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Marketing Economics

What marketing actually costs and what it actually returns. Test budgets, customer acquisition cost, attribution, and the statistics behind numbers that sound precise but are not.

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Monthly qualified meetings at a B2B services company rising from 33 in January to 156 in September 2026, with quarterly averages of 31, 55 and 129 and no added headcount

31 Meetings a Month to 129, Same Headcount

Updated September 29, 2026

Between January and September 2026, a B2B services company I work with went from booking an average of 31 qualified meetings a month to booking an average of 129. Four…

Categories Marketing Economics
Infographic showing 100 appointments set becoming 75 held and 41 qualified, with gross margin applied before lifetime value

What Is One Sales Appointment Worth?

Updated September 18, 2026

Most marketing teams cannot answer two questions about their own work. What does one sales appointment cost us, and what is one worth? Until you can answer both, marketing is…

Categories Marketing Economics
Dot matrix of 59 A/B tests run in twelve months, 26 won in lime, 31 lost in blue and 2 inconclusive in grey, with a 44 percent win rate

I Lost 31 of 59 A/B Tests. Conversion Still Went Up.

Updated September 6, 2026

Between January 2017 and January 2018 my team ran 59 A/B tests. We won 26 of them. We lost 31. Two were inconclusive. That is a 44 percent win rate.…

Categories Marketing Economics
How to Determine Test Budget for Paid Marketing

How to Determine Test Budget for Paid Marketing

August 23, 2026April 20, 2024

Paid campaign planning and strategy development require a testing budget for large budgets. You’re buying statistics to determine your ROI, so a low ROI, potentially even 0%, can be acceptable…

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