Three competitors bid $28k-$41k for "complex multi-channel attribution." Built it in 17 minutes for $5,800 and it tracked better than their enterprise tools.
Three competitors bid $28k-$41k for "complex multi-channel attribution." Built it in 17 minutes for $5,800 and it tracked better than their enterprise tools. This is the exact playbook I'm using to dominate attribution deals: THE RFP CHAOS Marketing agency owner, Tom: "Need proper attribution tracking across 9 platforms" Agency quotes received: - Marketing tech firm: $41,000 + 10 weeks - Analytics agency: $33,000 + 8 weeks - Automation shop: $28,000 + 12 weeks Tom: "Why is everyone quoting enterprise budgets?" Agencies: "Multi-touch attribution requires sophisticated infrastructure" THE REAL REQUIREMENTS What Tom actually needed tracked: - Facebook Ads → Landing pages → Email sequences - Google Ads → Webinars → Sales calls - LinkedIn → Content downloads → Nurture campaigns - Instagram → Free trials → Conversions - YouTube → Course signups → Upsells Plus: ROI by channel, customer journey mapping, revenue attribution Agencies' solution: "Custom data warehouse + BI tool + API integrations" My solution: "Connected workflows with smart tracking" THE 17-MINUTE BUILD Opened Skada.ai on discovery call: "Build marketing attribution system: track all touchpoints from Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube → map customer journeys → calculate ROI per channel → revenue attribution reporting → predictive analytics" 17 minutes later: ✅ All 9 platforms connected ✅ Every touchpoint tracked automatically ✅ Customer journey visualization ✅ Revenue attribution by source ✅ Real-time ROI dashboard ✅ Predictive conversion scoring ✅ Custom reporting interface THE PROOF MOMENT Tom: "This seems too fast to be accurate" Me: "Run a test campaign right now" Tom: "Okay, I'll boost a Facebook post" We watched live: - Facebook ad impression logged - Click tracked to landing page - Email capture recorded - Welcome sequence attribution noted - 14 days later: Conversion tracked - Revenue attributed back to original Facebook post Tom: "Holy shit, it's tracking the entire journey" THE COMPETITIVE COMPARISON