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 ā Landing pages ā Email sequences - Google Ads ā Webinars ā Sales calls - LinkedIn ā Content downloads ā Nurture campaigns - Instagram ā Free trials ā Conversions - YouTube ā Course signups ā 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 ā map customer journeys ā calculate ROI per channel ā revenue attribution reporting ā predictive analytics" 17 minutes later: ā
All 9 platforms connected ā
Every touchpoint tracked automatically ā
Customer journey visualization ā
Revenue attribution by source ā
Real-time ROI dashboard ā
Predictive conversion scoring ā
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