentum, not noise.

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Choosing the right fit can feel overwhelming, we get it. That's exactly why we start with a conversation, not a form. Reach out and we'll talk through what your business actually needs, together.

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