Free template
Marketing Budget Worksheet
Use this framework to turn a top-down budget into channel-level decisions.
Use this as your working checklist
- Revenue target
What revenue or pipeline result are you trying to support? - Marketing allocation
What percentage or dollar amount is realistically available? - Gross margin
How much revenue remains after direct product or service cost? - Acquisition target
How many new customers or leads must the budget produce? - Allowable CAC
What acquisition cost can the economics support? - Channel split
Where will the first budget be allocated, and why? - Test reserve
How much budget is intentionally reserved for testing? - Review threshold
What results trigger reallocation or a pause?
KISS rule:
If a field does not help you make or evaluate a campaign decision, leave it out.