Stop blaming yourself for a "Black Box" you didn’t build.

Everyone in marketing wants your money.

The platform profits when you waste money. The agency profits when you spend it. You are the only one incentivized to save it.

I wrote this blog to expose the "Black Box" and show you how to protect your business. I don't sell management. I sell the solution you need to stop losing money on ads.

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The Attribution Illusion: Why Chasing a Single Marketing Metric Is Costing Your Business Leads and Sales

Most businesses think they have a marketing problem when what they really have is an attribution problem. Last‑Click makes your “best” campaigns look like heroes while quietly starving the early‑stage touchpoints that actually create demand. This illusion doesn’t just distort your reporting — it inflates your CAC, misallocates your budget, and blinds your bidding engine to the signals that drive profitable growth. In this guide, I break down how attribution really works in 2026, why your numbers look wrong, and how to rebuild a measurement system that protects your revenue instead of sabotaging it.

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PPC Manager Extinction: Why Your $10K/Month Manager is a Liability in the Age of AI

Google's AI has automated the tactical search job, creating a massive "Strategy Gap" in the consulting world. Most companies spending under $30k/month are stuck between tactical optimization (which the AI does better) and deep, media-agnostic strategy (which they can't afford). This piece defines why true strategy is about cross-channel budget allocation, not bid management, and articulates the unique value of the modern consultant who can build comprehensive, cross-channel growth architecture that integrates with full business goals. If you've hit the tactical ceiling, the button-pusher's job is gone—it's time for strategy.

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