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The Paid Traffic Truth : Why Last-Click Attribution Cuts Meta's ROAS and Pays Search
Aug 10, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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The Paid Traffic Truth : Why Your Best ROAS Channels Bring the Fewest New Customers
Aug 3, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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The Paid Traffic Truth : Why Your Meta Cost Rose but Your Click Price Didn't
Jul 28, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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Every Platform Grades Its Own Homework : Scott on the ROAS Trap
Jul 27, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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The Paid Traffic Truth : The ROAS Trap Held a Second Week — and Got Wider
Jul 22, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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The Paid Traffic Truth : Your best ROAS channel costs the most per new customer
Jul 14, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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The Paid Traffic Truth : Meta's New Customer Conversion Just Jumped 66%
Jul 8, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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The Paid Traffic Truth : The New Customer Markup Your Dashboard Hides
Jul 6, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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Your Data Is Being Estimated — And Nobody Told You
Jun 15, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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Three Attribution Shifts That Changed This Week — And What They Mean for Your Revenue
Jun 8, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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How Meta, Google, and TikTok Changed Your Numbers Without Telling You
Jun 5, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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How Link Necklaces Cut Meta nCAC 22% and Nearly Doubled New Customers
May 28, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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Why High ROAS Isn’t Enough : Scaling with the Outcome Force
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Apr 13, 2026, 9:15:00 AM
Why High ROAS Isn't Enough: Scaling with the Outcome Force
Here’s a scary truth for eCommerce operators: you can have great ROAS and still be wasting money. Many campaigns look profitable in-platform, but in reality, they’re recycling customers you already have, giving you an inflated sense of performance.
Topics: Wicked Reports Marketing Attribution ad spend optimization Five Forces Methodology Outcome Force Scaling Growth
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The Retargeting Trap: How Tier 11 Cut nCAC 34% (Case Study)
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Apr 13, 2026, 8:39:35 AM
A real conversation with the Tier 11 team about what happens when the scoreboard is wrong — and what it costs you every single month.
Topics: Wicked Reports Digital Marketing Insights New Customer Acquisition Cost (NCAC) marketing_attribution_platform fix ROAS nmer
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Data Isn’t Power — Action Is
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Apr 6, 2026, 9:30:00 AM
Data Isn't Power — Action Is
If your data doesn’t change your behavior, it’s decoration. Here’s how the Action force turns attribution into execution.
From data to decisions
Metrics alone don’t grow your business. If your data doesn’t change your behavior, it’s just decoration.
Topics: Wicked Reports Decision Making Five Forces Methodology Ad Attribution Data Analytics Meta Ads Optimization
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Are Your Campaigns Failing — Or Are You Just Measuring Too Soon?
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Mar 30, 2026, 9:29:59 AM
Are Your Campaigns Failing — Or Are You Just Measuring Too Soon?
The Expectation force fixes false negatives, aligns your Northstar KPIs, and gives you confidence in your ad spend.
Topics: Wicked Reports Marketing Attribution Data-Driven Decisions eCommerce Operations Measurement Windows
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Why Your Best ROAS Campaign Might Be Hiding Your Growth Problem
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Mar 23, 2026, 9:00:03 AM
Why Your Best ROAS Campaign Might Be Hiding Your Growth Problem
Align campaign intention with the right metric — and finally make dashboards mean something.
Topics: Wicked Reports Marketing Attribution ROAS vs ROI new customer acquisition Performance Marketing Strategy Campaign Intention
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Marketing Success Isn’t Luck — It’s a System
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Mar 16, 2026, 9:00:03 AM
Marketing Success Isn't Luck — It's a System
Introducing the Five Forces that turn marketing data into predictable, profitable growth.
Topics: Wicked Reports performance marketing Data-Driven Marketing eCommerce Strategy Scaling Shopify Five Forces Methodology
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Attribution Isn’t Your Problem. Decisions Are.
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Mar 9, 2026, 9:00:04 AM
Attribution Isn't Your Problem. Decisions Are.
Teams stare at dashboards every day. They debate numbers. They argue attribution. They wait. And while they wait, money leaks out of the account. Not because they’re running obvious losers — but because they’re letting quiet losers linger for weeks.
Topics: Wicked Reports Marketing Analytics Customer Acquisition Scaling Paid Media Ad Optimization Marketing Operations
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Meta Customer Acquisition 2026 : Signal Architecture
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Mar 2, 2026, 9:00:00 AM
Meta Customer Acquisition in 2026: Signal Architecture, Not Audiences
The Meta acquisition game has changed, and if you are still trying to win it with audience hacks, you are already behind. Meta's algorithm is now better at finding audiences than any media buyer. The real leverage in 2026 is not who you target, it is what you teach the algorithm to value. That is signal architecture: the system that tells Meta what success actually looks like for your business, instead of letting it optimize for whatever is easiest to convert. Get it right and you escape the retargeting trap, lower new customer acquisition cost, and build repeatable growth instead of volatile performance. Here is the 2026 acquisition stack that is working right now.
Topics: Wicked Reports meta signal architecture meta retargeting trap meta customer acquisition meta ads optimization 2026
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Why One KPI Is Breaking Your Marketing (And What to Do Instead)
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Feb 23, 2026, 9:00:00 AM
Measure by intention, not by ego metrics — and unlock calmer decisions, faster growth, and more profitable scaling.
Watch the full video here.Topics: Wicked Reports roas Marketing Attribution Marketing KPIs growth marketing eCommerce Analytics Platform Measure By Intention new customer acquisition
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Why 7-Day Attribution is Killing Your 2026 New Customer Acquisition
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Feb 16, 2026, 9:00:02 AM
Why 7-Day Attribution is Killing Your 2026 New Customer Acquisition
Short attribution windows undercount top-of-funnel success and train marketers to cut profitable long-term campaigns. To scale in 2026, brands must measure "Delayed Profit" using cohort lifetime value.

