Gross Margin

Revenue minus direct costs of delivering the work, as a percentage. The profit pool all marketing math should draw from.

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The definition

Revenue minus direct costs of delivering the work, as a percentage. The profit pool all marketing math should draw from.

Why it matters to an owner

Every calculator on this site asks for it because ad math on revenue is fiction: you can only spend margin. If you don't know yours, that's this week's homework.

This is the work. Want it done?

Everything here is free to use yourself — that’s the point. If you’d rather a senior marketer just handle it, in your accounts and your name: 20-minute call, no pitch deck.

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