Framework 06 · Funnel Diagnostics

Marketing and funnel audits

In-depth diagnostics across search, paid media, and conversion funnels to pinpoint exactly where pipeline is leaking.

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How this creates commercial value

Designed for pipeline clarity, not channel theatre.

This engagement is useful when leadership needs to know which part of the marketing system is constraining qualified opportunities: intent capture, spend efficiency, conversion, attribution, or sales handoff quality.

Diagnosis firstWe identify the constraint before recommending channel activity.
Nutcracker deliveryCommercial work can move from strategy into agency execution without losing context.
Revenue languageOutputs are framed for pipeline, sales quality, CAC discipline, and leadership decisions.
Signals you'll recognise

If two or more of these are true, this engagement is probably the right shape.

  • 01Traffic and ad spend are growing, but conversion rates and revenue remain flat
  • 02Leadership lacks clarity on which marketing channels are actually driving pipeline
  • 03High drop-off rates on key commercial pages (pricing, contact, demo request)
  • 04Preparing for budgeting, fundraising, or strategic planning with unverified marketing metrics
The scope

What you get.

Deliverables

  1. Comprehensive full-funnel audit from first digital touch to closed-won
  2. Paid media & PPC efficiency diagnostic (spend waste, negative queries, targeting gaps)
  3. Technical SEO & content performance health assessment
  4. Prioritised remediation backlog scored by commercial upside and implementation ease

How we work

  1. Week 1 — Full Data & Asset Access, Tracking Validation & Funnel Mapping
  2. Week 2 — Multi-Channel Diagnostic Deep Dive (Paid, SEO, Conversion Paths)
  3. Week 3 — Commercial Upside Modeling & Prioritised Remediation Backlog
  4. Week 4 — Executive Presentation, Board-Ready Action Plan & Handoff
Probably not for you if

Honest deselection criteria.

  • Teams wanting quick superficial reviews without granting data and analytics access
  • Organisations unwilling to take direct action on identified bottlenecks
  • Companies seeking theoretical academic audits rather than commercial roadmaps
  • Organisations lacking engineering or operations bandwidth to implement remediation sprints

When B2B marketing efficiency stalls, pouring more budget into top-of-funnel traffic only amplifies underlying inefficiencies. Before increasing ad spend or initiating redesigns, growth leaders need an objective diagnostic assessment of where pipeline is leaking and why high-intent prospects are failing to convert. A comprehensive marketing audit provides the empirical clarity needed to scale profitably.

The operator’s diagnostic methodology: forensic funnel analysis

My diagnostic framework provides an intensive, forensic evaluation of your complete digital acquisition and conversion machinery. As Digital Marketing Lead at Nutcracker Agency, I dissect channel performance, technical infrastructure, and buyer journeys to pinpoint the precise bottlenecks suppressing commercial growth.

1. Paid media and spend efficiency diagnostic

We audit active advertising accounts across Google Ads, LinkedIn, and paid social. We uncover wasted spend on negative search queries, evaluate bid strategies and account hierarchies, and calculate true commercial customer acquisition costs (CAC). This exposes immediate capital-saving opportunities while improving lead quality.

2. Organic search, technical health and GEO readiness

We evaluate site architecture, crawl efficiency, indexation health, and Core Web Vitals alongside commercial keyword capture. In addition to traditional SEO, we assess your brand’s citation visibility across generative engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude), identifying technical hurdles suppressing organic visibility.

3. Conversion journey and pipeline leak diagnostics

We map the journey from first touch to sales qualification, identifying where high-intent prospects drop off. From high-friction landing pages and excessive form fields to delayed sales response times and broken tracking events, we diagnose the friction suppressing conversion velocity.

4. Prioritised commercial remediation roadmap and continuous governance

A marketing audit is only as valuable as the execution it triggers. We translate diagnostic findings into an agile remediation backlog with experimental holdout controls:

  • ICE-scored commercial backlog: Every bottleneck is ranked by commercial revenue upside, implementation ease, and confidence, giving engineering and marketing teams a clear sprint sequence.
  • Continuous quarterly review cadence: Following the initial 4-week diagnostic sprint, we establish a quarterly review rhythm to evaluate remediation velocity, track conversion gains, and re-benchmark channel efficiency.
  • Experimental baseline holdouts: Establishing control cohorts before deploying major channel changes, ensuring that observed pipeline growth is genuinely incremental rather than seasonal variance.

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Execution and agency delivery

When organisations require full-funnel remediation, hands-on development fixes, and cross-channel campaign reconstruction, this diagnostic roadmap is executed by my team at Nutcracker Agency.

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