The market supports $90,000 for four months — $22,500 a month sits inside senior GTM retainer bands, and the network is the premium

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“I'm planning to do a full go-to-market strategy for an AI company over the next 4 months. This would include: a headline sponsor of a newsletter sent monthly to 7,000 people; events in Singapore, Dubai, San Francisco, and Bangalore, such as demo days for voice AI startups; private dinners; introductions; and access to the network from voiceaispace.com. The company just raised $8 million. Help me price this by searching what others charge.”

Evidence: 50 researched pricing benchmarks — 25 fractional-CMO/GTM rows and 25 newsletter-sponsorship rows — plus 25 first-party Voice AI Space proof pages, gathered from live web research on 4 September 2026. All figures in USD. The chart converts monthly retainer bands to their 4-month equivalent.

Where $90k sits against 13 researched retainer benchmarks, at 4-month scale

What the chart cannot say alone

Retainers alone top out near $80k over four months (e.g. $5k–20k/month fractional CMO bands) — the last $10k–20k of this package is priced on exclusivity, four-city production and network access, which is pricing judgment, not a benchmark. marketerhire.com
Defined GTM projects run $10,000–50,000 each; four city activations priced as projects would exceed the bundled $24k producer line. data-mania.com
Four exclusive headline placements at $6,000 total ($1,500 each) sit above B2B CPM guidance of $50–100 for a 7,000-name list ($350–700 per send) — justified only by exclusivity and narrow Voice AI fit. beehiiv.com
Comparable niche B2B placements reach far higher: a voice-industry email blast lists at $3,900 and B2B primaries at $3,500–8,000, so $1,500 per exclusive send is defensible, not aggressive. voicebot.ai · dupple.com
Voice AI Space's own pages state growth from a London pub gathering in June 2025 to 9 global events, 40+ speakers and 1,000+ attendees, with a footprint including Dubai, San Francisco and Bengaluru. voiceaispace.com

Three tiers — sell the bundle, not a menu

Strategy + Community
$60,000
  • Four exclusive newsletter placements
  • Limited curated introductions
  • Two private dinners
  • No full four-city production
  • Excludes hard costs
Recommended · Market Launch
$90,000
  • $48,000 GTM leadership and execution
  • $24,000 producer leadership, four city activations (Singapore, Dubai, San Francisco, Bangalore)
  • $6,000 four exclusive monthly headline newsletter placements
  • $8,000 community activation and 10–15 double-opt-in curated introductions
  • $4,000 dinner curation and hosting
  • Invoice $22,500 monthly in advance, or 40% on signature + 20% per monthly milestone
Category Leader
$120,000
  • Deeper embedded leadership
  • Expanded content and speaker program
  • More activations
  • Excludes hard costs

Professional fee versus pass-through costs

Included in the $90,000 fee

  • GTM strategy, leadership and execution
  • Producer leadership for four city activations
  • Four exclusive headline newsletter placements
  • Network activation and curated introductions
  • Dinner curation and hosting

Excluded — pre-approved pass-through, optional disclosed 10% production-management markup

  • Venue and catering
  • AV and production
  • Travel and accommodation
  • Paid media and third-party contractors
  • Taxes

Indicative all-in client budget: roughly $130,000–190,000 depending on event scale.

Network proof — first-party pages

Proposal language and guardrails

Introductions. Best-effort, double-opt-in, capped at 10–15 qualified introductions — not guaranteed meetings, pipeline, investment or revenue.

Events. Define one flagship activation per city, attendee target, format, responsibilities, lead-capture permissions, cancellation terms and change-order pricing.

Ownership. Voice AI Space retains its audience, brand, list, formats and relationships; the client owns commissioned strategy deliverables and its campaign data.

Negotiation. Walk-away floor about $72,000 unless scope is reduced. If budget is challenged, remove cities, dinners or introduction volume before discounting unchanged scope. Four-month minimum term.

Audience data. The 7,000-recipient list is user-supplied and unverified — attach recent open/click rates, audience roles and geographies, and past attendance to the proposal.

Next steps. Send the three-tier proposal with the $90,000 bundle marked recommended, agree the four flagship formats, and issue the first $22,500 invoice on signature.

The researched benchmarks

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Method: 50 pricing benchmarks (25 fractional-CMO/GTM, 25 newsletter sponsorship) and 25 Voice AI Space first-party pages, gathered by live web research on 2026-09-04, all figures USD. The lead chart keeps the 13 monthly retainer benchmarks (deduplicated, multiplied by four months); hourly, daily, annual and sub-$5k/month SEO-tier rows are shown in the table only. Newsletter figures mix per-send, per-issue and package pricing. Zero/free event listings and a Singapore-weighted local event-cost appendix were cut as not comparable. $72k floor, $90k recommendation and $100k upper point are pricing judgment anchored to these benchmarks, not researched quotes.

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