by Matt Frary | Jul 30, 2025 | Chief Of Chaos, Adventures in Growth, Affiliate Management, Brand, Brand Building, Growth as a Service
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill We’ve been talking about Zombie Affiliate Programs—those undead channels left to rot by churn-and-burn agencies or overstretched internal teams. But what if...
by Matt Frary | Jul 30, 2025 | Chief Of Chaos, Adventures in Growth, Affiliate Management, Brand, Brand Building, Growth as a Service
You ever watch that show Zombie House Flipping? They walk into a home that’s been rotting for years—holes in the walls, mold on the ceilings, a possum in the bathtub—and somehow… they bring it back to life. Gorgeous, clean, revenue-generating. That’s exactly what we...
by Matt Frary | Jul 30, 2025 | Chief Of Chaos, Adventures in Growth, Affiliate Management, Brand, Brand Building, Growth as a Service
Let’s kill a myth that’s draining your budget: “We just need to spend more to scale.” No. You need to optimize what you already have—especially in your affiliate program. Most brands are sitting on untracked value, misaligned incentives, and outdated assumptions....
by Matt Frary | Jul 30, 2025 | Chief Of Chaos, Adventures in Growth, Affiliate Management, Brand, Brand Building, Growth as a Service
Let’s start with the lie: “Affiliate only works on last-click.” Nope. That’s just the way most people set it up. And then complain when influencers, content partners, and upper-funnel affiliates “don’t convert.” Here’s the real problem: Your attribution model is...
by Matt Frary | Jul 30, 2025 | Chief Of Chaos, Adventures in Growth, Affiliate Management, Brand, Brand Building, Growth as a Service
Funnels are sexy in pitch decks. Top. Middle. Bottom. Convert. Scale. But here’s what they look like in real life: • Traffic sources firing in 12 directions • Disconnected landing pages built by interns • A CRO test from 6 months ago still “running” • Attribution...
by Matt Frary | Jul 30, 2025 | Chief Of Chaos, Adventures in Growth, Affiliate Management, Brand, Brand Building, Growth as a Service
There’s a moment in nearly every growth meeting where someone throws out a number like it’s gospel: “CAC is $48.” “LTV is $900.” “Blended ROAS is 2.3x.” And I always ask one thing: “How do you know?” Because most brands I walk into are flying blind with dashboards...
