Cost per click (CPC)

Calculate what you pay each time someone clicks your ad to evaluate channel efficiency and determine if paid traffic costs justify the leads generated.

Cost per click (CPC)

Cost per click (CPC)

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Demand generation

Build your channel strategy and optimise each channel, so you grow traffic strategically without burning budget.

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Demand generation tools

Demand generation tools

Pipeline doesn't fill itself. These tools help you identify who to target, reach them at scale, and create content that earns attention in crowded markets.

Stages of awareness

Stages of awareness

Demographics don't determine what message resonates. Belief stage does. Map what people need to believe at each stage and your campaigns will resonate instead of falling flat.

Channel selection

Channel selection

Spreading budget across every channel guarantees mediocrity. Focus on the channels where your buyers actually spend attention and scale what works before expanding.

Ad creative testing

Ad creative testing

Most teams waste ad spend testing randomly. A structured approach to creative testing compounds your learnings so every campaign performs better than the last.

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Inbox zero

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Maker schedule

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Build relationships and demonstrate expertise on social platforms to generate inbound interest rather than interrupting buyers with cold outreach.

Impressions

The total number of times your brand appears in front of potential customers across all channels.

Spam score

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Fix site infrastructure issues that prevent search engines from crawling and indexing pages properly to ensure content can rank regardless of quality.

Email deliverability

Ensure emails reach inboxes rather than spam folders by maintaining sender reputation, authenticating properly, and following anti-spam best practices consistently.

Paid search

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On-page SEO

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Cost-per-X

Master the economics of customer acquisition by tracking what you pay for each meaningful action across channels.

Backlinks

Earn links from other websites to your content to signal authority to search engines and improve rankings for target keywords over time.

Paid social advertising

Target prospects based on demographic, firmographic, and behavioural data, interrupting their social feeds with relevant offers and content.

Landing page

Create focused standalone pages for paid campaigns that remove distractions and guide visitors toward one specific action to improve conversion rates.

Time blocking

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Reply rate

Measure what percentage of cold emails get responses to evaluate message quality and list targeting rather than sending more emails to poor prospects.

Cost per click (CPC)

Calculate what you pay each time someone clicks your ad to evaluate channel efficiency and determine if paid traffic costs justify the leads generated.

SEO

Optimise your website and content to rank prominently in organic search results, capturing traffic without ongoing advertising spend.

Cold email

Reach prospects who don't know you by sending personalised outreach that offers value and starts conversations rather than pitching products immediately.