Build my model
WORK WITH CHRIS

A 30-minute strategy session. Free.

You’ve modelled your budget. Now stress-test it. Bring your numbers, your goal, and the questions the model raised — we’ll talk through what to keep, what to adjust, and where to look next. No pitch deck.

Book a session → ~30 minutes · Zoom or phone · No card required
The Figure — investment wisdom
WHAT YOU GET

A second pair of eyes on the model.

01
Math + assumptions, re-checked
We walk through your model together — current spend, channel mix, projected CPL, brand-vs-activation split. Where do the numbers come from, what assumptions ride underneath, and which ones are doing the most work.
02
A look at your category
What we see working right now in your vertical — LocaliQ runs media across thousands of operators in your category, so we can ground your model against what’s working out there, not just in here.
03
A roadmap, if you want one
What to test next quarter, what to defund, what to scale. You walk away with the next two or three decisions clear, even if we never speak again.
WHO YOU’LL TALK TO

Chris Gardner · LocaliQ

Marketing strategist at LocaliQ, working with SMB and mid-market marketing teams on media planning across insurance, home services, auto, and B2B. I built Njord because most teams I sit with don’t have a model — just a budget that rolled forward from last year. This is the math underneath that conversation, made portable.

I work from the same evidence base the tool runs on — Binet & Field, Ehrenberg-Bass, Nelson-Field, System1, WordStream. The session is a working call, not a sales demo. Bring your real numbers; we’ll model where they go next.

IF THE FIT IS RIGHT

What working together actually looks like.

If the math points to LocaliQ running the media for you, here’s the structure:

Strategy and the plan stay with me. I own the model — the channel mix, the brand-vs-activation balance, the monthly reconciliation against what the plan said would happen. If a number drifts, I’m the one calling it out and rewriting the plan.

LocaliQ’s media team runs the campaigns against that plan — Search, Meta, CTV/OTT, Display, Audio, SEO, Listings, Email. They’re the execution arm; I’m the strategist; you’re still the brand.

We meet monthly to compare actuals to the model and adjust. That cadence is where most plans die in agencies that don’t do it; it’s the spine of how this works.

50%5+ year partnerships
23%under one year

In 2025, Effie Europe tracked agency–client relationship length for the first time. Partnerships of five years or more were twice as likely to produce award-winning, effective work. The monthly cadence above isn’t admin — it’s how a relationship compounds into results.

SOURCE · KANTAR × EFFIE AWARDS EUROPE 2025
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30 minutes. Your numbers. The math, out loud.

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