01
CAC/ROAS baseline audit
We establish verified cost per acquisition and return on ad spend across all active campaigns, reconciled against your Shopify data, data warehouse, or CRM — not platform-reported figures. For DTC, we calculate new-customer CAC separately from blended CAC; for SaaS and B2B, we calculate cost per MQL, cost per SQL, and cost per closed-won opportunity by campaign.
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Campaign profitability segmentation
We segment campaigns by their actual contribution to profitable revenue, incorporating LTV and margin data where available. For SaaS and B2B, this includes pipeline contribution by campaign using CRM integration. Campaigns with scaling headroom are identified separately from marginal campaigns and from campaigns that should be restructured before receiving more budget.
03
Scaling roadmap with spend-tier gates
The roadmap defines a sequence of budget increases from your current $10K–$100K/month baseline toward $200K and beyond, with ROAS, CAC, and — for SaaS/B2B — cost-per-SQL gates at each tier. For DTC, LTV cohort metrics are incorporated as gate criteria. The roadmap is built for your specific economics, not industry benchmarks.
04
Budget allocation model
The allocation model distributes incremental budget across Google, Meta, LinkedIn, and any other active channels based on the profitability segmentation. It provides reallocation protocols for underperformance and accounts for the US Q4 auction environment, where CPCs for most categories peak significantly.
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Channel diversification plan
For US businesses reaching saturation on primary channels, the diversification plan identifies the next channel — YouTube, CTV, programmatic, LinkedIn for B2B, or Pinterest for DTC — with a test budget, measurement structure, and attribution model that integrates with existing CRM and analytics. Diversification is sequenced and gated, not speculative.