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Practical thinking on data, growth, and marketing — from the team behind the dashboards.

CRM & RETENTION9 min read

D2C Retention: How to Turn One-Time Buyers into Loyal Customers

Acquiring a new customer costs 5-7x more than retaining one. Yet most D2C brands spend 90% of their budget on acquisition. Here's how to flip that equation.

April 13, 2026Read →
SHOPIFY CRO10 min read

Shopify CRO: 10 Tests Every Store Should Run Before Scaling Ad Spend

Running ads to an unoptimized Shopify store is like pouring water into a leaky bucket. These 10 CRO tests plug the leaks — and the data will surprise you.

April 11, 2026Read →
PAID SEARCH10 min read

How to Structure Google Shopping Campaigns for Maximum ROAS

The way you structure your Google Shopping campaigns determines 80% of your results. Here's the exact framework we use to organize campaigns, ad groups, and bids for D2C brands.

April 9, 2026Read →
PAID SOCIAL9 min read

5 Meta Ads Mistakes That Are Quietly Killing Your D2C Brand

After auditing hundreds of Meta Ads accounts, the same five mistakes appear over and over. Fix these and you'll see immediate improvements in your CPM, CTR, and ROAS.

April 7, 2026Read →
PERFORMANCE MARKETING8 min read

Why Your ROAS Is Lying to You (And How to Fix It)

Most D2C brands trust their reported ROAS blindly — but platform-reported ROAS is almost always inflated. Here's why, and how to calculate your true blended ROAS.

April 5, 2026Read →
DATA & ANALYTICS8 min read

Why Data Pipelines Are the Backbone of a Semantic Layer

Learn how a well-built data pipeline feeds your semantic layer with clean, consistent data — and why skipping this step breaks every dashboard and decision downstream.

April 3, 2026Read →
PERFORMANCE MARKETING2 min read

Welcome to the New Ads & Scale Blog

We've launched a new CMS-powered blog. Here's what you can expect — data-driven insights on performance marketing, analytics, and D2C growth, published every 2 days.

April 1, 2026Read →