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The Paid Traffic Truth : Why Last-Click Attribution Cuts Meta's ROAS and Pays Search
Aug 10, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
10 min read
The Paid Traffic Truth : Why Your Best ROAS Channels Bring the Fewest New Customers
Aug 3, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
9 min read
The Paid Traffic Truth : Why Your Meta Cost Rose but Your Click Price Didn't
Jul 28, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
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Every Platform Grades Its Own Homework : Scott on the ROAS Trap
Jul 27, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
9 min read
The Paid Traffic Truth : The ROAS Trap Held a Second Week — and Got Wider
Jul 22, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
10 min read
The Paid Traffic Truth : Your best ROAS channel costs the most per new customer
Jul 14, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
8 min read
The Paid Traffic Truth : Meta's New Customer Conversion Just Jumped 66%
Jul 8, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
8 min read
The Paid Traffic Truth : The New Customer Markup Your Dashboard Hides
Jul 6, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
6 min read
Your Data Is Being Estimated — And Nobody Told You
Jun 15, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
6 min read
Three Attribution Shifts That Changed This Week — And What They Mean for Your Revenue
Jun 8, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
14 min read
How Meta, Google, and TikTok Changed Your Numbers Without Telling You
Jun 5, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
12 min read
How Link Necklaces Cut Meta nCAC 22% and Nearly Doubled New Customers
May 28, 2026 by Scott Desgrosseilliers
6 min read
Three Attribution Shifts That Changed This Week — And What They Mean for Your Revenue
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Jun 8, 2026, 8:30:00 AM
The Google Signals Fallback Is Gone in a week. Here's What Breaks If You're not ready
What Actually Changes on June 15
On June 15, Google is changing how Consent Mode works. After that date, ad_storage becomes the sole parameter that governs Google Ads data collection. The workaround most advertisers have been quietly relying on — Google Signals filling in the gaps when website consent is missing — gets discontinued.
Topics: Wicked Reports New Customer Acquisition Cost (NCAC) marketing attribution 2026 dual model attribution marketing mix modeling ad tracking 2026 attribution source of truth Meta engage-through attribution MTA vs MMM
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How Meta, Google, and TikTok Changed Your Numbers Without Telling You
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Jun 5, 2026, 9:00:00 AM
How Meta, Google, and TikTok Changed Your Numbers Without Telling You
What Changed, What It Means, and What to Watch in June
Topics: Wicked Reports Marketing Efficiency Ratio GA4 attribution restructure AI Max for Shopping TikTok Attribution Portfolio
7 min read
Meta Is Now Charging to Reach Your Customer
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Jun 3, 2026, 8:29:59 AM
There’s been a lot of chatter this week about Meta offering a paid “elite” subscription tier. Let me cut through the noise and tell you what’s actually happening — and more importantly, what it means for every dollar you’re spending on paid ads right now.
Topics: Wicked Reports Ecommerce Attribution Marketing Attribution Fix Meta ad-free ecommerce impact Meta subscriptions attribution blended MER CPM increase 2026 meta roas
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How to Track ChatGPT Ads the Right Way
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on May 21, 2026, 8:45:00 AM
How to Track ChatGPT Ads (And Why Your Current Setup Is Already Lying to You)
ChatGPT just became an ad platform.
High-intent users. Contextual placement. Buyers in research mode asking questions your ads can actually answer.
If you're a performance marketer, you're already thinking about it.
Here's the problem nobody's talking about : the way you currently track ads wasn't built for this. Plug ChatGPT ad spend into your existing GA4 and Meta setup and you'll get confident-looking numbers that are almost certainly wrong.
Same flawed attribution. New channel. Faster budget burn.
I cover what actually breaks when you try to track ChatGPT ads, and how to set it up so the data underneath is finally honest.
Topics: Wicked Reports multi-touch attribution Marketing Attribution ChatGPT ads tracking ChatGPT advertising attribution how to track ChatGPT ads ad spend tracking UTM parameters ChatGPT
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Why Your Meta CPA Is Lying to You in 2026
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on May 18, 2026, 7:14:56 AM
Meta's platform reports a healthy cost per acquisition. Meanwhile, your new customer count is flat. That's not a coincidence — it's a measurement problem. Here's the attribution gap hiding inside your ad account, how to find it, and what to measure instead.
Topics: Wicked Reports Meta Advantage Plus Campaign Analysis Marketing Attribution New Customer Acquisition Cost (NCAC) Meta Ads Waste
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The Monday Routine That Stops Wasted Ad Spend : The Five Forces Playbook
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Apr 27, 2026, 9:00:02 AM
The Monday Routine That Stops Wasted Ad Spend: The Five Forces Playbook
If your team spends Mondays arguing over dashboards and guessing what to optimize, it’s time for a change. The Five Forces Playbook turns data into decisions with a simple, repeatable weekly routine.
Topics: Wicked Reports Five Forces Methodology Ad Spend Management Marketing Workflow Team Accountability Scaling Strategy
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How the Optimization Force Improves Campaign Performance
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Apr 20, 2026, 9:00:00 AM
How the Optimization Force Improves Campaign Performance
Most “optimization” is random. Marketers tweak campaigns, launch new creative, or shuffle budgets hoping for better performance. But hope isn’t a strategy.
Topics: Wicked Reports marketing ROI Five Forces Methodology Optimization Force Campaign Management Ad Strategy
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Why High ROAS Isn’t Enough : Scaling with the Outcome Force
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Apr 13, 2026, 9:15:00 AM
Why High ROAS Isn't Enough: Scaling with the Outcome Force
Here’s a scary truth for eCommerce operators: you can have great ROAS and still be wasting money. Many campaigns look profitable in-platform, but in reality, they’re recycling customers you already have, giving you an inflated sense of performance.
Topics: Wicked Reports Marketing Attribution ad spend optimization Five Forces Methodology Outcome Force Scaling Growth
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The Retargeting Trap: How Tier 11 Cut nCAC 34% (Case Study)
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Apr 13, 2026, 8:39:35 AM
A real conversation with the Tier 11 team about what happens when the scoreboard is wrong — and what it costs you every single month.
Topics: Wicked Reports Digital Marketing Insights New Customer Acquisition Cost (NCAC) marketing_attribution_platform fix ROAS nmer
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Data Isn’t Power — Action Is
By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Apr 6, 2026, 9:30:00 AM
Data Isn't Power — Action Is
If your data doesn’t change your behavior, it’s decoration. Here’s how the Action force turns attribution into execution.
From data to decisions
Metrics alone don’t grow your business. If your data doesn’t change your behavior, it’s just decoration.

