Facebook ads for D2C brands in India — the 2026 playbook
Real ROAS benchmarks by category, why Reels-first creative is the biggest lever, the CAPI fix for attribution, and the 70-20-10 budget split that scales.
Read the essay →Google App Campaigns vs Meta in India — which wins your installs
Meta gives the cheaper install, Google the better user. CPI, retention, ROAS, iOS measurement, and the budget split that uses both.
Read the essay →Webinar funnel conversion benchmarks for 2026
Registration, show-up, attendee-to-lead and close-rate benchmarks — and the framework that finds the one stage quietly capping your funnel.
Read the essay →Retargeting strategy for India — the 90-day pixel playbook
Segment by recency and intent, serve dynamic ads, close on WhatsApp — and turn warm traffic into your highest-ROAS channel.
Read the essay →The lead nurture sequence that converts in India
Email opens at 22%, WhatsApp at 98% — here's the multi-channel cadence and speed-to-lead that stop leads dying in the inbox.
Read the essay →Creative fatigue — why your CPI keeps rising
The exact signals that name fatigue, the refresh cadence by audience size, and five ways to refresh creative without resetting your learning phase.
Read the essay →Info product funnel architecture — the offer stack that scales
The value ladder, the buyer-making tripwire, and the order-bump and upsell maths that raise AOV so you can outbid everyone for the same lead.
Read the essay →Audience targeting mistakes that kill your CAC
Why precise targeting now raises costs — bad lookalike seeds, over-narrow audiences, fragmented ad sets — and the fix for each, in order.
Read the essay →Ecommerce scaling in India — the ₹5L→₹50L playbook
The budget split, ROAS and MER benchmarks, break-even by margin, and what actually breaks when you push a D2C store into cold traffic.
Read the essay →Attribution tracking in India — AppsFlyer vs Adjust vs Branch
What an MMP actually does, the three tools compared, what SKAdNetwork 5 changed, and the hybrid stack your finance team can trust.
Read the essay →Marketing agency commission models in India — real INR ranges
Four ways agencies actually charge — flat retainer, % of ad spend, revenue share, pay-per-result. Real INR ranges, who each model favours, and what to negotiate before signing.
Read the essay →Does performance-based lead gen actually work in India?
An honest answer after six years of pay-per-lead campaigns — when the model works, when it breaks, the lead-quality trap, and what good rates look like by vertical.
Read the essay →How to increase app installs in India — six levers
Six levers that move install volume in India without burning more cash on the same broken playbook. Creative refresh, ASO, audience structure, channel mix, retention, budget allocation.
Read the essay →12 questions founders forget to ask before hiring an agency
The clauses that protect your budget and the red flags that show up if you ask the right questions early. Commercials, execution, risk protection, exit — twelve questions in writing.
Read the essay →What performance marketing actually costs in India in 2026
Real INR ranges by service, ad spend benchmarks, and the hidden costs nobody mentions in the agency pitch. The all-in monthly cheque for each business stage.
Read the essay →App install cost in India by vertical — 2026 CPI benchmarks
Real CPI benchmarks across fintech, edtech, gaming, D2C, healthcare, B2B SaaS and lifestyle apps. Android vs iOS splits, Tier 1 vs Tier 2-3, and the three signals your CPI is off.
Read the essay →How to lower cost per lead in India — nine real levers
Nine levers that actually move CPL down — most of them free, all of them ignored. Creative refresh, landing page conversion, audience structure, optimisation events, channel mix.
Read the essay →Marketing agency vs in-house team in India — decision framework
Real cost comparison, hidden trade-offs of each model, and a five-question decision framework. Which model wins at each stage of company growth in 2026.
Read the essay →Real estate lead generation in India — what actually works
Why most agencies get it wrong, what works for residential and commercial, CPL benchmarks by ticket size, and the five-call rule that doubles closure rates.
Read the essay →D2C marketing agency in India — what actually works in 2026
ROAS benchmarks by category, channel mix that works for Indian D2C, the eight metrics that predict scale, and where most D2C agencies in India still fail.
Read the essay →How to reduce cost per lead in India — an 87% CPL case study
The 5-step audit framework we used to drop CPL from ₹400 to ₹53 for iGrafts Clinic, with CPL benchmarks by industry and the targeting rebuild that did 80% of the work.
Read the essay →How to lower cost per install in India — a growth marketing playbook
CPI benchmarks by vertical, the three biggest install-cost drivers we see in Indian accounts, and a platform-by-platform breakdown for Google UAC and Meta.
Read the essay →Performance marketing vs retainer — why Indian brands are switching
A direct breakdown of both agency models — costs, risks, incentive alignment, and the red flags to watch for before signing another 6-month contract.
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