The attribution model that is costing most DTC brands 20% of their acquisition budget sjmgrowthexposed September 3, 2026 Last-click attribution is the default measurement model for most ecommerce analytics setups. It is also systematically wrong in a direction
Why adding a second paid channel before fixing your first one is almost always a mistake sjmgrowthexposed September 3, 2026 There is a specific moment in the DTC growth journey where the temptation to add a new channel becomes overwhelming.
The three questions every DTC founder should be able to answer from memory (most cannot) sjmgrowthexposed September 3, 2026 When we start working with a new DTC client, there are three questions we ask in the first session. We
Where AI creates genuine leverage in E-Commerce Marketing and where it just creates generic content sjmgrowthexposed September 3, 2026 The ecommerce marketing conversations about AI in 2024 and 2025 were characterised by two equal and opposite errors. The first:
The E-Commerce SEO investment that most DTC brands keep deferring and what it is costing them in CAC terms sjmgrowthexposed August 26, 2026 SEO is the most commonly deferred growth investment in DTC ecommerce. The rationale is logical: paid media produces results this
Building a DTC Brand that is worth buying: What acquirers look at that most founders never track sjmgrowthexposed August 26, 2026 Whether or not an exit is in your near-term plans, understanding how DTC brands are valued is one of the
The unit economics problem hiding inside most scaling DTC brands sjmgrowthexposed August 26, 2026 A DTC brand can generate £150k/month in revenue while the underlying business is quietly becoming more financially fragile with every
The DTC Brands that scaled from £0 to £1m without outside funding – what they did differently in year one sjmgrowthexposed August 26, 2026 The narrative around DTC brand building tends to feature either bootstrapped brands that stay small or funded brands that scale
The win-back email anatomy: what actually reactivates lapsed customers and what makes them unsubscribe sjmgrowthexposed August 26, 2026 Win-back campaigns have a bad reputation in some ecommerce circles. The reputation is earned — not because win-back does not
Why loyalty programmes fail (hint: it is not the platform or the offer) sjmgrowthexposed August 26, 2026 DTC brands have launched loyalty programmes at an extraordinary rate over the last several years. And a significant proportion of