A churn model is a predictive framework that uses customer behaviour data to identify which customers are likely to stop buying from you, and when. At its most useful, it gives you a prioritised list of accounts to act on before the relationship breaks down entirely. That sounds straightforward. In practice, most churn models are…
A marketing governance framework is the set of rules, roles, and decision-making structures that determine how marketing activity gets approved, executed, and held accountable across an organisation. It is not a creative brief template or a brand style guide. It is the operating system underneath all of that, defining who has authority over what, how…
Strategy planning examples are most useful when they show the thinking behind the decision, not just the outcome. The frameworks matter less than the judgment calls that sit underneath them: what problem are we actually solving, who are we trying to reach, and what has to be true for this to work. After 20 years…
Marketing budget guidelines for mid-sized businesses typically land somewhere between 7% and 12% of revenue, depending on the industry, growth stage, and competitive environment. But the percentage is rarely the problem. What gets businesses into trouble is allocating budget without a clear line of sight to what that spend is supposed to achieve, and with…
A marketing plan should contain a clear situation analysis, defined objectives, a target audience profile, a channel and budget strategy, and a measurement framework. Those are the non-negotiables. Everything else depends on the complexity of your business, the maturity of your marketing function, and whether the people reading the plan will actually use it or…
Marketing budget allocation in SaaS is not just a numbers exercise. At seed stage, you are spending to learn. At Series A, you are spending to scale what you have already learned. Conflating those two objectives is one of the most expensive mistakes a founder or first marketing hire can make. The difference between the…
A positioning statement is a single, internally facing sentence that defines who you serve, what you offer, why it matters, and why you are different from the alternatives. It is not a tagline, not a mission statement, and not a brand manifesto. It is a strategic anchor that every go-to-market decision should be tested against….
Co-positioning is a go-to-market strategy in which two or more brands deliberately align their market positions to create a shared competitive advantage, either by partnering on messaging, targeting the same audience segment together, or defining their category in relation to each other. Done well, it concentrates market attention, reduces category education costs, and makes both…
The 70-20-10 rule is a marketing budget framework that splits spend into three buckets: 70% on proven, core activity that reliably drives results; 20% on emerging approaches with a reasonable evidence base; and 10% on genuine experimentation where failure is expected and acceptable. It gives budget allocation a structure that most finance directors can understand…
“Half my marketing budget is wasted. I just don’t know which half.” John Wanamaker said it over a century ago, and marketers have been quoting it ever since, usually with a knowing laugh and a shrug. The quote has survived because it describes something real. But the way most people use it has become a…
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