The Jargon Desk

A working dictionary of marketing terms. Every term links to the agent that handles it.

A

AEO
Answer Engine Optimization
Optimising content so AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity cite you in their answers.
Deploy →aeo
A/B Test
Split Test
Showing two variants to comparable audiences to learn which performs better on one metric.
Deploy →ab test planner
Attribution
Attribution
The model deciding which marketing touch gets credit for a conversion.

B

Brand Voice
Brand Voice
Your brand's consistent written personality, tone, words, rhythm, and red lines.
Deploy →brand voice

C

CAC
Customer Acquisition Cost
Total sales and marketing spend divided by new customers acquired in the same period.
Content Brief
Content Brief
A structured outline that tells a writer exactly what to produce: angle, headings, sources, length.
Deploy →content brief
Content Calendar
Editorial Calendar
A schedule of what you'll publish, where, and when, pinned to themes and events.
Deploy →social calendar
Conversion Rate
CVR
The percentage of visitors who take a desired action, signup, purchase, demo.
Deploy →cro audit
CRO
Conversion Rate Optimization
The practice of improving conversion through structured testing and friction removal.
CTR
Click-Through Rate
Clicks divided by impressions, how compelling your headline or ad is.

D

Drip Campaign
Drip
A series of pre-written emails sent on a schedule or trigger.

F

Founder-Led Marketing
Founder-Led Marketing
Putting a real person, usually the founder, at the front of brand and content.
Deploy →linkedin

G

GEO
Generative Engine Optimization
A close cousin of AEO, optimising specifically for generative AI search surfaces.
Deploy →aeo

H

Hero Section
Above-the-Fold Hero
The first section of a landing page, what visitors see before scrolling.
Deploy →landing page

I

ICP
Ideal Customer Profile
A sharp description of the company most likely to buy, stay, and refer.
Deploy →icp builder

K

Keyword Cluster
Topic Cluster
A group of related keywords addressed by a single page or set of pages.
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
The handful of metrics that actually represent business performance.
Deploy →weekly report

L

Landing Page
Landing Page
A single-purpose page designed to convert one source of traffic into one action.
Deploy →landing page
Lead Nurture
Lead Nurture
The series of touches that warm not-ready leads toward a buying conversation.
LTV
Customer Lifetime Value
The total revenue you expect from a customer over their entire relationship.

M

Media Pitch
Media Pitch
A short, story-first email to a journalist proposing a piece of coverage.
Deploy →pr pitch
Messaging Hierarchy
Messaging Hierarchy
An ordered ranking of your value props so the most important lands first.
MQL
Marketing Qualified Lead
A lead that meets criteria suggesting they're worth sales follow-up, eventually.

P

PDP
Product Detail Page
The product page on an ecommerce site, title, images, bullets, description.
Persona
Buyer Persona
A research-grounded portrait of an individual buyer inside your ICP.
Deploy →buyer persona
Positioning
Positioning
The unique place your product occupies in the buyer's mind versus alternatives.
PPC
Pay-Per-Click
Bidding for clicks on search results or ads, you pay per click, not per impression.
Deploy →google ads

R

Referral Loop
Referral Program
A structured program where customers introduce customers in exchange for rewards.
ROAS
Return on Ad Spend
Revenue generated from ads divided by amount spent on those ads.

S

SEO
Search Engine Optimization
Structuring your site and content to rank in search engines for relevant queries.
SERP
Search Engine Results Page
The page Google returns for a query, links, ads, AI overviews, snippets.
Deploy →seo audit
SQL
Sales Qualified Lead
A lead that sales has accepted as worth active pursuit.
Schema
Schema Markup
Structured data added to HTML that helps search engines understand the page.
Deploy →aeo

T

TAM
Total Addressable Market
The total revenue opportunity if you captured every possible buyer.
Deploy →icp builder

U

UTM
Urchin Tracking Module
URL parameters that let analytics attribute traffic to specific campaigns.
Deploy →utm builder

V

Value Prop
Value Proposition
The clearest possible statement of what you do, for whom, and why it matters.
VOC
Voice of Customer
Research that captures customer language verbatim, from reviews, calls, tickets.
Deploy →review mining

W

Welcome Sequence
Welcome Email Series
The automated emails new subscribers get to set expectations and trigger a first action.