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Answers for decison-makers who want to understand what makes advertising profitable, scalable and worth investing in.

Paid media, growth, ROAS and market expansion, explained without jargon or vanity metrics.

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Late to Black Friday? Start here

You are not too late. You are too late to do everything, so do the right things.

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CAC calculator

Work out the most you can afford to pay for a customer, the cost per lead that implies, and whether what you pay today leaves room to scale.

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ROAS calculator

Enter your spend, revenue and margin to see your return on ad spend and the break-even ROAS your margin actually demands.

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Paid Advertising

Black Friday advertising strategy

The brands that win Black Friday decided their strategy in September.

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Customer Journey

Ads, website and marketing as one system

Your customer does not experience channels. They experience one brand.

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Growth

Expanding into a new country

Translating the website is not market entry. It is a new business with a head start.

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Paid Advertising

Google, Meta or TikTok?

Three platforms, three different jobs. The wrong one is not cheaper, it is slower.

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What is a good ROAS?

A 10x return can still lose money. Your margin decides what good looks like.

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Paid Advertising

How to scale ecommerce with paid ads

The campaign that worked at $500 a month rarely survives $10,000 untouched.

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Paid Advertising

Why are my Google Ads not working?

Nine diagnoses to run before you touch the budget slider.

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How much should you spend on ads?

Start with what a customer is worth, not what a competitor spends.

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Growth

How much should you spend on marketing?

There is no magic percentage. There is your margin and your ambition.

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Customer Journey

Traffic but no sales?

Clicks are arriving. Money is not. The leak is usually after the click.

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Growth

What could your spend return?

Spend is not a cost to minimise. It is a lever that pays back when you know what a customer is worth to you.

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Paid Advertising

A paid media strategy for DTC brands

Most DTC ad accounts do not have a spending problem. They have a strategy problem.

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