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From Campaigns to Cash Flow: How to Build a Forecast That Works

From Campaigns to Cash Flow: How to Build a Forecast That Works

Update: 2025-12-04
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How do high-performing ecommerce brands turn campaigns into predictable cash flow?

In this episode, we break down the exact forecasting process we use at Common Thread Collective to consistently land within 0–10% of goal across dozens of brands.

Growth Strategy Manager Brian Sakansky joins Richard to unpack how CTC builds forecasts, operationalizes them, and uses daily expectations to make real-time decisions that drive revenue and contribution margin.

You’ll learn:

  • Why most forecasts fail—and how to fix yours

  • How CTC turns marketing calendars into financial plans

  • The daily system our team uses to hit targets with confidence

  • How to identify the “real” problem in your data (AOV, CAC, CVR, etc.)

  • The contingency planning that keeps brands on track when things go sideways

  •  How smaller operators can build this same process with nothing more than a spreadsheet

If you want forecasting to be more than a spreadsheet…

If you want it to actually guide your decisions…

And if you want to turn campaigns into reliable cash flow…

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From Campaigns to Cash Flow: How to Build a Forecast That Works

From Campaigns to Cash Flow: How to Build a Forecast That Works

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