MANAGE THE MACHINE

7-figure+ DTC brands hire me to equip them with the strategies, technology & processes that unlock next-stage ecommerce growth. Bring 25+ years of ecommerce expertise to your business.

"Working with Ian is probably the best thing
that has happened to us in the last 6 years."

Rivki Stoll :: Private White VC

I'm hired by ecommerce business leaders in 1 of 2 scenarios:
1.) Your brand has outgrown current tactics and in-house skillsets. To continue your upward growth trajectory, you need someone to lead the next-stage growth process.
2.) Growth has stalled, plateaued, or become overly dependent on paid advertising. You need expert advice and guidance to fix your ecommerce growth challenges.

WHy do founders hire me rather than an agency?

Ecommerce growth tactics usually look like this:

  • Paid media managed in isolation
  • SEO chasing traffic, not customers
  • Email treated as a campaign channel, not a system
  • Partnerships bolted on as an afterthought
  • Retention discussed, but rarely designed

Each channel might “perform”. But the business doesn’t compound.

Growth stalls not because teams aren’t working hard but because no one owns the whole system. The machine. That's my role as your Fractional CMO... to help you own the process of growth.

Clients, founders and leadership teams, hire me to either evolve or redesign their growth model in order to achieve next-stage ecommerce growth.  Optimisation. Not by piling on more channels, but by stepping back and firstly answering the harder questions:

  • What work needs to happen in order to take business to the next level?
  • If growth has stagnated, why? great product. great brand, but growth has stalled...
  • Are we over-relying on a particular channel? Are we too ad-dependent?
  • What do we scale when we get this right? And who does the work?
  • What needs to change structurally, not just tactically?
  • How do we work better, quicker and with greater impact on real business objectives (money in the bank)?

From there, I design an optimisation growth system that fits your business. Then, if you manage the work in-house, fantastic, if you require growth leadership, I'm there to take the role of Fractional CMO to help your team progress.

Your Ecommerce Growth doesn't have to be shackled to Ad Spend...

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BRING 25 YEARS OF ECOMMERCE GROWTH EXPERTISE TO YOUR BUSINESS

FIXING THE ECOMMERCE GROWTH FLYWHEEL (an intro to how I work)

Most marketing conversations are driven by opinions.

“We should try TikTok.”
“We need better creatives.”
“Let’s increase the ad budget.”

But sustainable ecommerce growth rarely comes from chasing tactics.

The brands that grow consistently operate something much simpler:

a system.

A growth flywheel where each part of the business works together to generate demand, trust and repeat revenue.

Customer Insight → Authority & Trust → Discovery → Conversion → Retention

When one part of this system breaks, growth slows.

Traffic becomes expensive.
Conversion rates suffer.
Customer loyalty weakens.

My role is straightforward.

I diagnose and fix the mechanics of the ecommerce growth flywheel.

Not running campaigns.
Not chasing marketing trends.

Instead, I help founder-led brands build and optimise the systems that make growth predictable.

Because when the flywheel works properly, marketing stops feeling like guesswork — and starts working like an engine.

 

Ian Rhodes

Ian Rhodes
ECOMMERCE GROWTH STRATEGIST
Founder of EcommerceGrowth.com



Fractional CMO

"I recommend working with Ian if you want to grow your ecommerce brand long-term, focusing on profit and building a loyal customer base."

TEGEN WILLS :: FOUNDER OF TEGEN ACCESsORIES


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How To Optimise Articles For Ecommerce Marketers and Founders

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growing and scaling a successful ecommerce business
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“Taking a test-and-learn approach meant that we started to see positive results very quickly. Within the first year, we were consistently delivering sales results in significant double-digit growth, whilst at the same time seeing an improvement in the investment ROI.

Such was the increase in sales demand that we had to suppress sales as operationally we could not manage…a nice problem to have had!”
WAYNE ROBINSON :: FOUNDER OF SOWSEEDS

"His understanding of the customers
thought process is exceptional"

Sat Sindhar - MD at People®