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CASE FILE #003

WINNING THE COMPETITIVE REVIEW

Differentiate on proof, not promises. Win a $2.8M contract against a larger incumbent.

CASE_ID:PREC-003
SECTOR:MID-MARKET AGENCY
SUBJECT:[CHALLENGER AGENCY]
JURISDICTION:NATIONAL
PERIOD:Q4 2024
STATUS:CLOSED
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THE CHALLENGE

  • ×Mid-market agency was up against a holding company shop with 10x headcount
  • ×Incumbent had 3-year relationship and "trusted partner" positioning
  • ×Every agency in the review promised "better optimization" and "proprietary technology"
  • ×Client was skeptical of all claims—had been burned before
  • ×Agency needed something no one else could offer: receipt-backed attribution
02

THE APPROACH

Made the Trace receipt the centerpiece of the pitch deck.

  • Ran a blind audit on the client's CURRENT campaign (with permission)
  • Showed $340K/year in waste the incumbent was hiding
  • Presented the Trace Receipt: audit-grade proof of where every dollar went
  • Proposed a performance guarantee backed by verifiable data
  • Positioned as "the agency that can't lie about results"
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VERIFIED_RESULTS

THE VERDICT

$340K/yr
HIDDEN WASTE FOUND
$2.8M
CONTRACT VALUE
WON
PITCH RESULT
REPLACED
INCUMBENT
3 BRANDS
EXPANSION
100%
RETENTION
KEEP
CASE_OUTCOME

Agency won the review and expanded to three additional brands. Now uses Precise across all accounts as their competitive differentiator.

* Typical result based on audits; individual results vary. Coverage and method version included in every receipt.

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RECEIPT_CONTENTS

TRACE RECEIPT

COVERAGE REPORT

Impression Coverage96.8%
Spend Coverage98.2%
Segment Match Rate91.4%

METHOD VERSION

TraceScore v2.1.3

Shapley-based contribution decomposition. Reproducible methodology with tamper-evident receipt fingerprint.

Receipt fingerprint included. Tamper-evident and auditable.

"The CMO said it was the first time anyone showed him where his money actually went. Not projections. Not dashboards. Actual audit-grade receipts. We walked out with the business."
CEO, [CHALLENGER AGENCY]

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