
Marketing arithmetic
The core idea: fix the model before the budget. Cost to acquire a customer, lifetime value, and where spend leaks.
Explore marketing arithmetic →The Growth Scaling blog is where the firm publishes marketing arithmetic — how to price a model, cut wasted spend, and scale the one path that compounds. No hot takes; just the math and the mechanism, written for owners.

Posts are being published on a rolling basis. Until the library fills out, these hubs are the fastest way in — each links to the working page behind the topic. For raw data we cite, the government keeps good primary sources like Data.gov and the BLS Business Employment Dynamics series.

The core idea: fix the model before the budget. Cost to acquire a customer, lifetime value, and where spend leaks.
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Why adding revenue while cost per customer falls is a different game from simply spending more to grow.
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How the same five phases apply in healthcare, legal, construction, restaurants, retail, franchise, and B2B.
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National method, local execution — how coverage and market realities differ by metro.
Explore by city →84 posts so far, with two new ones every day. Newest first in each group; use the arrows or swipe to browse.
Coming up: Cheapest ways to get more clients (Nov 23, 2026) · Marketing trends, by industry (Dec 3, 2026) · Website examples that convert (Dec 3, 2026) · The Method, phase by phase (Dec 22, 2026) · The deliverables, explained (Jan 4, 2027) · Industry playbooks (Jan 8, 2027)
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Benchmarks, budgets, case studies, plateaus, and what AI search is changing, sector by sector. 0 posts

















































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What converting sites in your industry do differently, section by section. 0 posts















































































































































































Orient, Measure, Engineer, Build, Compound. Checklists, worksheets, and real examples for each phase. 0 posts


















































What each deliverable includes, how it is measured, and what it costs you to skip it. 0 posts
















































































































We send marketing arithmetic you can use — short, specific, and tied to something real. Owner-focused business education is a public good; the government’s business hub is a fair neutral starting point, and this list is the applied version.
The blog is the teaching layer around the method — it explains the arithmetic behind Orient, Measure, and Engineer without requiring an engagement. Read a few pieces to see how we think, then move to the method page for the full sequence. The concrete next step is always the same: the Assessment prices your model. The blog helps you show up to that conversation already fluent.
On a rolling basis, with quality over cadence. We’d rather publish one piece that changes how you spend than five that restate the obvious. The newsletter is the reliable way to catch new pieces, since it lands in your inbox instead of depending on you checking back. Older, evergreen pieces stay useful because the arithmetic doesn’t expire.
The posts are free to read, no gate. The newsletter is optional — it just makes sure you see new work. We don’t hide the useful part behind a form, because the point is to build trust before any conversation about money. If a piece references a template or worksheet, we’ll say plainly whether it’s free or part of a paid deliverable.
The partners — David Mitroff and Steven Lockhart — and the work carries their names. David tends to write the buyer-psychology and positioning pieces; Steven writes the systems and arithmetic ones. That split mirrors how the firm runs, so the blog reads like the two engines it describes. You can read more about each of them on the about page.
Yes, and we read every one. The strongest posts usually start as a real question from an owner who’s stuck on a specific number. Send it through the contact page and it may become the next piece. If it’s urgent or specific to your business, the Assessment is the faster path to an answer.
The Assessment is paid, runs about two hours, and ends with numbers you keep — whether or not we work together.
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