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Paid Search vs SEO Credit

Northwind Threads is a mid-sized direct-to-consumer apparel brand selling primarily through its own website. Marketing runs a mix of paid and organic channels, and the analytics team uses the out-of-the-box reporting from their web analytics platform to track new customer acquisition.

Over the last quarter, the CMO has been under pressure from the CFO to justify marketing spend heading into annual planning.

The business question

Which marketing channels are actually driving new customer acquisition, and how should we reallocate budget across Paid Search, Organic Search, Email, Social, and Display for next quarter?