Fractional CMO · FamTech Marketing

Marketing leadership for companies serving families and caregivers

I'm a Fractional CMO who works exclusively with mission-driven companies and practices serving families, parents, and caregivers — leading your marketing, not just advising.

Before & After Working Together
Before
After
"I don't know where to focus."
A strategy with the team to execute it.
"Our marketing feels scattered."
One system, moving together.
"We're losing users early."
Users who stay and grow.
"Leads are unpredictable."
A pipeline I can count on.
"We just need someone to own marketing."
A marketing leader who drives results.
The Problem

The right marketing help is hard to find in this space

You’ve probably tried some version of this before. An agency that ran campaigns but couldn’t connect them to your business goals. A consultant who handed you a strategy deck and disappeared. A junior hire who needed more direction than you had time to give.

This space makes it harder. Whether you’re a FamTech startup, a therapy practice, or a mission-driven brand serving families — you’re rarely marketing to just one audience. You might be speaking to a parent, a clinician, an HR director, or a caregiver all at once, each with different motivations and different definitions of trust.

And the families you’re trying to reach are stretched thin — overwhelmed, short on time, and filtering out most of what hits their inbox or feed. Getting through requires precision, not volume.

How I Help

Senior marketing leadership — at whatever level you need it

Most founders and practice owners don’t need more marketing opinions — they need someone with real experience who will show up, think strategically, and be accountable for outcomes. That’s what I bring to every engagement, whether it’s a single focused session or ongoing embedded leadership.

The level of involvement looks different depending on where you are — a focused clarity session, a comprehensive strategy engagement, or a fully embedded fractional CMO relationship. But the approach is the same: a senior marketing perspective, clear priorities, and accountability for moving things forward.

Across every engagement, that means:

  • A senior marketing perspective on your biggest challenges and opportunities
  • Positioning and messaging that earns trust with families and caregivers
  • A strategy tied to real business outcomes — not just marketing activity
  • Clear priorities so your time and budget go toward what will actually move the needle
  • Accountability for results, not just recommendations
How I Work

Three ways to work together

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Who I Work With

Built for mission-driven companies and practices marketing to families and caregivers

🏥

Health, mental health & wellness

You’re helping families with some of the most personal decisions they’ll ever make — and your marketing has to reflect that. The challenge is communicating real value in a way that builds trust and credibility without oversimplifying what you do.

🌱

Caregiving & life-stage support

From fertility to elder care, your customers are navigating high-stress, high-emotion moments. Finding the right tone — empathetic without being clinical, clear without being salesy — is one of the hardest marketing problems in FamTech.

📚

Parenting, education & child development

Parents are drowning in advice and options. If you’re building something genuinely valuable, the challenge isn’t doing more marketing — it’s figuring out how to stand out in a sea of noise without becoming part of it.

💳

Family finance & decision-heavy platforms

Your product helps families make important financial decisions — but if people understand what you do and still don’t convert, the problem isn’t awareness. It’s confidence. That’s a messaging and trust problem, and it’s solvable.

Getting Started

Three steps — straight to the point

STEP 01

Book a free 30-minute call

We talk about what you're building, where you're getting stuck, and where marketing could move the needle. No pitch — just an honest conversation.

STEP 02

Get a recommendation that fits

Based on what I hear, I'll map out which type of support makes sense — from a focused strategy engagement to ongoing Fractional CMO work.

STEP 03

A clear proposal — no surprises

Transparent scope, transparent pricing. If it's the right fit, we get started. If the timing isn't right, you'll have a proposal ready for when it is.

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Dan Ritzke
FamTech.org Champion Partner
About Dan

I chose this space because the marketing here is genuinely hard to get right

I didn't start here by design. Early in my consulting work I took on a few clients in the family and caregiving space — and they turned out to be some of the best client relationships I've had. The work felt meaningful in a way that's hard to manufacture.

That led me to start the Founders in Full podcast, where I've had dozens of conversations with FamTech founders and practice owners building for families, parents, and caregivers. Those conversations confirmed what I already suspected: this space has real complexity, real stakes, and a genuine need for marketing leadership that understands both.

So I went all in. I joined FamTech.org as a Champion Partner — which deepened my connection to the community and the founders building inside it. And I expanded my focus to include therapy and counseling practices, where the same dynamics apply: families making high-stakes decisions, trust that has to be earned, and marketing that has to reflect the weight of the work.

I focus exclusively on this space — not because it's a niche that looked good on paper, but because the work pulled me here.

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What Founders Say

What clients are saying

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Our marketing attempts felt like guesswork and a bit chaotic. The Strategy Sprint walked us through content planning, marketing channels, and execution of a plan designed to engage our audience without overwhelming us. The progress we are making now is clear and measurable.
Strategy Engagement Client
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The strategy work helped us clarify our thinking, sharpen our direction, and feel more confident about where to focus our marketing efforts moving forward.
Strategy Engagement Client
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Dan has been at the helm of so many important marketing initiatives. We were able to measure our leads better than ever before and increase our intake inquiries. Our marketing feels more streamlined, organized, and clearly defined.
Fractional CMO Client
🎙 Free Webinar Series

The family & caregiving marketing webinar series

Practical sessions on the marketing challenges FamTech founders actually face — from reaching overwhelmed families to building AI workflows for lean teams. Sign up to get notified of upcoming sessions and access to past recordings.

No spam. You'll hear from Dan directly when the next session is scheduled.

Past Sessions
  • Marketing to Overwhelmed Families & Caregivers
  • AI Workflows for FamTech Teams
Subscribers also receive a summary + recording after each session.

Let’s talk about what you’re building

Book a free 30-minute call. No pitch, no pressure — just an honest conversation about where you are and where you want to go.

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