Growth infrastructure

Set up your growth infrastructure

Build a solid foundation that won't collapse when you scale. Single source of truth. Tools that talk to each other. Systems that give you visibility into what's working and what's not. Without this, you're flying blind and everything breaks when you try to grow.

Growth infrastructure
Playbooks

Growth infrastructure

B2B playbooks

Playbook

How to choose your growth tools

The wrong tools waste money and create friction. The right tools compound productivity. Avoid vendor promises and feature bloat. Choose what actually fits your workflow, integrates cleanly, and grows with you.

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How to set up your CRM

A poorly configured CRM becomes a graveyard of stale data and missed follow-ups. A properly set up CRM runs your sales process automatically, surfaces hot leads, and forecasts revenue accurately.

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How to set up marketing automation

Manual lead management breaks at scale. Automation captures every lead, scores them by intent, and keeps them warm until they're ready to buy all whilst you sleep.

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How to implement tracking

Broken tracking means flying blind. Proper implementation shows exactly which traffic converts, which campaigns deliver ROI, and where to double down. Measurement makes optimisation possible.

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Personal productivity

Plan your week like your marketing budget. Manage tasks with a system you trust. Stay out of inbox traps. Protect deep work time. Run better meetings. Close your week with a firebreak.

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Personal productivity
Tools

Growth infrastructure

tools

Google Analytics
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Google Analytics

Web analytics that tracks user behaviour and conversions, essential for understanding traffic and lead sources when configured well.

Looker Studio
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Looker Studio

Free dashboard tool that pulls data from many sources, great for quick reports and shareable views.

Google Tag Manager
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Google Tag Manager

Tag management that lets you add and control scripts, events and pixels with versioning and consent rules.

Zapier
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Zapier

No-code automation connecting 5,000+ apps to move data and trigger actions excellent for quick wins when you need integrations that just work.

Databox
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Databox

Dashboard tool with fast connectors and scorecards, ideal for exec views and alerts when you need speed over deep modelling.

Books

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book tips

SYSTEMology
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SYSTEMology

David Jenyns

A step by step way to document and improve processes so the team delivers consistent results without heroics.

Work The System
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Work The System

Sam Carpenter

A plain approach to system thinking. Write procedures, make small fixes and keep operations tidy as you scale.

Checklist Manifesto
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Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande

Why checklists work, where to use them, and examples for launches, experiments and migrations. Keep quality high and stress low.

Clockwork
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Clockwork

Mike Michalowicz

A clear way to design responsibilities and handoffs. Use time maps and simple dashboards to remove bottlenecks and protect focus.

Fix this next
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Fix this next

Mike Michalowicz

A decision tool for prioritising growth work. Diagnose where to act, then pick a small change that unlocks progress now.

Growth wiki

Growth concepts explained in simple language

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API

Enable tools to exchange data programmatically so you can build custom integrations and automate processes that vendor-built integrations don't support.

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Activity tracking

Log emails, calls, and meetings automatically to understand what drives deals forward and coach reps based on actual behaviour rather than guesswork.

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Attribution model

Assign credit to marketing touchpoints that influence conversions to understand which channels work together and deserve budget in multi-touch journeys.

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Braindump

Clear mental clutter by transferring all thoughts, tasks, and ideas onto paper or screen, creating space for focused work.

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Contact management

Organise customer and prospect information to track relationships, communication history, and next steps without losing context or duplicating effort.

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Conversion tracking

Measure which marketing activities drive desired outcomes to allocate budget toward channels that actually generate revenue instead of vanity metrics.

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Cookie

Store information in browsers to track user behaviour across visits and enable personalised experiences without requiring login for every interaction.

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Customer data platform

Unify customer data from every touchpoint to create complete profiles that power personalised experiences across marketing, sales, and product.

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Data warehouse

Store raw data from all business systems in one place to run analyses and build reports that combine information across marketing, sales, and product.

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Deal stage

Define pipeline progression steps to standardise how reps advance opportunities and give managers visibility into where deals stall or convert unexpectedly.

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Deep Work

Block extended time for cognitively demanding tasks requiring sustained focus, maximising valuable output whilst minimising shallow distractions.

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Drip campaign

Send a series of scheduled emails that educate prospects over time to stay top-of-mind without overwhelming them with aggressive sales pitches.

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Eisenhower Matrix

Prioritise tasks systematically by sorting them into urgent-important quadrants, focusing effort on high-impact activities.

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Email sequence

Automate multi-touch email campaigns that adapt based on recipient behaviour to nurture leads consistently without manual follow-up from reps or marketers.

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Event tracking

Capture specific user actions in your product or website to understand behaviour patterns and measure whether changes improve outcomes or create friction.

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First-touch attribution

Credit the channel that introduced prospects to your brand to measure awareness efforts and understand which top-of-funnel activities start customer journeys.

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Integration

Connect tools so data flows automatically between systems to eliminate manual entry, keep records current, and enable sophisticated workflows across platforms.

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Last-touch attribution

Assign full conversion credit to the final touchpoint before purchase to identify which channels close deals but miss earlier influences that started journeys.

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Marketing stack

Organise the tools that capture leads, nurture prospects, and measure performance to automate repetitive work and connect customer data across systems.

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Multi-touch attribution

Distribute conversion credit across multiple touchpoints to recognise that customer journeys involve many interactions and channels working together.

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Pareto Principle

Focus effort on the 20% of activities that drive 80% of results, systematically eliminating low-yield work to maximise output per hour invested.

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Prioritisation

Systematically rank projects and opportunities using objective frameworks, ensuring scarce resources flow to highest-impact work.

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Sales tech stack

Assemble tools that manage pipeline, automate outreach, and track performance to help reps sell more efficiently and managers forecast accurately.

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Stakeholder Management

Navigate competing priorities and secure buy-in by systematically understanding, influencing, and aligning internal decision-makers toward shared goals.

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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

Document your repeatable processes in clear, step-by-step instructions that ensure consistency, enable delegation, and capture institutional knowledge.

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Trigger

Define events that start automation workflows so the right message reaches people at the right moment based on their actual behaviour not arbitrary timing.

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UTMs

Track campaign performance precisely by appending parameters to URLs that identify traffic sources, mediums, and campaigns in your analytics.

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Workflow automation

Connect triggers to actions across systems so repetitive tasks happen automatically and teams can focus on work that requires judgement instead of admin.

Further reading

Further reading

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