What We Do
Case Studies
TAKING NEW BRIEFS · Q2 / 26

Growth Marketing.
Demand Generation.

A boutique, senior team bringing special-ops precision to formidable digital marketing challenges. We start with clean tracking and a clear thesis, then run experiments until pipeline moves.

14 yrs
operating
40+
brands scaled
$180M+
pipeline attributed
T–00:00:03
THRUST · NOMINAL
ATTRIB · LIVE
MSN · GROWTH-2026
PAYLOAD · PIPELINE
CLIENT ROSTER · SELECTED
Operators who let us instrument the funnel.
TechstarsNBA Top ShotGeneral AssemblyDavis Polk & WardwellPaul, WeissKnewtonUFC StrikeModus CreateTockSpringboardContactuallynumberFire
WHAT WE DO

Six instruments.
One mission control.

We don't sell channels. We sell a thesis — then pick the shortest path to pipeline. Here's the kit.

01

SEO + GEO

Rank in classic SERPs. Get cited by AI answers. Structure content for both realities.

02

Paid Acquisition

Search, social, video, display — unified bidding against pipeline, not clicks.

03

Conversion (CRO)

Instrument the funnel. Find the leaks. Ship experiments every week.

04

Lifecycle + Email

Segmentation, triggered journeys, retention loops that compound.

05

Outbound

Trigger-based outreach with hypothesis and micro-ask. No spray.

06

Analytics + Attribution

Clean tracking, server-side events, reporting that matches the business funnel.

Measured, not marketed.

LAST AUDIT · 03 · APR · 2026
133%
Avg. MQL lift
across 9 paid rebuilds
–42%
Blended CPL
after tracking cleanup
8.4x
Pipeline from 1 channel
mid-market SaaS case
< 14d
Time to first experiment
from kickoff to live test
SELECTED WORK

Big results
from an intimate agency.

Senior-only team. No hand-offs. Every engagement starts with a tracking audit and a crisp thesis — then execution.

FINTECH · SERIES B
+214%
qualified pipeline · 6mo
Northbeam

Rebuilt attribution from GTM to CRM, then compounded paid social with weekly creative tests.

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B2B SAAS · BOOTSTRAPPED
–58%
CAC · 90 days
Platzi

Fixed a conversion tracking leak, then rebuilt the PLG funnel around activation events.

Read the breakdown
DTC · CONSUMER
3.9x
ROAS · quarter-over-quarter
HCT Strava

Consolidated 14 ad accounts, killed zombie campaigns, and ran a 12-week creative sprint.

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HOW WE OPERATE

From kickoff to first experiment in two weeks.

W01

Audit + Thesis

Tracking audit, attribution map, named growth thesis. You get a doc, not a deck.

W02

Instrument

GTM cleanup, server-side events, dashboards that match your P&L.

W03

First tests

Two experiments in-market within 14 days. One creative, one funnel.

W04

Scale

Compounding cadence: weekly reviews, monthly thesis check, quarterly rebuild.

THE PLAYBOOK

What happens
inside each week.

No mystery-meat process. Every phase produces a specific artifact that lives in your cloud, not ours.

PHASE 01

Week 1 — Tracking Audit

We map every event, every pixel, every source. 60+ checks against a known-good reference.

DELIVERABLES
Tracking inventory
Attribution map
Leak report
Named thesis
SIGNAL
11
avg. leaks / audit
Phase gates are internal-facing. You see the output, not the ceremony.
IN THEIR WORDS

Operators
we've shipped with.

SL

They found $2M in attributed pipeline we'd been mis-tagging as organic. The audit alone paid for the year.

Sara Lin
Head of Growth · Northbeam
THE ROSTER

Senior operators
only.

No junior hand-offs. No account-executive middleware. The person on your call is the person doing the work. Six partners. One embedded analytics engineer per engagement.

CH
Chris Haley
Partner · Growth
ex-Wpromote, ex-HubSpot
AO
Amelia Ortiz
Partner · Attribution
ex-Segment, ex-Rockerbox
DP
Devon Park
Partner · Paid
ex-Tinuiti, ex-Meta
RT
Rae Thompson
Partner · SEO + GEO
ex-Siege, ex-Webflow
JK
Jules Kim
Lifecycle + Email
ex-Klaviyo, ex-Substack
SV
Sam Voss
Analytics Engineer
ex-dbt Labs, ex-Stripe
COMPARE

iExcel vs.
the other shop.

We're not for every team. If you need a warm body to execute against a pre-written brief, we're the wrong call. If you need a thesis, we're the right one.

iExcel
THE OTHER SHOP
Seniority on the account
Partner-level, every call
AE + junior executor
Time to first live test
14 days
60–90 days
Tracking cleanup included
Required, week 1
Add-on, often skipped
Reporting cadence
Weekly readout + Slack
Monthly deck
Where the work lives
Your cloud. Your accounts.
Agency-owned tools
Scope model
Outcome-based
Hourly / retainer creep
ENGAGE

Three ways
to work together.

All engagements start with a 15-min sanity check. We scope to outcomes, not hours. Nothing is billable before signature.

6 WEEKS

Starter Sprint

$22k
6 weeks · starts at

Audit + one channel rebuild. Ideal if you're pre-scale and need a thesis.

Tracking audit
One-channel rebuild
Weekly readouts
2 experiments
MOST REQUESTED
/ MONTH

Boutique Retainer

$18k
/ month · starts at

Ongoing demand gen. Senior team embedded. Minimum 6 months.

Everything in Sprint
Multi-channel ops
Attribution + CRO
Weekly creative review
Dedicated Slack
3–12 MONTHS

Fractional CMO

Custom
3–12 months · starts at

For founders without a marketing leader. Partner takes the CMO seat.

Exec-level leadership
Team hire & ramp
Vendor management
Board-ready reporting
NEWSLETTER

A weekly brief from the operators' room.

Real experiments, real numbers, and the playbook behind them. 3,400+ operators read it.

FAQ

Straight answers.

iExcel has been operating since 2012. The same senior team runs every engagement — no junior hand-offs.

Engagements start at $18k/mo for boutique retainers. We scope to outcomes, not hours.

Usually yes. About 70% of new clients have an attribution problem before they have a traffic problem. We audit first.

You do. All accounts, pixels, dashboards, and experiments stay in your own cloud. We're partners, not passengers.

Kickoff within 10 business days of signature. First experiment in-market by week two.

OPEN A LINE

Tell us the real
problem.

15 minutes. One senior operator on the line. We'll pressure-test your hypothesis and tell you if we're a fit — or who is.

REPLY TIMEWithin 1 business day
CALL LENGTH15 min sanity check
WHO ANSWERSA senior partner — no SDRs
Book the 15-min sanity check.