analytics essays.

Essays and playbooks tagged analytics — marketing systems for SEO, GEO, brand, PR and content, from operators who ship.

5 essays tagged analytics

B2B Attribution in 2026: Fix the Dark Social Blind Spot

Stop losing credit for 70% of your B2B pipeline. The hybrid attribution stack that captures dark social, Slack shares, and word-of-mouth in 2026.

JUL 2, 2026·Read essay →

GEO

AI visibility tracking tools: how to monitor your brand in 2026

When to graduate from manual citation audits to a dedicated AI-visibility tool, what the category does, and how to evaluate one — Profound, Otterly and co.

JUL 30, 2026

GEO

GA4 for GEO: measure the AI-search traffic GA4 hides in 2026

GA4 buries AI-search traffic in Direct and Organic. Here's the exact channel-group, regex, and event setup to surface ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini referrals.

JUN 8, 2026

PAID

LinkedIn ads for B2B SaaS in 2026: when they beat Google

LinkedIn ads cost 5-10x Google's CPC but win when your buyer can't be reached by keyword. Here's the decision rule, targeting, and budget math for SaaS.

JUN 8, 2026

PLAYBOOK

The marketing tech stack we actually run across 11 brands in 2026

The real marketing tech stack we run across an 11-brand portfolio in 2026 — every tool, what it costs, and the three layers most teams overspend on.

JUN 8, 2026