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Digital marketing can be overwhelming and complex. The below collection of resources aims to shed some light on the millions of questions you may have. If I don't answer your question within the below blogs, don't be afraid to get in touch.
Paid Media Management vs Ecommerce Growth Strategy: What Are You Actually Paying For?
Paid media management and e-commerce growth strategy are not the same job. Learn what each covers and when a business needs more than campaign management.
How Much of Your Ecommerce Growth Should Come From New Customers vs Existing Customers?
How much ecommerce growth should come from new customers versus returning customers? A practical look at customer mix, acquisition, retention and sustainable growth.
Meta Ads Frequency: What Should Ecommerce Brands Actually Be Looking At?
What does frequency actually tell you in Meta Ads? Learn when ecommerce brands should pay attention to frequency, what it can signal and when it is not a problem.
Meta Ads vs Google Ads: Where Should Your Next Dollar Go?
Should your ecommerce brand put its next dollar into Meta Ads or Google Ads? Compare demand, acquisition, profitability and channel roles before reallocating budget.
The Shopify Scaling Patterns I See Across Ecommerce Brands
The ecommerce scaling patterns I see most often across Shopify brands, from margin and conversion to acquisition, AOV and retention.
Why most ecommerce brands plateau at the same revenue ceiling
Most ecommerce brands hit the same revenue ceiling because of margin, offer, or retention, not the ad account. Here's what actually causes it.
Freelancer vs agency: which one is actually right for your business?
Freelancer, large agency, or something in between? Here's what actually predicts good e-commerce marketing work and how to tell before you sign anything.
How to scale Meta ad spend without destroying profitability
ROAS often falls as Meta spend increases. Here's how CAC, retention, LTV, and your wider business economics tell you whether you should keep scaling.
Direct response vs brand creative on Meta: why you need both
Direct response always shows the lower CPA, so founders cut brand creative. That’s a mistake. Here’s why Meta needs both to convert, and how to think about the mix.
Why Meta’s Andromeda update changed creative strategy for good
Meta’s Andromeda update rewired how ads get matched to people. Here’s what actually changed, in plain terms, and what it means for your creative strategy now.
Audience targeting isn’t dead.
“Audience targeting is dead” is half right. Interest stacks and lookalikes are finished for prospecting, but exclusions, retargeting and funnel structure matter more than ever. Here’s the honest version.
The Mocka case study: how we lifted ROI 70% by fixing what most people ignore
How I lifted Mocka’s ROI 70% in New Zealand and 35% in Australia, driving $1.4M in incremental revenue. The honest version of the case study
Retention marketing: the cheapest revenue most ecommerce brands ignore.
You spent real money acquiring every customer you have. Most ecommerce brands then let them walk. Here’s why retention is the cheapest revenue in your business, and the flows doing the heavy lifting.
12 questions to ask an agency before you sign
Most founders pick a marketing agency on vibes and a case study deck. Here are the twelve questions that actually reveal what you’re buying, and what the answers tell you.
How often should you refresh your Meta creative?
Here’s how often ecommerce brands actually need new Meta creative in 2026, how much, and why “refresh” doesn’t mean recolouring last month’s static.
Why your ROAS is lying to you…
ROAS is the number every ecommerce founder watches, and it can't tell you whether you're making money. Here's the metric that can, and why most brands never look at it.
The Meta ads campaign structure that actually works for ecommerce in 2026
There's no universal Meta ads structure for ecommerce, and anyone selling you one is guessing. Here's why consolidation beats the old fragmented setup, and how the right structure is actually decided.
Why I won't promise you results in 30 days
I won't guarantee a number in 30 days, and here's the honest reason why. What actually drives your results timeline, and how the strongest accounts get built.
The Meta ads metrics that actually matter (and the ones to ignore)
Most brands track thirty Meta metrics and almost none of them connect to profit. Here's the handful that actually matter, and the ones to ignore with discipline.
Why your ecommerce ads stopped scaling in 2026?
When ecommerce ads stop scaling, the ad account is usually the one place the problem isn't. Here's where the real constraint is actually hiding.