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Articles and guides written from the accounts we run: what worked, what did not, and the numbers behind both. Each one leaves you with something to change this week.

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Why read

Written from the accounts.

No filler. Every piece gives you something you can use the same day.

From live accounts

Written by the people running the campaigns, with the client numbers where we can name them.

Something to change this week

Each piece ends with a step you can take in your own account, not a theory to admire.

How the platforms work now

Meta, Google and the CRM as they behave this year, not as the textbooks describe them.

The numbers, named

Case studies with the client named, the spend in and the revenue back.

Start here

If you already know what is broken.

Articles are the long answer. If you would rather go straight to the work, start with the channel that is costing you the most. Facebook and Instagram campaigns are covered on Meta ads, search demand on Google Ads, and the enquiry-to-customer side on lead generation. If the question is which channels you should be running at all, begin at digital marketing in Malta.

Two questions come up before every other one. What this should cost is answered on what it costs, and what advertising actually costs in this market, measured from live local accounts rather than international averages, is in the Malta ads benchmark report.

The library

Featured articles.

Lead Generation for Consultants Who Have Outgrown Referrals
Lead Generation/Nov 4, 2026

Lead Generation for Consultants Who Have Outgrown Referrals

Referrals stop scaling before a consultancy does. Here is the narrow version of lead generation that fills a diary: one list, one offer, one channel.

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How to Book More Sales Calls From Leads You Already Pay For
Lead Generation/Nov 3, 2026

How to Book More Sales Calls From Leads You Already Pay For

Most firms buy more leads when the calls are already paid for. The losses sit between the form and the calendar. Here is where to look first.

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Read an Agency Contract for the Last Day, Not the First
Strategy/Nov 2, 2026

Read an Agency Contract for the Last Day, Not the First

A marketing agency contract is easiest to judge from the end. Read term, notice, ownership and results wording first. Scope and fees can wait.

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What Drives the Cost of Lead Generation, Before Anyone Quotes You
Lead Generation/Nov 1, 2026

What Drives the Cost of Lead Generation, Before Anyone Quotes You

Lead generation quotes are not comparable until you know what the bill is made of. The cost drivers, who pays for each, and what to ask before you sign.

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Pay Per Lead or Retainer: Where the Risk Really Sits
Lead Generation/Oct 31, 2026

Pay Per Lead or Retainer: Where the Risk Really Sits

Pay per lead and a retainer move different risks. What counts as a billable lead, who can dispute one, and which sale each model actually suits.

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Do Lead Generation Companies Work? What to Check Before You Pay One
Lead Generation/Oct 30, 2026

Do Lead Generation Companies Work? What to Check Before You Pay One

Lead generation companies work when the unit is a qualified conversation. Five checks to settle before you pay: definition, ownership, speed, reporting.

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Google Ads for B2B: Build It Around Pipeline, Not Clicks
Ads/Oct 29, 2026

Google Ads for B2B: Build It Around Pipeline, Not Clicks

Why B2B Google Ads accounts fail on volume logic, and how to build one around small search demand, filtered clicks and booked calls fed back from the CRM.

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Where Your Google Ads Actually Show, and Who You Stop Paying For
Ads/Oct 28, 2026

Where Your Google Ads Actually Show, and Who You Stop Paying For

Location targeting decides who sees your Google Ads and who wastes the budget. How presence and interest differ, and how to audit where clicks came from.

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What to Write Before a Website Gets Designed
Web Design/Oct 27, 2026

What to Write Before a Website Gets Designed

Website projects stall waiting on words nobody was asked to write. Here is the content to prepare first, ordered by what it does to enquiries.

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Comments and DMs: Where Social Leads Go Missing
Social Media/Oct 26, 2026

Comments and DMs: Where Social Leads Go Missing

Most social enquiries arrive as a comment or a message and never reach a sales process. Who answers, how fast, and where the reply has to go next.

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What a Website Discovery Workshop Decides
Web Design/Oct 25, 2026

What a Website Discovery Workshop Decides

Discovery is where a website project is really decided: what the site is measured on, where the traffic comes from and how an enquiry is handled.

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How Long a Website Really Takes
Web Design/Oct 25, 2026

How Long a Website Really Takes

The build is the predictable part. Copy, approvals and decisions move the date, and one offer page can be live long before the full website is.

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