Fractional Chief Content Officer

You know your stuff. I get it out of your head and in front of the right buyers.

I pull the thinking out of your head and publish it in your voice, on LinkedIn and every channel behind it. Your buyers read it and walk into the first call already sold.

Demand gen for people who know their stuff.

Doug Lawson, LinkedIn ghostwriter and Fractional Chief Content Officer
DOUG. (BRINGING THE BOOM. AS USUAL.)
$1M
Proposal from 1 LinkedIn post
$500K
Success fee from 1 LinkedIn DM
$301K
Contract signed
$100K
A client credits to his LinkedIn
Straight from client texts, Slack and DMs. Names blurred, because that's the job. See the receipts

The problem

Your clients know how good you are. Your market should too.

You built a real company. Deals come in, clients stay, and peers call you for advice. Your time goes to the business, so the thinking that wins in the room stays in the room.

Your time goes to clients and deals.
Content gets whatever's left over.
Your best stories live in client calls and deal rooms.
Only the people in the room get to hear them.
You want to be known without sounding like a guru.
Quiet confidence, in your own words.
You protect your name.
Every canned AI post puts it at risk.
You want 1 voice everywhere your buyers look.
LinkedIn, the newsletter, the book, the stage.
What's at stake
The buyers worth the most research you before they reply. When your content matches your reputation, they show up already sold, and the speaking and podcast invites follow. Stay the best-kept secret in your market, and someone louder eats your lunch.
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Why voice wins

Claps ain't cash.

Everyone's chasing followers, impressions, likes and reach. I care about who's in the room. 1 client averages 400 impressions a post, and his LinkedIn brought in $1M. 400 is a room full of people. 1 bullseye buyer reading the right post at the right time is a lot of stinking money.

From a client

A fractional CRO closed an $85K audit from a cold LinkedIn lead. Her words: “So much of my credibility for this conversation was built from my LinkedIn and website content.”

The stakes

Your reputation is the asset. I protect it.

AI writes fast, and your buyers spot it in 2 lines. A private equity managing director told one of my clients his posts read like a real person talking. In a feed full of templates, that's what wins the meeting. My longest clients all ask for the same thing: keep it human. Every line I write starts with something you said.

How I work

5 steps, and my hands are on every one of them.

01

I dig. You talk.

Sales calls, voice memos, a recorded interview. I ask the follow-up questions that pull out the story behind your best deals. Every engagement starts with an audit, so I know your buyers and your market before the first interview.

02

I document your voice.

How you open a thought. Where you land a point. The words you reach for, and the ones you'd skip. It all goes into a voice profile, so every draft sounds like you on your best day. I don't create personas. I document them.

03

I write it.

14+ years writing for a living. Trained as a creative writer at Columbia College Chicago. Every piece passes 1 test before it reaches you: read it out loud. If it sounds like you, it ships.

04

I direct the calendar.

I set the cadence, book the interviews and keep the drafts coming. You review and approve. The engine runs while you run the business.

05

I measure what matters.

I track booked calls and the buyers who mention your content. Likes make a nice bonus.

The fit

Built for established companies.

My clients run real companies in M&A advisory, sales consulting and training, professional services, specialty finance and B2B tech. They have a sales motion that works, a budget for growth, and 1 decision-maker who shows up for the interview.

Best fit

  • You own or lead the company.
  • Your expertise already closes deals in the room.
  • You want your public voice to match it.
  • You'd rather approve drafts than write them.

Better fit elsewhere

  • Solo operators funding marketing from their own pocket
  • Teams that decide by committee
  • Anyone who wants LinkedIn to replace a sales process

Ways to work together

Start with an audit. Scale to the whole engine.

Every engagement starts with your raw material and ends with content that sounds like you. Prices vary by scope, so let's hop on a call and see if we're a match.

Offer 1

The Audit

Find out what your content is costing you, and what to fix first.

I read everything you've published and hand you a dated plan. Each audit is scoped to your company, from a focused profile and website review up to a full content operating plan.

What it does for you
  • Know exactly which posts bring in buyers and which only bring applause.
  • See the gap between who your content attracts and who signs your contracts.
  • Find where buyers leave your profile, site or newsletter, and close the leak.
  • Put the proof you already own in front of the buyers who need to see it.
  • Answer your buyers' objections before the first call.
  • Get found when buyers ask Google or AI tools about your category.
  • Ship your first fixes within 14 days, with a 90-day plan behind them.
  • Judge your content by booked calls and deal quality.
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Offer 2

LinkedIn Thought Leadership

Your voice on LinkedIn, every week, for 1 interview a month of your time.

What it does for you
  • Stay in your buyers' heads every week, between deals and during them.
  • Walk into first calls with prospects who already know how you think.
  • Stand apart from the peers and competitors posting the same takes.
  • Share your wins through your clients' stories, so every win reads like a story.
  • Protect your reputation with writing that sounds like you on your best day.
  • Get back the hours you'd spend writing, and spend them with clients.

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Offer 3

The Content Ecosystem

Your whole content operation, run for you.

LinkedIn is where buyers notice you. Your newsletters, book and blog are where they get to know how you think. I run all of it in 1 voice.

What it does for you
  • Build steady deal flow from every channel your buyers read.
  • Stay in front of clients and prospects all year, so referrals and repeat business keep coming.
  • Turn your expertise into a book that sells for you before the first meeting.
  • Keep 1 voice everywhere, so every channel sounds like you.
  • Get found when buyers search, on Google and in AI answers.
  • Hand the whole operation to 1 person who knows your voice, from the plan to the publish button.
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Who's writing

I quit chasing reach. My clients started closing deals.

Doug Lawson

I'm Doug. 14+ years writing for a living, trained as a creative writer at Columbia College Chicago. Before that, I taught special education for 7 years in Chicago, Baltimore and DC.

I've written for M&A advisors, law firm partners, sales leaders, specialty finance owners and tech founders. Names you'd know. Protecting them is half the job.

Early on, I gamed the algorithm for reach and got good at it. Reach paid in likes. My clients needed deals. So I built a practice around the buyers who can hire you, reading something that sounds exactly like you.

Deaf since 18 months old. Family man. The full story lives on my About page.

Chow chow. Doug

The receipts

Take their word for it.

59 recommendations on LinkedIn, plus a folder full of client texts. Names blurred, with permission.

Client message: $1M proposal
$1M proposal
“This deal is from our LinkedIn work by the way / An old client who saw my LI post”
Client message: $500K success fee
$500K success fee
“He started following my LinkedIn posts and commenting, and he direct messaged me and said, I think I have a client for you.”
Client message: $301K signed
$301K signed
“We have a signed contract from [redacted] $301k!”
Client message: $100K, credited
$100K, credited
“he read my LinkedIn profile and saw my posts. So I can attribute to you, like, $100,000.”
Client message: $85K audit, cold LinkedIn lead
$85K audit, cold LinkedIn lead
“So much of my credibility for this conversation was built from my LinkedIn and website content you put together for me!”
Client message: 306 leads in 5 weeks
306 leads in 5 weeks
“306 Leads and 13 calls booked in 5 weeks - inbound”
Client message: Booked till December
Booked till December
“Leads flowing in and my delivery pipeline is actually chocked till Dec”
Client message: 12 calls in a week
12 calls in a week
“I've gotten 12 calls scheduled since Thursday ... I think that people are digging the new positioning / branding”
Client message: 31 on the waitlist
31 on the waitlist
“31 people joined the waitlist for a service that has a 6 or 7 figure LTV.”

In their own names

Doug's nose for what makes a good LinkedIn post is uncanny. First week, he helped me create a post that brought a paying client within 2 days. 7x ROI within 10 days.
Michal BohanesFounder & CEO, Alpha Lead Partners
Within the first 2 weeks of Doug's program, I booked 11 sales calls. I was setting up 0 before working with him.
Jimmy Clements, CPAPrincipal, Fount Financial
6 booked meetings in 2 days and thousands of impressions after a few meetups. BOOM. Doug helped me find my voice and sell better. He really does bring the BOOM.
Jason BennettFounder & CEO, Brilliantly.OS
You can't read the label from inside the jar. Doug helped me find the words to be online who I already am for my clients in real life.
Ray J. GreenCEO, MSP Sales Partners
I was stuck in paralysis by analysis. After working with Doug I have a clear ICP, my voice, a content roadmap, and templates. At heart, Doug is a teacher.
Angelo SiscoVistage Chair, Vistage Worldwide
A breath of fresh air in a crowded world full of wannabe content creators. He takes raw ideas and shapes them into narratives that truly resonate.
Melanie FrenchSales Consultant & Fractional CRO
A rare breed in this day and age of online snake oil charmers. Doug is a Jedi Master when it comes to his trade craft. When he commits to a deadline, he delivers.
Simon ChenCEO, Eight Black Partnership
Doug distills complex issues into simple, clear concepts, and gets into the mind of your ideal client across any industry. Go talk to Doug. He WILL help you.
David HochbergCEO, DH Group
He raised the bar on everything he touched. He didn't just execute briefs. He pushed ideas forward and added real value to the creative process.
Marcus ChanCEO & Founder, Venli
Doug is more than a copywriter. He's a master storyteller. He took the time to interview me and dig deep into who I am so he could tell my story.
Rob ToomeyCRO, Accelerated Gross Profit
I thought I had a good idea until Doug shut it down and came up with a better strategy. He gets to the point and gets you up and running fast. Doug is the man.
Marc Pierguidi, CPADirector of Finance, Kanan Capital Partners
His straightforward, no-nonsense approach made the whole thing enlightening and enjoyable. I attribute my success on LinkedIn directly to Doug's guidance.
Malka FrankelCEO, Better Co. Marketing
He is the best writer I know. If you want content that converts into cash you'd be crazy not to hire him. Why are you still reading this? Go hire the guy already.
Stephen PopePodcast host
Doug is one of the leading content strategists out there. He's the guy big Creators are desperate to hire. He delivers, and he will not overpromise.
Jennifer BrickAuthor, Career Glow Up

FAQ

Before you book the call.

How is this different from other LinkedIn ghostwriters?
I start with an interview. I dig into how you think, pull out the stories behind your best deals, and write from there. You hand me a recorded call. I hand you content that sounds like you on your best day.
Do you use AI?
Yes, on the back end for transcripts and research. The interview, the voice, the judgment and every line you publish come from me. My clients protect their reputations, and so do I.
Is this LinkedIn only?
LinkedIn is where buyers notice you. My longest client relationship covers every channel: LinkedIn, a weekly email newsletter, a printed newsletter, books and blogs. 1 voice across all of it, 3 years running.
My industry is niche. Does that matter?
You're the subject matter expert. Every word I write comes from you. I also start every engagement with an audit, so by the time we write, I know your industry and your customers inside and out. Then I get it out of your head and onto the page, in your voice. That's why I write for any industry.
How much of my time does ghostwriting take?
1 recorded interview a month, then you review and approve. I direct the calendar and keep everything moving.
Will this get me deals?
Content creates demand, and your sales process converts it. Put my work on top of a sales motion that already closes, and the right buyers arrive pre-sold. BOOM.
Why no client names or logos?
Discretion is part of the job. Most of my clients prefer their content to stay theirs. The screenshots on this page are real wins, shared with permission, names blurred. The recommendations come from people who chose to vouch for me in public.
What does it cost?
Every engagement is scoped to your company, so prices vary. Let's hop on a call and see if we're a match.

Your expertise already closes deals. Let's put it in front of the right buyers.

1 call. We look at what you have and where it should go, and we'll both know if we're a match.

30 minutes. Bring your mess. I'll bring the questions.