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Guide Marketing Budget Planner 5 min read

How to Use the Marketing Budget Planner

Allocate monthly spend by channel and forecast leads, customers, revenue, and net outcome from your assumptions.

Before You Start

  • Prepare realistic CPL assumptions for each channel.
  • Use recent close-rate and average deal value from your CRM.

Step-by-Step

  1. Set total budget and conversion economics: Enter total spend, fixed costs, close rate, and average deal value.
  2. Configure channel allocations: Set allocation percentages and CPL by channel.
  3. Generate projection: Review projected leads, customers, revenue, and net return.
  4. Use channel table for reallocation: Shift budget from weaker channels to stronger modeled contributors and re-run.

How to Read the Output

  • If allocations do not total 100%, shares are auto-normalized.
  • ROAS and projected net are scenario outputs and should be validated against actual lead quality.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Using blended CPL from old campaigns that no longer match current market costs.
  • Ignoring fixed costs when judging true net outcome.

Use the Tool Now

Run this guide with your real numbers and save your scenario outputs for follow-up planning.