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Measurement, Attribution & Incrementality7-Day Click vs 1-Day View: The Meta Attribution Setting Most Ecom Brands Get Wrong

Switch on 1-day view and your CAC reads great. It's mostly fiction. The honest case for 7-day click only, the volatility trap, and the rare high-AOV exception.

June 16, 2025
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Profitability, Offers & Unit EconomicsStop Quoting Lifetime LTV: The 60-Day Cash Multiplier Cash-Strapped Brands Actually Need

Lifetime LTV is a number you can't bank. Here's how to build a 60-day cash multiplier, cohort it by first product, and set a true allowable CAC from it.

June 14, 2025
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Scaling, Budgets & BiddingThe 20% Rule in Action: How We 10x'd a Client's Spend in 12 Days Without Blowing It Up

A rounded, anonymised walk-through of taking a client from ~A$1,250 to ~A$12,500 a day in twelve days with the 20% rule, plus the exact push and pull mechanics.

June 12, 2025
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Creative Strategy, UGC & Ad ProductionFire Your UGC Agency: Build a $100-Per-Video Creator Network Instead

Scripted agency UGC dies in a watered-down middle. Here's the coach-don't-script creator network I'd build instead, and why it costs a fraction of a retainer.

June 10, 2025
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Meta/Facebook Ads MasteryThe Graduation System: How to Force Spend Onto Your Winning Meta Ads

Your best Meta ad is stuck and new budget lands elsewhere. The graduation system to force spend onto proven winners, and when it backfires post-Andromeda.

June 9, 2025
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Brand, Strategy & DTC TrendsIf You Sell a Commodity, You're in a Knife Fight: Why Brand Equity Is Your Only Real Moat

Performance marketing on a commodity is a knife fight. Why brand equity, built through creative, is the only moat that actually protects your margin.

June 7, 2025
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Operations, Team & AgencyWhat a DTC Creative Strategist Actually Does (And When to Rent One Instead of Hiring)

A creative strategist went from unicorn to table stakes. What the role does, the three backgrounds it comes from, and when to hire, rent, or wear the hat.

June 5, 2025
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AI & Automation for EcomStop Reshooting: How We Turn One Product Photo Into a Month of Static Ads With Generative Fill

Most product reshoots are wasted money. Here's the generative-fill workflow we use to turn one photo into a month of ad variations, and where it still fails.

June 3, 2025
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CRO, Landing Pages & RetentionThe Quiz Funnel Cheat Code: Why 'Feeling Understood' Outconverts a Product Page

A quiz funnel converts because it makes the buyer feel understood, like a doctor's diagnosis, not because it grabs emails. Here's how to build one, capture removed.

June 1, 2025
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Measurement, Attribution & IncrementalityWhen Incrementality Testing Is a Waste of Money (And the 4 Cheaper Measurement Layers to Use Instead)

Most brands under ~$5M can't generate enough geo conversions to trust a holdout. Here are four cheaper measurement layers I'd use first, by revenue stage.

May 30, 2025
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Profitability, Offers & Unit EconomicsHow Much Gross Margin Do You Need to Scale Meta Ads? Real Benchmarks From Our Client Book

How much gross margin you really need before scaling Meta: where the 66% durable-goods rule comes from, and the barbell that stalls mid-priced brands.

May 29, 2025
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Scaling, Budgets & BiddingThe Scaling Protocol: Our Copyable Decision Tree for Raising Meta Budgets Without Tanking ROAS

The exact yes/no decision tree we run to scale Meta budgets: the target check, the 48-72h wait, the click-based gate, the 20% step and the hard deck.

May 27, 2025
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Creative Strategy, UGC & Ad ProductionLead With the Dream, Not the Pain: Rethinking Your Ad's First 3 Seconds

Opening every ad on the pain costs brands more than they think. Why leading with the dream outcome wins on cold traffic, and how to test it yourself.

May 25, 2025
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