Insight Labs
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    For Strategy, Creative, Media, CRM, and Web Agencies

    Give Your Clients a Measurement and Optimization Partner They Will Trust.

    Your agency already brings an important point of view to the client relationship. The Insight Labs adds the measurement, funnel insight, behavioral evidence, and experimentation layer that makes that work easier to defend, prioritize, and improve over time.

    I work alongside partner teams as an embedded specialist—not as a competing agency. The goal is to make your client work stronger, your recommendations clearer, and the next decision more evidence-led.

    The Value

    The Work Gets Stronger When the Evidence Layer Is Connected.

    What you already do well
    What The Insight Labs adds
    Brand, positioning, creative, and content
    Evidence about whether the message is reaching the right audience and where the journey breaks down
    Media strategy and demand generation
    Post-click, on-site, and CRM insight that helps the team understand what happens after the click
    Website or product experience design
    Behavioral research, measurement plans, experiment hypotheses, and a clear learning loop
    CRM, automation, and lifecycle execution
    Journey measurement, lead-quality questions, handoff analysis, and decision support
    Executive client leadership
    Clear, client-ready explanation of what the data means, what should happen next, and why
    Operating Model

    A Partnership Model That Protects the Relationship.

    The best partnership model is simple: the agency remains the trusted owner of its core relationship and expertise. I contribute where an independent measurement and optimization perspective makes the work better.

    Agency

    Owns the primary relationship, strategic context, and core deliverables.

    The Insight Labs

    Supplies measurement, analysis, opportunity prioritization, test strategy, and client-facing explanation where useful.

    Client

    Receives a more complete, connected, and evidence-led program.

    The exact operating model can be behind the scenes, client-facing, white-labelled where appropriate, or a deliberate mix. We define it before the work begins.

    Embedded Capabilities

    The Layer You Can Bring In When It Matters.

    This is not a menu of disconnected analytics tasks. It is a connected improvement system that can flex around the client's need.

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    Measurement and instrumentation review

    Ensures the decisions the team makes are grounded in signals that can be trusted.

    2

    Journey and funnel analysis

    Identifies the moments most worth discussing with the client.

    3

    Behavior and feedback research

    Adds evidence behind a creative, web, media, CRM, or experience recommendation.

    4

    Experiment and improvement strategy

    Turns ideas into prioritized hypotheses and a learning plan.

    5

    Dashboards and decision support

    Gives agency and client teams a usable picture of what matters now.

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    Client-facing interpretation

    Helps the room understand what the evidence means and what should happen next.

    Collaboration Principles

    How I Show Up in a Partner Relationship

    01

    Make the partner look sharper.

    I bring clear evidence and useful questions to the room. The goal is to strengthen your recommendation, not compete for attention.

    02

    Own the technical and analytical detail.

    You should not have to translate every measurement question or chase every implementation detail. I take responsibility for the work I am brought in to do.

    03

    Be direct, generous, and easy to work with.

    Good work benefits from healthy challenge. It also benefits from people who listen, share context, and keep the client's outcome at the center.

    Agency Partner Words

    Trusted as an Extension of the Team

    "If you are looking for an optimization expert, you have found your guy. I have no doubt if you work with him, he'll have a positive impact on your business."

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    Bill Greider
    Principal Consultant, Hartford Marketing
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    "As an entrepreneur, one of the best parts of building businesses is watching great people go build their own. Erol led analytics at Digital Surgeons for four years and was someone I trusted in the room with our toughest, most demanding clients. Data is the currency of the future, and Erol is one of the few people I trust to handle it with real care, craft, and integrity. When he launched his own practice, our relationship didn’t end. It evolved. Three years later, we’re still partnering, still bringing him into important work, and proud to have him alongside us."

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    Pete Sena
    Founder / Executive Chairman, Digital Surgeons
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    "Erol and I came into a client from opposite ends; I bring the Salesforce side, he brings the analytics and insight, and the two fit together better than either would alone. He's generous with what he knows and genuinely curious about what I know. The client gets the benefit of that."

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    Mallory Angles
    CEO, Strategic Angles
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    "We brought Erol in for our own analytics and it's grown into something bigger. He now works alongside us on our clients. He adds the measurement, funnel and optimization layer to what we already do well, and it makes the whole offer stronger. Nearly two years in, he feels like part of the team rather than a vendor."

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    Phil White
    Co-founder, Grounded World
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    "Our monthly calls with Erol are a highlight. We test things, we change things, we push back on each other, and we laugh a lot, and the work is better for it. He's serious about the craft and easy about everything else, which is a rare combination in this business."

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    Matt Deasy
    Strategist, Grounded World

    "I’ve been sending clients to Erol for 3 years. I trust him to deliver, present, and own important relationships. He is my go to for all things analytics."

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    Grant Hushek
    Founder, GrantBot
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    "Erol was our analytics leader for four years and one of the people I never had to think twice about. He did the work, he kept clients happy, and he was a replacement for doubt. Still is, every time we talk."

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    David Salinas
    Co-founder, Digital Surgeons

    "Erol came to us through a referral and delivered on both projects we gave him. The dashboard he built is one we now use across our client base. Straightforward to work with, and he does what he says he'll do."

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    Ryan Turner
    Co-owner, 3 Prime
    Engagement

    Start with the Right Partnership Shape

    Client Journey and Measurement Diagnostic

    Bring me into a defined client opportunity to establish what the journey evidence says and where improvement work should begin.

    Embedded Optimization Pilot

    Create a 90-day shared learning cycle around a priority client, program, campaign, or journey.

    Embedded Analytics and Optimization Partnership

    Establish a longer-term specialist relationship that expands your agency's measurement and improvement capability.

    Strong Partnerships Make the Whole Room Better.

    If you have a client opportunity where clearer measurement, funnel insight, or experimentation would strengthen the work, I would be glad to compare notes.