Recommendation · the one budget move
Move current paid-search budget off Core Offering creator/influencer queries and onto the brand campaign bidding “stream hatchet”.
Recent euros produce Starter signups and Google conversion value inside a campaign that has never created a New Sales deal. Every customer HubSpot can trace to a readable paid-search campaign came from brand search (5/5 won). The last one closed 2024-09-20. Until brand gets the spend, cost per Closed Won stays undefined.
Cut
influencer marketing + creator/influencer queries (151 Starters, 0 CW; 0 Google conv. in ~30d)
core offering q1fy26 as a customer campaign (279 Starters, 0 New Sales)
emea (126 Starters, 0 won, 2 lost / $57,000)
- No added budget for generic discovery (
find influencers cluster: 5 won $24,000 vs 9 lost $95,300)
Keep / scale
brand / stream hatchet: 5/5 New Sales Closed Won
- Narrow platform-intent allow-list:
influencer marketing platform (4W/4L), influencer platform (2W/2L)
- Competitor terms (
sideqik, tagger media, sidekick influencer) as a capped test only (sideqik won $35,000, lost $219,000)
Hold (don't scale)
q1 fy26 2025 trends report search: 0 CW, but Tencent $32,000 (Negotiation) and THE CORE $15,000 (RFP) are open
live streaming trends report: 1 won $2,500 vs 7 lost $71,500. No more budget