Impact Report / Next 90

Next 90Fourteen moves across three to six months. Every one traces to a ledger row, a Board motion or a diagnostic finding.

From 1 August 2026  /  thesis: expand now  /  prepared by Impactable

3 CUT3 SCALE4 BUILD 4 TEST-$4,080 waste out first$2,500 the only new ask
The thesis

Expand now. The engine works inside a ceiling it cannot cross on LinkedIn.

Every lead came from touching 47.6% of one 7,700 person pool at 7.5x frequency. The offer converts at $170.76 and the audience is right. More LinkedIn budget buys repetition, not reach.

But expansion is third in the queue, behind two moves that cost nothing. Law 1 puts unactivated first party data above paid expansion, Law 2 puts foundation gaps above amplification. Cut the waste, activate the warm pools, fix tracking, then Meta. That order is what makes the ask land.

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Prerequisites, before any campaign launches

Unlock 1 / Law 1 / $0

Upload the warm pools

20,000+ newsletter subscribers, 1,325 identified companies and every CRM contact have never been uploaded as matched audiences. One afternoon. Refills the audience the enterprise exclusions shrank and raises penetration without new spend. Owner IMP with the client operator.

Unlock 2 / Law 2 / $0

Conversion tracking to L2

Campaign Manager says 5, DemandSense 0, Google 2, and deal stages are not yet populated in HubSpot. $18,406 of DemandSense verified spend cannot be tied to revenue. Zapier offline bridge plus a thank you page. Owner the VP Growth with the paid search lead.

Sequencing rule

Nothing launches before the cuts

Google spent $2,930 on affiliate seeker intent before anyone pulled a search term. Launching fourteen moves into the same measurement state repeats it at scale.

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Now, weeks 1 to 4

Waste out and the cheapest wins in. No new budget.

#TypeCampaign or moveChannelBudgetEvidenceOwner
1CUTGoogle affiliate and influencer keywords Google -$2,093/moNegative out [amazon affiliate agency], [amazon influencer affiliate program] and the creator connections term. $2,929.82 of $3,932.69 spend, 1,908 clicks, 1 conversion.the paid search specialist
2CUTMOF WV Video and both 180D image ad sets LinkedIn -$1,987/moLedger verdict CUT on all three. 8.07x frequency at 0.51% CTR, plus 0.42% and 0.68% CTR ad sets. Zero conversions across $1,987.the LinkedIn specialist
3CUTEnterprise logo case study creative LinkedInreallocate6.01% CTR, cheapest CPC in the account, zero leads from $3,518. Recruits the 10,001+ segment that converts at zero.Creative
4SCALEGoogle brand campaign Google+$500/mo38.81% CTR, $0.95 CPC, 1 conversion on $335. Cheapest qualified traffic anywhere in the account and running on pocket change.the paid search specialist
5SCALELGF Doc, split 51-200 and 201-1,000 LinkedInsame budgetAll 5 recorded conversions sit in 51-200. Today they compete inside one blended ad set. Split so the converting band holds its own budget.the LinkedIn specialist
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Next, weeks 5 to 12

The build phase. Meta is the only line that asks for new money.

#TypeCampaign or moveChannelBudgetEvidenceOwner
6SCALESeasonal tactical playbook, 3 new variants LinkedIn+$400/mo$74.15 CPL and every recorded conversion on $371. Variant 1_B is the template. Q4 and holiday windows.Creative
7BUILDMeta: proven offer to the unreachable remainder Meta$2,500/moUnlock 3, Law 5. LGF validated at 18 leads and $170.76 CPL but reaches 47.6% of its pool. 4,036 unreached inside it, 24,081 across the ABM and 180D pools. Same offer, same audience definitions, inventory LinkedIn cannot serve.the Meta lead
8BUILDBOF audit offer, conversation ad LinkedIn$477/moC10 is at L0. Six of seven BOF rows are gaps. Enterprise Account 67 the 42-58% already reached at up to 7.5x frequency. They have seen us seven times and are still being offered a PDF.the Account Manager with IMP
9BUILDNon-brand Google, restructured Googlewithin budgetRehearsal decision 31 Jul. Three ad groups have never spent a dollar: AMC Agency, Marketplace and Account Management, Brand Management and Protection. Those are the real service lines.the paid search lead
10BUILDVP+ and Marketing on aware and engaged accounts LinkedInwithin budgetEvery band beats the 2.06% account average: VP 2.52%, CXO 2.53%, Partner 2.82%, Marketing 2.66%. Also refills audience size lost to the enterprise exclusions.the LinkedIn specialist
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Test and later, months 4 to 6

Gated on the phase above proving out.

#TypeCampaign or moveChannelBudgetEvidenceOwner
11TESTMid market case study, the ICP Brand 100 asset LinkedInwithin budget383 seconds average dwell, deepest read page on the site, and ICP Brand 100 is a live engaged account. Asset exists and is not in the ad account.Creative
12TESTCategory playbook for wellness and supplements LinkedInwithin budgetBest converting format crossed with best converting category. Retail Health and Personal Care posts 3.06% CTR, strongest of any material industry.Creative
#TypeCampaign or moveChannelBudgetEvidenceOwner
13TESTProgrammatic presence, Tier 1 named accounts Programmatic$2,000/moOnly after Meta validates the extension thesis. Covers the 246 ABM accounts never reached.IMP
14TESTAI assistant ads AI$750/mo389 unpaid sessions already arriving from ChatGPT, Copilot and Perplexity. Deferred this quarter, not rejected. Revisit Q4.the Account Director
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Budget effect

PhaseLinkedInGoogleMetaProgrammatic + AITotal
Today$4,879$2,809--$7,688
After cuts, week 4$2,892$1,216--$4,108
Rebuilt, week 12$3,869$2,809$2,500-$9,178
Month 6, if validated$3,869$2,809$2,500$2,750$11,928

Week 4 shows the account deliberately underspending while waste is removed and tracking is fixed. The only new ask inside 90 days is $2,500 for Meta, and it arrives after two free unlocks have already improved the numbers.

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Commitment log

Scored openly next quarter. This is the first entry, so there is nothing to grade yet.

CommittedOwnerDueStatus
Upload newsletter, website and CRM audiencesIMP with the client operatorWeek 2Open
Conversion tracking bridge livethe VP Growth with the paid search leadWeek 2Open
Affiliate keywords negativedthe paid search specialistWeek 1Open
Three CUT campaigns pausedthe LinkedIn specialistWeek 1Open
Meta execution plan deliveredthe Meta leadWeek 5Open
HubSpot deal stage, close date, amountthe Account ManagerWeek 2Requested twice