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Marketing

The 10 essential CMO skills every modern marketing leader needs

The next wave of CMOs won’t be defined by creativity or tenure. Their ability to bring out the best of their technology and teams will define their ti...

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Marketing Data

Conversational analytics is turning data into dialogue for smarter marketing decisions

The use of conversational analytics gives marketers another way to interact with data. They let you ask questions using natural, intuitive dialogue, p...

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Marketing

Why 2026 is the year of marketing intelligence

Marketers are flying the most advanced machines ever built, but most still have no radar. In fact, nearly eight in ten marketers say they don’t have a...

Discovering what a marketing intelligence platform like Funnel offers
Marketing

7 questions every CMO should ask before choosing a marketing intelligence platform

What if you walked into your next C-suite meeting ready to answer the question, "What did we actually get out of spend?" That confidence is what a gre...

Move from comfort metrics to brave decisions powered by accurate data
Marketing

Why bravery (not ROAS marketing) fixes broken measurement

Marketers love their numbers, especially ROAS. It’s neat, flattering and easy to justify. But return on ad spend has become a comfort metric: a figure...

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Marketing

The ROI reckoning and why CMOs need marketing intelligence in 2026

Budgets are shrinking, and the old measurement playback no longer works. Not to mention, board pressure is intensifying. According to The CMO Survey (...

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Marketing

How to monitor and optimize your advertising budget with an ad spend tracker

Ad budgets are under more pressure than ever. Platforms like Meta, TikTok and Google run on black box algorithms where automated systems decide how yo...

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Marketing

How generative AI is transforming performance marketing in 2025

Generative AI is no longer a side project for curious marketers. It’s reshaping how marketing professionals work, from testing ad variations to pullin...

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Marketing

How to build accurate marketing forecasts

Marketing budgets are tight, and getting an accurate view of campaign performance is often foggy at best, thanks to black-box ad algorithms and tracki...

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Marketing

Common marketing funnel mistakes and how to fix them

Tired of watching your conversion rates plummet? Most funnel optimization advice tells you to tackle the symptoms of a leaky funnel, like checkout fri...