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Systems thinking for marketing teams and demand gen.

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A filing cabinet drawer labelled DIRECT, filled with the same customer faces repeated over and over
Sep 18, 2026

"Direct" Is Not a Channel. It Is the Work You Have Not Finished Yet

We opened our own 'direct' bucket and more than half of it was returning customers whose original source was in our database all along. Why direct is not a channel, and the six checks that expose what is really inside it.

Dzmitry Khmialeuski

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A basement filled to the ceiling with paper envelopes and an empty chair facing the pile
Sep 10, 2026

A Third of Local Business Domains Accept Email Sent to Any Address

We verified 144 local business domains and found that 49 accept mail addressed to anything at all. Here is why the absence of a bounce is a silent failure, and how to check your own domain in two minutes.

Digital Funnels Team

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Local service business owner reviewing a missed call while the team works nearby.
Jul 27, 2026

What Happens After a Missed Call? A Practical Lead-Response Workflow for Local Service Businesses

A six-step, provider-neutral workflow that helps local service teams capture, acknowledge, assign and close the loop on calls, messages and forms.

Dzmitry Khmialeuski

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B2B Paid Media Ecosystem in 2025 hero
Nov 6, 2025

B2B Paid Media Ecosystem in 2025

Channel mix, creative stack, and measurement tactics powering B2B demand teams this year.

Iryna Sokolova

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Google Ads Revenue Playbook for SaaS hero
Nov 5, 2025

Google Ads Revenue Playbook for SaaS

How to scale keyword coverage, protect CAC, and connect ad events with pipeline reality.

Avery Johnson

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LinkedIn Demand Gen Strategy That Scales hero
Nov 4, 2025

LinkedIn Demand Gen Strategy That Scales

Framework for always-on paid social programs that play nicely with SDRs.

Iryna Sokolova

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Marketing Ops Stack for Multi-Brand Teams hero
Nov 3, 2025

Marketing Ops Stack for Multi-Brand Teams

CDP + automation reference architecture for organizations juggling multiple brands.

Tomasz Kowalczyk

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