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Marketing Articles  ·  Feb 9, 2026

ABM Benefits Customers More Than It Benefits You (And That’s Good!)

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is usually framed as a revenue tactic. A way to focus sales and marketing, tighten targeting, and reduce wasted…

Alex Benavides
An image of oysters with pearls to represent the hidden value of post-sales data in marketing.
Marketing Articles  ·  Feb 5, 2026

The Funnel Doesn’t End at the Sale (But Most Reporting Does)

For many organizations, the funnel ends the moment revenue is booked. A lead converts. A deal closes. A transaction clears. And reporting…

Daniel Benavides
An adorable dog in a football inspired outfit to celebrate Super Bowl LX and illustrate our point about marketing project management.
Marketing Articles  ·  Feb 3, 2026

Marketers: Who Has the Ball (And Do They Need a Blocker)?

It’s Super Bowl season again, and it always seems to sneak up on me, which, as a marketer, is probably a little…

Alex Benavides
The photo of a crumpled receipt to represent the fact that B2B sales are not as easy to refund as normal consumer purchases.
Marketing Articles  ·  Dec 11, 2025

You Can’t Just Refund Big B2B Purchases.

In consumer markets, a bad decision can often be undone. A product gets returned. A subscription is canceled. A charge is refunded…

Alex Benavides
The image of a salmon swimming upstream as a visual reminder that marketing should not only be part of downstream implementation, but be part of the upstream conversations to make marketing more effective.
Marketing Articles  ·  Oct 16, 2025

Marketing Goes Beyond Advertising and Sales Enablement.

Marketing is often misunderstood because its most visible outputs look like advertising. Campaigns. Ads. Promotions. Launches. That visibility makes marketing easy to…

Alex Benavides

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