Marketing Consultant Brisbane
Practical Marketing and AI Consulting to Support Your Next Phase of Growth.
When your marketing isn’t delivering what it should (or you’re unsure where to focus next) clear, experienced advice matters.
At Substrate, our consultants work with small to medium-sized businesses to diagnose marketing issues, prioritise opportunities, and design practical solutions that drive commercial results. Sometimes that’s a review and update of your strategy. Sometimes it’s hands-on guidance to help your existing activity work harder.
We also provide AI marketing consulting for businesses that want to apply AI sensibly, not chase trends. From assessing readiness and identifying genuinely valuable AI opportunities, through to training teams and implementing agentic AI systems, we help you adopt AI in ways that actually improve performance.
For businesses that need senior marketing leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time executive, our Fractional CMO service provides experienced, commercially grounded direction aligned to your goals.
Google & Meta Certified
All of our team members are Certified for Google Search Ads and Meta Media Buying.
14+ Years Experience
Experienced team delivering digital marketing and media solutions.
$20m+ in Digital Media
Dozens of dedicated business owners have trusted our team to manage their digital marketing.
4.9 Star Rating
From 31 customer ratings over 14 years of dedicated service.
What is a Marketing Consultant?
What is a Fractional CMO?
What Can Our Marketing Consultants Do For You?
Brand & Marketing Strategy
We help you define your target market, position your brand, and create marketing strategies and plans that drive commercial growth — supported by the right capabilities.
Marketing Team Design & Set-up
We help you design and structure your marketing team, identify the skills you need, and support recruitment and onboarding to build a high-performance function.
AI Solutions
We help you assess AI readiness, identify opportunities, design and build agentic AI solutions, and integrate AI into your marketing systems — giving your business a smarter, faster competitive edge.
Agency Selection
We help you determine the agency support you need, run selection processes, and review or optimise your existing agency relationships to improve performance and value.
Data & Performance Management
We help you establish robust marketing data, insights, and reporting — from brand tracking to channel performance and ROI — so you can make smarter, faster decisions.
Marketing Technology Selection
We help you identify the right marketing technology for your business, manage selection processes, and optimise your existing tech stack to ensure maximum efficiency and value.
The New AI Frontier: More Efficient Growth for SMBs.
AI isn’t the future of marketing, it’s already here, reshaping how businesses find, engage, and serve customers. For small and medium-sized businesses, AI offers a rare competitive advantage: the ability to unlock enterprise-level capabilities, without enterprise-level budgets.
At Substrate, we don’t just talk about AI. We help service-based SMBs understand it, implement it, and lead with it, safely, strategically, and profitably.
What AI Can Do for Your Business
- Automate Repetitive Marketing Tasks — from content creation to client follow-ups.
- Personalise Customer Journeys at Scale — with messaging that adapts to each user.
- Predict and Respond to Market Shifts Faster — with real-time data analysis.
- Cut Operational Costs — while improving marketing effectiveness.
- Deploy Bespoke Agentic AI Systems — that drive leads, nurture prospects, and support client relationships autonomously.
How Substrate Media Can Help
Our AI consulting services are built for commercial outcomes, not experimentation.
Want to See Where AI Can Take Your Business?
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What's Inside:
• Step-by-step readiness checklist
• How to future-proof your marketing.
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Frequently Asked Questions- FAQ’s
What does a marketing consultant actually do?
How is marketing consulting different from hiring an agency?
Agencies typically sell you services. Consultants help you decide what to do, why, and how to get better ROI. We’re your commercial co-pilot, not just a supplier. Yes, we can also deliver most of the services you’d need for your digital marketing, but as marketing consultants we were an independent hat so you get advice that’s truely fit for your business.
What size businesses do you work with?
We specialise in small to medium-sized service businesses, especially in trades, healthcare and financial services, who need clear, commercial advice without the big-agency price tag. However our consultants have also worked with large corporate brands as well, so we are well placed to tackle any marketing challenge.
Can you help even if we already have a marketing team or agency?
Absolutely. We often work alongside in-house teams or external providers to sharpen strategy, improve performance, and make sure everyone’s pulling in the same direction. conversions and much more. We also provide insights into how your marketing campaigns are performing against industry benchmarks and competitors.
What kind of outcomes should I expect from marketing consulting?
Expect clear strategy, better ROI, stronger messaging, and a plan that aligns your marketing with business goals, not a pile of generic templates or vague advice.
What’s the cost of working with a marketing consultant?
Our consulting packages start from $750/month. Every engagement is tailored, no bloated retainers, just real commercial value based on your goals, and a clear understanding of exactly what you get for your fee.
Do you offer once-off strategy sessions or ongoing support?
Both. You can start with a focused session to solve a pressing challenge or engage us as a Fractional CMO for deeper, ongoing impact.
What makes Substrate’s consulting approach different?
We’re not career consultants or agency careerists. We’ve run marketing teams, scaled service businesses, and been in the trenches. That means practical advice, honest answers, and strategies that actually work in the real world.
Our Other Services
Google Ads
Looking for more high-quality leads? Google Ads, also known as pay-per-click (PPC), uses paid advertisements to appear at the top of Google search engine results pages. It can be one the fastest and most profitable ways to generate new clients for your business.
Social Media Advertising
Are you ready to drive more efficient growth in your business? Reaching new audiences, shaping demand, or increasing lead volume? Social media advertising helps you reach the right people earlier in their decision journey, build intent, and convert attention into qualified leads that support sustainable growth.
Content Marketing
Content marketing is a cost-effective way to grow your brand, stay connected to your customers and increase organic (free!) traffic to your website. it It helps build trust, boosts your online visibility, and helps stay connected with clients, complementing your Google Ads and SEO strategies to deliver long-term growth.
The 2X Value Promise
20% Cheaper. Don't Pay Till The Campaign Profits
We guarantee two things to our clients:
- Our service will be at least 20% cheaper than your last agency.
- We won’t charge a cent for our work until your media campaign generates enough revenue to cover both ad spend and our fees.
No Fluff. No excuses. Just simple, commercial results.
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- A personalised review of your current marketing strategy
- ROI and lead-gen performance insights
- Clarity on what’s working, what’s wasting money, and what to fix
- A lean, commercial marketing roadmap you can actually use
- Honest answers to your biggest marketing questions
