Service — The Digital Marketing Website
The payback math behind the digital marketing website
The payback case for the Digital Marketing Website is simple: it is the only channel asset you own outright, and it stops depreciating the day it starts converting.
7 min read · Reviewed by both partners
Marketing spend is usually justified with projections. This is arithmetic against costs you are already carrying.
The cost side: scoped by the Plan.
Step by step
Count what a wrong decision costs
A twelve-month retainer on a mis-diagnosed constraint is the standard comparison, and it is not close.
Count what an avoided hire costs
A senior marketing hire is a multiple of the entire Foundation before benefits.
Count the time
Months spent funding something unmeasurable are months you cannot learn from. That cost is real and never appears on an invoice.
Then the upside
It is the only channel asset you own outright, and it stops depreciating the day it starts converting
Set the threshold before buying
Decide what would make this a good decision, in a number, before spending. Then check.
Common mistakes
Comparing it to doing nothing
Doing nothing has a cost too, and at a stalled business it is usually the larger one.
Expecting payback inside a month
The Foundation pays back through decisions avoided, which is slower to feel and easier to verify.
Frequently Asked Questions
The payback math behind the digital marketing website?
Marketing spend is usually justified with projections. This is arithmetic against costs you are already carrying.
What should a business owner do with this before booking an Assessment?
It sits under The Digital Marketing Website in the Growth Scaling Method. The next step for an owner is the $1,500 Assessment, which reads your own numbers against everything described above.
What is the investment?
The one-time Foundation runs $4,500. Whether a monthly program follows, and at what level above the $5,000 floor, is a decision the Plan of Action makes with the numbers in hand.
Who works on the account?
The two founders, directly. David Mitroff, Ph.D., handles strategy; Steven Lockhart handles systems and measurement. Nothing is passed to a junior team.
References
- www.irs.gov — primary source
- www.data.gov — primary source
- www.usa.gov — primary source
Run the arithmetic on your own numbers
That is what the first two hours are for.
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