Outcome-Based Digital Marketing Agency Platform — Pay for Results, Not Hours or Retainer Fees
Built forLocal service businesses (HVAC, plumbing, dental, legal, real estate) doing $500K-$10M/year wanting guaranteed marketing results
The scorecard
Revenue Potential
9/10
Very High
$150B SMB digital advertising market; 40-60% gross margins on ad spend arbitrage; highly scalable once vertical playbooks are optimized
Virality
0/10
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Execution
8/10
High
Platform assumes ad spend risk; requires deep expertise in multi-channel campaign optimization; unit economics must be validated per vertical before scaling
The idea
ResultsEngine is an outcome-based digital marketing platform where small businesses define their desired result — a specific number of leads, booked appointments, phone calls, or revenue targets — set a per-result price they are willing to pay, and the platform's managed service team and AI-powered campaign engine handles the entire execution: ad creative generation, audience targeting, landing page creation, A/B testing, and cross-platform campaign optimization across Google Ads, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), TikTok, and LinkedIn. The fundamental innovation is the pricing model:…
What you unlock
4 phases
Execution plan, weeks 1–24
5 channels
With strategies + tactics
4 competitors
Analyzed + positioning
3 signals
Real Reddit / X / news posts
Full offer
Pricing + lead magnets
Trend data
Interest over 12+ months
Execution plan
MVP & Vertical Focus
- Build client onboarding flow with industry selection, goal setting, per-result pricing, and budget allocation
- Integrate Google Ads API and Meta Marketing API for automated campaign creation and optimization
- Develop landing page builder with high-converting templates for 5 initial verticals (HVAC, dental, legal, real estate, home services)
- Implement lead verification system with Twilio call tracking, form submission validation, and duplicate detection
Phase 2: Beta & Unit Economics Validation · Weeks 9-14
Phase 3: Public Launch · Weeks 15-20
Phase 4: Scale & Automation · Months 6-12
What real people are saying
62% of small businesses feel their marketing spend is wasted, and agency churn rates exceed 40% annually — indicating massive demand for accountability-based marketing models
+ 2 more market signals
Top marketing channel
Run Google Ads targeting 'pay per lead marketing,' 'performance based advertising,' 'digital marketing that actually works,' and industry-specific terms like 'get more plumbing leads' and 'dental marketing that guarantees results.' Use the pay-per-result model itself as the headline differentiator in ad copy.
+ 4 more marketing channels with strategies
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- 3 market signals from real users
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