QBR prep has consumed everyone who could have approved anything.

The people with budgets are building slides about the budgets.

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The full docket. Any of these would hold up in a Monday standup.

Quarter-end discounts have trained every buyer to wait you out.
Workweek · in effect 03-25 to 03-31, 06-25 to 06-30, 09-25 to 09-30, 12-26 to 12-31
Your agency is re-forecasting instead of optimizing.
Workweek · in effect 03-25 to 03-31, 06-25 to 06-30, 09-25 to 09-30, 12-26 to 12-31
By late June the entire country is planning the same week off.
Vacation · in effect 06-16 to 06-30
Graduation open house season is consuming every suburban weekend and its sheet cake budget.
Seasonality · in effect 05-20 to 06-30
The summer slump is real, documented, and conveniently unfalsifiable.
Seasonality · in effect 06-01 to 08-15
Out-of-office density has crossed the threshold where outreach becomes performance art.
Vacation · in effect 06-15 to 08-15
It is too hot to exist, let alone convert.
Weather · in effect 06-15 to 08-31
Campaign media buyers are already testing against your exact audiences.
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