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How does the findings guarantee actually work?

Findings are valued against your own data at the readout. Under your tier’s floor — $10,000, $25,000 or $50,000 — the fee returns to your card, and you keep the report.

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Who exactly sees our data?

Read-only access, scoped to the accounts in scope, EU processing, never used to train models — revoked at readout, deleted ≤ 30 days after close.

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How long does it really take?

Five to seven days from kickoff to a live readout, with an interim findings call on day 3. Day-by-day map on the how-it-works page.

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01 · The process
How long does the audit take?
Five to seven days from kickoff and data access to your executive readout. The clock starts once read-only access is granted — most clients manage that inside a day.
What do you need from us to start?
Read-only access to your analytics, ad accounts and revenue data, plus one 30-minute kickoff call. No workshops, no interviews with your whole team, no homework.
How can AI agents audit as well as consultants?
Our orchestrated analysis agents run the same strategic, financial, creative and operational frameworks a consultancy would — but exhaustively, over your full data, not a sample. Seven human gates mean a senior auditor reviews and signs off every finding before it reaches your report. AI does the coverage; humans do the judgment.
What exactly do we receive?
A boardroom-ready report: executive summary, every finding with evidence and dollar impact, a 90-day action plan sequenced by ROI, industry benchmarks, and a 60-minute readout call. See the sample report.
Do you implement the fixes too?
The audit is deliberately implementation-agnostic — your team or agency can execute the plan directly. Where clients want help, we scope a separate fixed-fee implementation sprint after the readout. No retainer, ever.
02 · Data & security
Is our data safe?
NDA before anything is shared. Access is read-only and scoped to the accounts in the audit. Data is processed in the EU, never used to train models, and access is revoked at readout. CCPA & GDPR ready end to end.
Can you sign our NDA?
Yes. We routinely work under NDA and will sign yours or send ours before any data is shared.
Will our data be used to train AI models?
No. Your data is used solely to produce your audit and is deleted from working systems within 30 days of engagement close.
03 · Pricing & the guarantee
What does the guarantee actually promise?
Each tier guarantees a minimum dollar amount of identified, actionable margin or savings — $10,000 (Diagnostic), $25,000 (Strategic), $50,000 (Audit + Sprint). If your delivered report identifies less, you receive a full refund to your original payment method within 5 business days. No forms, no argument. "Identified findings" means quantified line items in your report, each with a dollar impact and an implementation step — not vague suggestions.
What happened to the $5,000 guarantee?
It grew. Every tier now guarantees 2–10x more than the old flat $5,000 floor. For the record: the old floor was claimed twice across 74 audits — both businesses were already exceptionally well run.
What’s the implementation credit?
100% of your audit fee becomes a credit toward an implementation engagement booked within 30 days of delivery. Book a $2,950 Strategic Audit, decide to have the roadmap executed — your first $2,950 of implementation is already paid.
Why is this so much cheaper than a consultancy?
The Orchestrator automates the analysis that consumes weeks of consultant time. Humans focus only on judgment and sign-off — so you get consultancy-grade depth at a fraction of the cost. See pricing.
Are there any ongoing fees?
No. One fixed fee per audit. Some clients re-audit twice a year; that’s a new fixed fee each time, never a subscription.
What if we’re too small — or too big?
The sweet spot is $10k–$250k/month in marketing spend. Below that, the guarantee gets hard to hit; above it, we scope a custom engagement. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so before you pay.
04 · Working together
We already have an agency. Is this awkward?
It’s common — and healthy. The audit is an independent second opinion, not a pitch to replace anyone. Many agencies use the findings as their next quarter’s roadmap. We never sell media management, so there’s no conflict of interest.
Who actually works on our audit?
A senior auditor owns your engagement start to finish — the same person on your kickoff and your readout. The agents do the heavy analysis; your auditor validates, prioritizes and presents it.
What happens after the readout?
You own the report and the plan. Most teams execute the top five findings in the first month. We check in at day 30 and day 90 — included, not billed.
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