# Marathon Engine

> Marathon Engine is more than an agency: 15 years of proven brand building codified into a CMO measurement, operating, and decision-making framework, powered by Marathon Data and senior operators.

## Positioning

Marathon Engine leads with the problem that direct-response-only growth has a shelf life: rising CAC, promo dependence, Facebook dependence, harder growth, harder profitability, and ROAS numbers that do not match actual business growth. The differentiated answer is a founder-built operating system from operators who have scaled from $0 to $100M+: CMO-level measurement, operating, and decision-making frameworks; Marathon Data proof; and senior execution across media, creative, CRO, retention, LTV, and demand planning. Prospects can start by seeing their brand value, then learn more about Marathon Engine when they want the operator team to run the full system.

## Ideal Customers

- Consumer brands with meaningful paid media spend
- Founders, CMOs, and VPs of Marketing who know the current growth model is not compounding
- Brands that want a low-friction Brand Value read before a sales process
- Brands that want to build brand demand without accepting a near-term performance drop
- Leadership teams that need help defending and operationalizing brand investment when short-term dashboards or board questions create pressure
- Omnichannel brands whose DTC conversion dashboard no longer explains retail, Amazon, wholesale, organic demand, or customer quality

## Key Capabilities

- Paid media and contribution-first budget allocation
- Brand advertising planned and measured as an incremental revenue driver
- Analysis and decisions owned by senior brand + performance operators
- Creative strategy and creative intelligence
- Web merchandising and CRO
- Retention and LTV strategy
- Cohort analytics and customer-quality measurement
- Marathon Data Measurement Platform and geo-incrementality validation
- Brand Value and branded demand measurement

## Proof Standard

Marathon Engine uses anonymous customer proof. Public proof points include validated incremental ROAS from long-term brand media tests, contribution-dollar growth without a short-term trough, and brand demand signals that compound after funnel expansion.

## Pages

- [Home](https://marathonengine.ai/)
- [What We Do](https://marathonengine.ai/services)
- [The Method](https://marathonengine.ai/method)
- [Case Studies](https://marathonengine.ai/case-studies)
- [See your brand value](https://app.marathondataco.com/onboarding/create-account)
- [Learn More About Marathon Engine](https://marathonengine.ai/lets-talk)
- [LLMs](https://marathonengine.ai/llms.txt)
- [Marathon Data](https://www.marathondataco.com/)

## Contact

- Website: https://marathonengine.ai
- Email: prestonr2@gmail.com