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Free masterclass 04 · Performance Marketing PG

MER, CAC and payback: the three numbers a founder asks for

Platform ROAS is not company profitability. Attendees leave able to build the sheet that connects ad spend to contribution margin and a payback period.

Sunday, 15 November 2026Date
7:00 to 8:30 PM ISTTime
60 + 30 minTeaching + Q&A
Live onlineFormat
FreeCost
What you leave with

The unit economics sheet built from zero during the session.

Platform ROAS is not company profitability. Attendees leave able to build the sheet that connects ad spend to contribution margin and a payback period.

The file you receive: The finished sheet as a template, with the formulas left visible. It is emailed to everyone who pre-registered, whether or not you could attend live.

Marketers who present to founders90 minutesLive demonstration
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Minute by minute

60 minutes of teaching, then 30 minutes that are yours.

  1. 00:00

    Frame. The marketer reports 4x ROAS. The founder says the company is losing money. Both are correct.

  2. 05:00

    ROAS against MER. Why platform-reported revenue and company revenue diverge, and by how much typically.

  3. 13:00

    CAC properly built. Channel CAC, blended CAC, and the contribution margin that decides whether either is acceptable.

  4. 27:00

    Build the sheet. A P&L extract and an ad platform export turned into a working model on screen.Live

  5. 41:00

    Payback and honest LTV. Payback period as the budget decision, and why LTV assumptions are usually where the model breaks.

  6. 52:00

    The gap. This is one product and one channel. Multi-channel, multi-SKU businesses need a different model.

  7. 57:00

    Recap and hand to Q&A.

  8. 60:00

    Q&A: open floor. 16 minutes on questions collected in chat, ranked by a moderator, not answered first-come.

  9. 76:00

    Q&A: seeded. 8 minutes on two planted questions that set up the programme.

  10. 84:00

    Close. 6 minutes: cohort dates, what the programme adds, one offer with a stated deadline.

Who is teaching

The presenter.

Amit Tiwari

Amit Tiwari

Co-founder, aFactor

Technical SEO practitioner and educator. Runs ClickLocal Digital Advertising LLP and teaches SEO in Hindi on YouTube and through four full-length courses at amittiwari.net.

Pre-register

Reserve a seat. It costs nothing.

Runs Sunday, 15 November 2026, 7:00 to 8:30 PM IST. Seats on the live call are limited by the platform, and pre-registered names are admitted first. The replay and the takeaway file go to everyone on the list.

Free. No card, no payment step. By pre-registering you agree to our Privacy Policy. We email you about this session and its replay; nothing else unless you ask.

What happens next

Four emails, nothing else.

01

Now

A confirmation that your seat is held.

02

The day before

The joining link and the two things to have open when the session starts.

03

One hour before

A reminder, on WhatsApp too if you left a number.

04

Within 48 hours after

The replay and the file: The finished sheet as a template, with the formulas left visible.

Two questions we expect. Bring your own.

  • What payback period is acceptable for a bootstrapped brand?
  • How do you get finance to share the cost data?

Questions are collected in the chat throughout and ranked by a moderator, so the ones most people asked get answered first.

Where this session goes next

The gap, named honestly.

This is one product and one channel. Multi-channel, multi-SKU businesses need a different model.

The programme capstone is defending a budget recommendation with this model, to a panel.

Performance Marketing PG