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About Siddhesh Joglekar

Marketing experience. AI perspective. Real-world impact.

I’m a marketing leader, Fractional CMO, AI Marketing Consultant, and educator helping founders and businesses build smarter marketing strategies and sustainable growth.

With 15+ years across marketing, strategy, and growth, I bring practical experience to the rapidly changing world of AI-powered marketing.

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My Story

I’ve spent my career learning what makes marketing work.

My career has taken me across marketing leadership, growth, startups, and business strategy, giving me a practical view of what it takes to turn marketing from a collection of activities into a growth engine.

As AI began transforming how businesses research, create, automate, and make decisions, I started exploring how it could be applied to marketing in a practical way—not simply as a technology, but as a source of real business leverage.

Today, I work with founders and teams as a Fractional CMO, marketing consultant, and AI marketing advisor, helping them bring together strategy, execution, and AI.

My Marketing Philosophy

Better marketing starts with better thinking.

I believe great marketing is not about doing more. It is about knowing what matters, understanding your customer, and focusing your resources where they can create the most impact.

  1. Strategy before tactics.

    Start with the business problem, customer, and objective before choosing channels or campaigns.

  2. Clarity before complexity.

    A clear position, message, and marketing plan make execution faster and more effective.

  3. AI as leverage, not a shortcut.

    Use AI to improve research, content, analysis, automation, and decision-making while keeping human judgment at the center.

  4. Execution matters.

    A strong marketing strategy only creates value when it can be translated into action, measurement, and continuous improvement.

Experience & Credibility

Experience built across marketing, growth, and education.

My work sits at the intersection of marketing strategy, growth, AI, and business education.

Years in Marketing & Growth
15+
Years Teaching at IIM Calcutta
9+
Learners Reached
500K+
AI Tools & Workflows Explored
200+

I’ve worked with businesses and teams across different stages and industries, helping them solve marketing challenges ranging from strategy and positioning to growth and AI adoption.

Brands and teams I’ve worked with

  • rediff.com
  • Shaadi.com
  • BYJU'S
  • OurBus
  • Programming Hub
  • KIMS Hospitals
  • Skill Tyro
  • DocTutorials
  • The 1970 Shop

What I Do

I help businesses build smarter marketing engines.

Today, I work with founders, growth-stage companies, and marketing teams across three core areas: marketing leadership, AI-powered marketing, and growth strategy.

Lead

  • Fractional CMO

    I provide senior marketing leadership to businesses that need strategic direction, stronger processes, and a marketing function built for growth.

  • Marketing Strategy

    I help businesses define their positioning, priorities, channels, and marketing roadmap around clear business goals.

  • Growth Strategy

    I identify opportunities across acquisition, conversion, retention, and channels that can create meaningful business growth.

Transform

  • AI Marketing Consulting

    I help businesses apply AI to marketing strategy, research, content, customer insights, and decision-making.

  • AI Automation for Marketing

    I design practical AI-powered workflows that reduce repetitive work and help marketing teams operate more efficiently.

Specialize

  • Product Marketing

    I help businesses sharpen product positioning, messaging, go-to-market strategy, and customer understanding.

  • Organic Marketing & SEO

    I build sustainable organic growth through content, SEO, thought leadership, and audience-building strategies.

  • Performance Marketing

    I help teams improve paid acquisition through focused strategy, campaign optimization, conversion thinking, and measurement.

The Educator In Me

Teaching keeps me learning.

I’m a faculty member at IIM Calcutta, where I teach and work with professionals and future business leaders. Teaching challenges me to simplify complex ideas, question assumptions, and stay close to what is changing in business and marketing.

That perspective shapes my consulting work too. I bring together marketing frameworks, real-world experience, and practical AI applications to help teams learn faster and apply what they learn.

Learn what I’m learning. Apply what I’ve built.

Explore courses & training
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Teaching & Training Across Leading Institutions

  • Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  • Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
  • Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur
  • Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
  • WeSchool, Welingkar Education
  • MET Institute of Management

Let’s Work Together

Have a marketing problem worth solving?

Whether you need a Fractional CMO, marketing strategy, AI marketing consulting, or a clearer path to growth, I’d love to understand what you’re working on.

Let’s turn the challenge into a practical plan—and the plan into action.