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Meta Is Now Charging to Reach Your Customers

By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Jun 3, 2026, 8:29:59 AM

Meta Is Now Charging to Reach Your Customers: What It Actually Costs You

There has been a lot of noise about Meta's paid ad-free subscription tier. Let me cut through it and tell you what is actually happening, and more importantly, what it means for every dollar you are spending on paid ads right now.

Topics: Wicked Reports Ecommerce Attribution Meta ad-free ecommerce impact Meta subscriptions attribution CPM increase 2026 meta roas
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Digital Marketing Metrics That Actually Matter and How To Use Them

By Scott Desgrosseilliers on May 11, 2022, 1:35:05 AM

Digital Marketing Metrics That Actually Matter in 2026 (and How to Use Them)

Most brands drown in metrics and starve for insight. The dashboards are full, but the number that would actually change a decision is either missing or wrong. This is a working guide to the handful of marketing KPIs that move the needle for an ecommerce brand - CPL, CAC, ROAS, ROI,and the one most of your competitors ignore, LTV - plus the reason every one of them is only as good as the data underneath it.

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Shopify Attribution : Track Real Revenue by Source

By Scott Desgrosseilliers on Feb 28, 2020, 11:12:24 AM

SHOPIFY ATTRIBUTION : HOW TO CONNECT YOUR SHOPIFY REVENUE TO THE MARKETING THAT DROVE IT

Shopify tells you what sold. What it cannot tell you, on its own, is which ad, email, or campaign actually created each customer, or which of your marketing is bringing in buyers worth keeping. Shopify sees the order. It does not see the weeks-long, multi-channel journey that led to it. If you are running paid traffic into a Shopify store and judging performance on what the ad platforms report, you are almost certainly misreading which marketing works. Here is how to connect your real Shopify revenue to the marketing that drove it.

Topics: Wicked Reports Shopify marketing ROI Ecommerce Attribution Shopify Attribution