Analytics           

Analytics | Blackbird PPC
What we do

A complete measurement practice.

Tracking, attribution, reporting, and testing infrastructure designed to outlast the next browser update and the next platform change.

01 / Tracking
Server-side tracking

An sGTM container on a subdomain you own becomes the single intake. Server-to-server forwarding to every ad platform after that. Recovers the 20 to 40 percent of conversions browser pixels quietly drop.

02 / Tracking
Conversions API

CAPI feeds for every social platform. Server-side events deduplicate against the browser pixel, and the bid algorithms learn from the full conversion set, not the half that survives iOS and Safari.

03 / Tracking
Enhanced Conversions

Hashed email and phone returned to Google with every conversion. Smart Bidding gets back the identity signal Chrome's third-party cookie deprecation took away.

04 / Tracking
Tag management

A clean GTM and sGTM container as the discipline layer. Documented triggers, governed variables, and a deprecation log so the tag stack stays auditable instead of accreting fragile pixels over time.

05 / Signal
Offline conversion imports

Stage-weighted conversion events from Salesforce, HubSpot, and Pipedrive imported back into Google and Meta. The platforms optimize for SQLs and closed-won, not the form fills that never close.

06 / Signal
Proxy metrics

When closed-won is too slow or too sparse to bid on, we engineer leading indicators that correlate with revenue. Calibrated proxies become the conversion event, so the algorithm gets fast, reliable signal without lying about what it represents.

07 / Signal
Weighted revenue analysis

Not every conversion is worth the same. Stage probability, deal size, and segment value collapse into a single weighted revenue figure that bidding, forecasting, and reporting all share. The numbers finally agree.

08 / Signal
CRM management

Salesforce, HubSpot, and Pipedrive cleaned up at the stage and field level so marketing source data, lead status, and revenue close the loop without manual reconciliation. The CRM stops being a measurement liability.

09 / Warehouse
BigQuery and Fivetran

BigQuery as the source of truth. Fivetran piping ad spend, CRM, and product analytics in on a schedule. Marketing data sitting next to the data finance and product actually trust.

10 / Reporting
Custom Looker Studio dashboards

Built from scratch in Looker Studio, not template imports. Every chart traces back to a BigQuery query you can audit, and every dollar reports against pipeline and closed-won.

11 / Attribution
Attribution audits

Model comparison, signal density review, and an honest read on what your current attribution is and isn't telling you.

12 / Attribution
Multi-touch attribution

Position-based, time-decay, and data-driven models reconciled against geo lift and MMM reads. MTA stops being a single number and becomes a directional input alongside causal measurement.

13 / Testing
Geo lift testing

Designed-for-channel incrementality tests. Causal reads on whether the spend is actually moving pipeline, not just correlating with it.

14 / Testing
Causal test design

Power analysis, holdout sizing, and pre-registration before the spend moves. CausalImpact and Bayesian structural time series for the read. The test is designed to answer one question cleanly, not generate a number that confirms what we already wanted to believe.

15 / Modeling
Media mix modeling

Robyn-based MMM with adstock, saturation curves, and budget allocation outputs. Built at blackbirdmmm.com and tuned per account, so the top-down read on channel impact agrees with the bottom-up bidding data.

16 / Optimization
Marginal return analysis

Spend decile cuts on every channel reveal where the next dollar earns above target and where it stops. Budget moves to the slope of the response curve, not the average.

17 / Customer
Customer clusters

Behavioral clustering over warehouse data. Real customer segments built from usage, revenue, and engagement patterns, fed back to platforms as high-value audience signals.

18 / Customer
Customer LTV

Predicted lifetime value modeled from cohort behavior, not platform proxies. CLV thresholds become bid signals so the algorithm spends against customers who actually pay back.

19 / Customer
RFM analysis

Recency, frequency, monetary scoring across the full customer base. Surfaces who to nurture, who to win back, and where re-engagement budget should land.

20 / Customer
Latency

Time-to-conversion modeling by channel, segment, and offer. Identifies which spend closes in seven days and which takes ninety, so attribution windows and forecasts match how customers actually buy.

How we work

Five stages. Every engagement.

From the first measurement audit to a maintained, warehouse-grade reporting stack, the sequence is the same. What changes is the depth at each step.

01 / Week 1-2

Audit

Tracking, attribution, reporting, and warehouse review. Output is a written diagnosis of what's broken and what it's costing.

02 / Week 3-4

Architect

Server-side, CAPI, offline pipelines, and warehouse schema design. The technical plan before the technical work.

03 / Week 5-8

Build

sGTM, CAPI, offline conversion imports, and dashboard build. Implementation with engineering rigor, not a fragile pixel sprint.

04 / Week 9-10

Validate

QA, parity testing, and a written reconciliation across platform, warehouse, and CRM. The numbers have to agree before we ship.

05 / Ongoing

Maintain

Monitoring, drift detection, and quarterly resets as platforms and privacy rules move. Measurement is a system, not a project.

The work, measured

The signal that makes Smart Bidding actually smart.

A decade of measurement work across categories where conversion loss is expensive and attribution truth is competitive advantage.

Case study. Server-side rebuild.
Enterprise data platform

A complete migration from client-side pixels to server-side tracking, Conversions API, and offline conversion imports from Salesforce. Within one quarter, recovered conversions visible to Smart Bidding tripled and CPA on the same audiences fell by more than half.

3X
Conversions visible to bidding
55%
CPA reduction
120+
Brands served since 2016
$14B+
Capital raised by client portfolio
9
Clients that have gone public
90
Net Promoter Score

Always ready with great data. Follows directions and makes good suggestions. Really fast turnaround on requests. Best ad agency I have ever worked with.

June Bower|Finjan

Start with a measurement audit.

Two weeks, fixed scope, no obligation. We diagnose tracking loss, attribution gaps, and reporting truth. You walk away with a written remediation plan ranked by impact.

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