Your Fractional CRO Alternative: DealMentor, by KSW Solutions

You've made the decision, you're going to set budget aside for business consulting. But when you find business consultants, either through recommendations or Google, it's the same thing every time — their fees are just outside of your budget. Perhaps you've been a follower of our very own Tal Paperin for years, and finally visited his site to see how much he charges for Fractional CRO services, only to discover a Catch-22 problem — you need him to improve your sales, but your current sales don't allow you to bring him onboard for enough time to turn your sales around.

A simple search on Google or Claude will tell you that the monthly retainer for a Fractional CRO (Tal included) is on average between $5,000-$15,000 a month.

If you are looking for a smaller investment, just hourly rates, you are looking at shelling out around $250/hour.

But some consultants will only charge you a day rate, about $2,000, and it's not even the whole day or on-site.

Sure, if you are a sizeable company that needs a VP Sales or CRO, an efficient, fractional CRO will only set you back a third to half of a full-time employee, without all the trappings of PTO, bonuses, health care, etc. But still, companies like you need help to be able to afford even a $100,000 a year part-time sales consultant.

We know. We hear from you every week.

Which is why we have built DealMentor: Your Virtual CRO, trained on the world's top 50 sales methodologies.

Tal had already piloted a feature of DealMentor, Sales Copilot, at one of his sales clients and saw immediate results. First of all, his SDRs were much more confident when approaching cold leads, they always knew what to say, how to handle objections, and how to get around the gatekeeper. It also improved SDR KPIs because they could get immediate answers to their questions, rather than waiting for someone from their management team to respond. They also asked more questions and were more effective because it removed the embarrassment layer — instead of just making something up or winging it because they were embarrassed to ask for help, they could turn to the AI, which wouldn't judge them.

Once Tal saw the benefits of this one module, he started planning a more comprehensive solution.

DealMentor provides every service a traditional sales leader should provide, plus some they don't, including the following products and features:

• Playbook: Your entire sales process, built around your specific business. From day one, DealMentor knows your product, your buyer, and your market, so every output it gives you is relevant, not generic.
• ICP Profile: Know exactly who to go after and why. If you're unsure whether you're targeting the right buyers or whether there are better market segments you're missing, DealMentor maps it out for you.
• Script Pack: Never wonder what to say again. Whether you're making a cold call, sending an email, or reaching out on LinkedIn, you get word-for-word scripts tailored to each of your target buyers.
• Objection Handlers: Stop losing deals to objections you weren't ready for. Get structured, ready-to-use responses so you can quickly move prospects to a clear yes or a clean no.
• Your Pitch: A sharp, concise way to describe what you do, tested and tailored to get your foot in the door, every time.
• Sales Copilot: Real-time guidance before every call, email, and deal. Think of it as having a senior sales advisor on call, without the retainer.
• Outreach Builder: Multi-touch sequences across every channel, built specifically for your ICPs, so your outreach is consistent, targeted, and ready to deploy.
• And more.

All of your information is stored in your account and accessible in your "My Outputs," so you can easily share it with your team and have confidence that you are getting consistent responses from DealMentor.

And all of this starting at just $149/month.

Sound too good to be true? Don't take our word for it — go sign up for your free trial (1 week for Founder mode and 2 weeks for Team mode).

Sign up, play with it yourself — all without having to even give your credit card information.

And if you try it, let us know what you think. We built this for you (and for us, we are a business), and genuinely want to be able to help as many businesses as we can, so are always happy to hear feedback to improve the product (or of course, how much you love it).

When DealMentor gets your sales moving, and you find yourself ready for deeper strategic work, Tal's consulting is there when the time is right.