Nick Christensen

About Me

I help businesses grow profitably through paid acquisition. Not by throwing more money at ads—by building the systems that make every dollar work harder.

I spent a decade at AppSumo as Head of Growth, helping grow the company from $7M to $90M. I built the paid acquisition systems, the tracking infrastructure, the creative testing frameworks, and the growth architecture that made it all work together.

Now I consult and advise companies on building those same systems. I work with founders and growth teams at SaaS and ecommerce companies—typically $1M to $30M—who want clarity on their paid acquisition and a real system behind their growth.

Nick Christensen at a Codie Sanchez event in Austin, TX

How I Work

1

Audit

Deep dive into your current paid acquisition, tracking, creative, and channel strategy. Find what's broken, what's missing, and what's working.

2

Build Growth Architecture

Design the system that connects all the pieces—channels, tracking, creative, scaling—into one coherent growth engine.

3

Install Tracking + Creative Systems

Clean up attribution, install proper tracking, and build creative testing frameworks that produce consistent winners.

4

Scale Intentionally

Increase spend with confidence because the system tells you exactly what's working and at what cost.

5

Ongoing Advisory

Continue optimizing, testing, and evolving the system as the business grows.

Who This Work Is For

SaaS and ecommerce companies doing $1M–$30M who want clarity on their paid acquisition. Founders and growth leaders who are tired of guessing and want a system that makes growth predictable.

Growth System Philosophy

Every growth system I build is based on five pillars:

Channel Fit

The right channels for your product, audience, and economics.

Tracking Clarity

Clean attribution so you know what's actually driving results.

Creative Systems

Structured testing that produces winners consistently.

Profitable Scaling

Grow spend without destroying margins.

Growth Architecture

The connective tissue that ties it all together into one system.