Predictive advertising agency · Est. 2021

The number comes first.

Every campaign we run begins with a prediction: what it will produce, and what it will cost, written down before a dollar is spent. Then we are measured against it.

Black X Marketing is a predictive advertising agency for service businesses, franchise systems, and events. Most agencies tell you what happened. We tell you what will happen, and we put it in writing first.

  • Free 30-day Sprint for qualified service businesses
  • In writing
  • Measured against it
Projection vs. actualProjectedActualMo 1Mo 2Mo 3Mo 4Mo 5Mo 6Written down first. Measured after.
Illustrative example of the method. Not client data.

The receipt

We publish the prediction. Then we publish what actually happened.

Receipt 01

Attendance

Concours d’Elegance

Predicted and actual figures publishing soon.

Receipt 02

Cost per booked job

Home Remodeling Center

Predicted and actual figures publishing soon.

Receipt 03

Qualified appointments

Jim McInerney Real Estate Team

Predicted and actual figures publishing soon.

Nobody in this industry does this, because being wrong in public is expensive. That is exactly why it is worth something.

Why this matters

An agency that cannot tell you what will happen is asking you to fund a guess.

The standard arrangement in this business is that you pay first and find out later. A report arrives at the end of the month explaining what occurred. By then the money is gone, and the explanation costs nothing to produce.

We invert it. Before your budget is committed, we model what your spend will return: volume, cost per outcome, and the point at which additional spend stops producing additional results. You get that number in writing. You can take it to your board, your partner, or your own judgment, and decide whether it is worth funding.

Then the campaigns correct themselves. Our system reads what is converting and reallocates on its own, continuously, which is how month six is built to outperform month one instead of drifting quietly away from it.

Three kinds of client. One method.

Aerial view of a car wash service business

01

Service Businesses

Automotive, home services, retail and specialty trade. You know what you spend. We tell you what a booked job actually costs, then work to drive it down.

Home Remodeling Center · High Roads · Genie Car Wash

See the free 30-day Sprint →

Technician working in an automotive service bay

02

Franchise & Multi-Location

Every location advertising differently is a brand problem before it is a marketing problem. We give corporate one system to offer every franchisee.

See the pilot structure →

Classic cars at an outdoor car show event

03

Events & Destinations

One date, one attempt, and a board to answer to. We model attendance and ticket revenue before the budget is committed.

Concours d’Elegance · HarborFest · Discover La Jolla · La Mesa Oktoberfest · San Diego Restaurant Week

Get an attendance projection →

Selected work

  • Jim McInerney Real Estate Team
  • Concours d’Elegance
  • Discover La Jolla
  • Chula Vista HarborFest
  • La Mesa Oktoberfest
  • San Diego Restaurant Week
  • Genie Car Wash
  • High Roads
  • Home Remodeling Center

How it works

Predict. Prove. Deliver. Guarantee.

01

Predict

We model your market before you spend: who buys, when they decide, and what triggers action. You get the projection in writing.

02

Prove

For qualified service businesses, we run your first campaign free for 30 days. You cover the ad spend and watch it work on your own account. The free Sprint →

03

Deliver

Our system builds, launches and adjusts your campaigns every week. A person signs off before any campaign launches or any dollar is spent.

04

Guarantee

We guarantee the work will be performed, not a result. Read the guarantee →

What you receive is qualified opportunities, not raw leads: real people in the market who took a meaningful action. Every one gets a text within five minutes, tracking is verified by a person before launch, and your ad accounts stay in your name.

Free 30-day Sprint

Prove it free for 30 days.

For qualified service businesses, we run your first campaign at no fee. You cover the ad spend. You watch it work on your own account, against a number we agree in writing before launch.

Our fee

$0 for 30 days

We build, run and optimize the whole system.

Your cost

Ad spend only

Minimum $1,500, in your own ad account.

Day 30

Your decision

Nothing converts to a paid program automatically.

Questions

Predictive advertising, answered plainly.

What is the free 30-day Sprint?

For qualified service businesses, Black X runs the first campaign free for 30 days. You cover the ad spend only, with a $1,500 minimum, and our fee is $0. We agree a success number in writing before launch, and at day 30 you review real results on your own ad account and decide whether to continue.

What is predictive advertising?

Predictive advertising means the result is modeled before the money is spent. Black X Marketing projects what a budget will produce (volume, cost per outcome, and the point where additional spend stops producing additional results) and puts that number in writing before a campaign launches.

How is Black X different from other advertising agencies?

Most agencies report what happened after the budget is gone. Black X states what will happen first, in writing, and is then measured against that number.

What does a projection cost?

Nothing. Black X runs the projection before you pay anything. If the number is not worth funding, you have lost nothing and we part on good terms.

Who does Black X Marketing work with?

Three kinds of client: service businesses such as automotive, home services, retail and specialty trade; franchise and multi-location systems; and events and destinations.

What do I need to provide to get a projection?

Your market and your current advertising spend. Black X models what that spend should be producing and sends you the number.

What happens after a campaign launches?

Campaigns read their own performance and reallocate continuously toward what is converting, which is why month six is built to outperform month one instead of drifting.

What we guarantee, and what we do not →

We will run the projection before you pay us anything.

Tell us your market and your current spend. We will model what it should be producing and send you the number. If it is not interesting, that is the end of it.

  • No cost for the projection
  • The number arrives in writing
  • You decide whether it is worth funding

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