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B2B marketers struggle with dark funnel attribution challenges. Chris Golec, CEO and founder of Channel99 and former Demandbase founder, explains how to illuminate hidden customer journeys that traditional analytics miss. The discussion covers view-through attribution methodologies using smart pixels and API integrations, account-based measurement approaches that reveal 3x more website visitors than industry standards, and AI-powered decision engines that can generate media mix recommendations in seconds based on cost-per-engagement metrics across channels.
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B2B marketers struggle with dark funnel attribution challenges. Chris Golec, CEO of Channel99 and former Demandbase founder, explains how 70% of website traffic gets misclassified as "direct" when it actually comes from identifiable marketing channels. The discussion covers view-through attribution methodologies that reveal 3x more visitor sources, account-based tracking using network IPs and user agents, and AI-powered decision engines that analyze marketing spend efficiency across channels like LinkedIn organic social and display advertising.
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B2B marketers struggle with dark funnel attribution challenges. Chris Golec, CEO and founder of Channel99 and former founder of Demandbase, explains how to solve marketing attribution problems that hide 70% of website traffic sources. The discussion covers view-through attribution methodologies that reveal 4-5 times more engagement than click-through metrics, account-based tracking systems using network IP and user agent data, and AI-powered decision engines that can generate media mix recommendations in seconds based on cost-per-engagement analytics across channels.
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Most B2B marketers can't act on their attribution data because 80% of website traffic gets misclassified as "direct." Chris Golec, CEO and founder of Channel99, explains how to solve the dark funnel problem that's costing companies millions in misallocated marketing spend. The discussion covers smart pixel implementation for view-through attribution, API integrations with LinkedIn and CRM systems to track account-level engagement, and using AI-powered decision engines to optimize marketing investment across channels based on cost-per-engagement metrics.
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B2B demand generation struggles with vanity metrics over pipeline results. Nick Zeckets, Chief Fire Starter at Smoke Signals AI, brings serial MarTech founder experience and AI-first HubSpot agency expertise to signal-based marketing. He explains how to redesign demand generation systems using AI agents and HubSpot workflows to capture buying signals that convert to measurable revenue. The discussion covers bootstrapping versus venture capital strategies for sustainable MarTech business growth.
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