LinkedIn's six-figure quarterly spend is generating engagement primarily from other marketers and vendors, not the senior buyers it's meant to reach — creating an expensive echo chamber that inflates activity metrics while starving actual pipeline.
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Across all four interviews, respondents reported that LinkedIn has become a 'vanity play' where engagement comes predominantly from peers and vendors rather than target enterprise buyers — the CMO explicitly stated 'we're shouting into an echo chamber of other marketers trying to sell to each other.' Despite this recognition, budget continues flowing to LinkedIn because it offers trackable named-account engagement that satisfies board attribution demands, even as cost per qualified lead climbs and lead quality deteriorates. The core dysfunction is a measurement crisis: multi-touch attribution is so broken that marketers are optimizing for defensible metrics rather than actual pipeline influence, with one respondent noting their Salesforce, HubSpot, and sales team each credit different sources for the same deal. The highest-leverage intervention is not channel reallocation but attribution infrastructure — until marketers can prove incrementality across touchpoints, they will continue funding LinkedIn's declining returns while starving potentially higher-ROI channels like newsletters and podcasts. The VP of Sales delivered the sharpest indictment: 'I can't trace hardly any of our enterprise deals back to someone who read our content or engaged with our posts.'
Four interviews with senior marketing and sales leaders show remarkable consistency on attribution dysfunction and LinkedIn fatigue, but all respondents are speculating about newsletter/podcast effectiveness rather than reporting actual experience. The sample lacks anyone who has successfully pivoted away from LinkedIn, limiting our ability to validate the implied opportunity.
⚠ Only 4 interviews — treat as very early signal only.
Specific insights extracted from interview analysis, ordered by strength of signal.
CMO: 'we're shouting into an echo chamber of other marketers trying to sell to each other'; VP Marketing: 'tons of engagement from other marketers and vendors, but our actual enterprise buyers barely convert from social'; VP Sales: 'my sales team keeps telling me the leads from LinkedIn are getting weaker'
Audit LinkedIn engagement by job function and company type; if less than 40% of engagers match your ICP, treat LinkedIn as brand theater and reallocate demand gen budget to channels with cleaner buyer signal
Head of Demand Gen: 'Salesforce says the lead came from a webinar, HubSpot credits organic search, and the actual sales rep swears it was a referral'; VP Marketing: 'My board wants to know why our CAC keeps climbing while everyone's patting themselves on the back for engagement metrics'
Before any channel reallocation, invest in incrementality testing and cohort-based attribution; current optimization efforts are likely reinforcing the wrong behaviors because the measurement foundation is unreliable
CMO: 'LinkedIn gives me trackable engagement with named accounts — I can literally see when our target CMOs are consuming our content'; VP Marketing: 'show me the MQLs turning into revenue at a better cost per acquisition than our current mix... and I'll shift budget tomorrow'
Position newsletter and podcast offerings with enterprise-specific attribution frameworks — subscriber-to-pipeline tracking, listen-through-to-demo correlation — because the barrier to adoption is measurement credibility, not channel skepticism
CMO: 'when I run brand awareness campaigns on LinkedIn without the hard sell, our NPS scores actually improve and sales cycles get shorter. Try explaining that correlation to a board that wants to see immediate pipeline impact'
Develop a 'trust metrics' dashboard that correlates top-funnel engagement with downstream velocity metrics (cycle time, close rate by first-touch source) to create board-defensible justification for brand investment
VP Sales: 'marketing gives me leads that either ghost after the first call or turn out to have zero budget authority'; 'Most of my big wins still come from referrals, direct outbound from my reps, or people who already knew us'
Implement lead quality scoring that weights channel source by historical close rate and average deal size; current MQL definitions are likely channel-agnostic and masking dramatic quality variance
There is a significant market gap for newsletter and podcast offerings that come packaged with enterprise-grade attribution infrastructure. All four respondents indicated willingness to shift budget — the CMO said 'immediately,' the VP Marketing said 'tomorrow' — if shown subscriber-to-pipeline or listener-to-deal attribution data. A newsletter product positioned with cohort-based conversion tracking and named-account engagement visibility could capture budget currently flowing to LinkedIn by default.
B2B marketers are one board meeting away from doubling down on LinkedIn purely because it provides defensible metrics, even as effectiveness declines. If newsletters and podcasts cannot solve the attribution problem within 12 months, the window for capturing reallocated budget will close as marketers either accept LinkedIn's diminishing returns or shift to entirely different approaches like events or ABM.
Marketers believe brand trust-building drives better outcomes but cannot justify the investment to boards demanding immediate attribution — creating a systematic underinvestment in what they suspect actually works
Sales and marketing are misaligned on what constitutes a quality lead; marketing optimizes for channel activity metrics while sales reports that most closed-won deals come from referrals and direct outbound that marketing doesn't get credit for
Themes that appeared consistently across multiple personas, with supporting evidence.
All four respondents independently described LinkedIn as noisy, over-saturated, and increasingly ineffective at reaching actual buyers despite continued investment.
"Everyone and their brother is now doing 'thought leadership' posts, so cutting through that clutter is becoming damn near impossible."
Every respondent cited broken attribution as either their primary challenge or a critical blocker to making better channel decisions, with multiple systems giving conflicting credit.
"We're making channel decisions based on completely fucked data... Salesforce says the lead came from a webinar, HubSpot credits organic search, and the actual sales rep swears it was a referral."
Respondents expressed genuine curiosity about newsletters and podcasts as alternatives but remained unwilling to shift meaningful budget without better attribution proof.
"If someone showed me a newsletter with 50K+ enterprise decision-makers that converts at even half the rate of our LinkedIn campaigns, I'd pivot budget immediately."
Multiple respondents described board dynamics that force optimization for trackable, immediate metrics even when they suspect long-term trust-building would be more effective.
"I wish someone would ask me how we're thinking about the long game versus these quick-hit tactics everyone's chasing."
Ranked criteria that determine how buyers evaluate, choose, and commit.
Ability to trace subscriber/listener engagement to specific closed-won deals with time-lag analysis
Newsletters and podcasts are perceived as 'black boxes' for attribution while LinkedIn at least shows named-account engagement
Proof that subscribers/listeners match enterprise ICP — title level, company size, buying authority
CMO specifically asked for '50K+ enterprise decision-makers' as threshold; most newsletters cannot prove audience composition at this level
Evidence of pipeline influence within 90 days, not 6+ month brand-building timelines
Head of Demand Gen explicitly requested 'quality subscribers who actually convert to SQLs within 90 days, not just vanity metrics'
Competitors and alternatives mentioned across interviews, and what buyers said about them.
Declining in effectiveness but still 'safe' choice because of attribution visibility and board familiarity
Provides trackable named-account engagement that can be defended in quarterly reviews; newsletters and podcasts currently cannot match this
Engagement increasingly comes from vendors and marketers rather than actual buyers; 'signal-to-noise ratio getting worse every quarter'
Copy directions grounded in how respondents actually think and talk about this topic.
Lead with attribution infrastructure, not audience reach — 'See exactly which subscribers become pipeline' beats '100K CMO subscribers'
Retire 'brand awareness' and 'thought leadership' framing entirely — these phrases trigger board-defense anxiety; use 'pipeline influence' and 'deal acceleration' instead
Address the LinkedIn comparison directly: 'Unlike social engagement that comes from other marketers, our subscribers are verified enterprise decision-makers with buying authority'
Quantify the time-to-value explicitly: '73% of converting subscribers take a sales meeting within 90 days' — vague timelines will lose to LinkedIn's immediate trackability
Projected from interview analyses using Bayesian scaling. Treat as directional estimates, not census measurements.
Side-by-side comparison of sentiment, intent, buying stage, and decision role across all personas.
Complete question-by-question responses with per-persona analysis. Click any respondent to expand.
A CMO under intense board scrutiny reveals deep frustration with LinkedIn's declining effectiveness despite six-figure quarterly investment. She's caught between short-term ROI demands and the need for long-term brand building, struggling with rising acquisition costs and deteriorating lead quality in an oversaturated B2B landscape.
Tell me what's top of mind for you on this topic right now — what are you wrestling with?
Look, I'm honestly getting tired of everyone treating LinkedIn like it's the holy grail while completely ignoring that it's becoming a damn circus. My board keeps asking why our pipeline isn't converting faster, and meanwhile I'm watching our target accounts get bombarded by every vendor with an AI tool thinking they can automate their way to C-suite relationships. What's really keeping me up at night is this: we're spending serious budget on LinkedIn ads and sponsored content, but the signal-to-noise ratio is getting worse every quarter. Everyone's doing the same thought leadership playbook, and our NPS data shows our customers are actually tuning out most B2B content because it all sounds identical. I'm wrestling with whether to double down on more personalized approaches - maybe newsletters that actually add value instead of just pushing our agenda - or if we should be experimenting with podcasts to reach senior buyers when they're actually in a learning mindset. But honestly, with the pressure I'm under to show immediate ROI, it feels risky to pivot away from what's "proven" even when that proven channel is clearly losing effectiveness.
What's the most important thing you need to understand or solve here?
Look, the board is breathing down my neck about pipeline quality and our cost per acquisition keeps climbing. We're spending serious money on LinkedIn - I'm talking six figures quarterly - but the signal-to-noise ratio is getting worse every month. Everyone and their brother is now doing "thought leadership" posts, so cutting through that clutter is becoming damn near impossible. What I really need to figure out is where my C-suite buyers are actually paying attention, not just where all the marketing noise is happening. Because right now, I feel like we're shouting into an echo chamber of other marketers trying to sell to each other. The last thing I need is to explain to the board why our lead quality dropped while our media spend went up.
What does 'good' look like to you — and how far are you from that today?
*leans back with a slight grimace* Good looks like having a cohesive omnichannel strategy where LinkedIn, newsletters, and podcasts all ladder up to measurable pipeline impact - not just vanity metrics. Right now? We're probably 60% there at best. Our LinkedIn spend is hemorrhaging money because we're treating it like a demand gen channel instead of building actual thought leadership first. The board keeps asking why our cost per qualified lead keeps climbing, and honestly, it's because everyone's doing the same lazy LinkedIn outreach playbook. I need my team to stop chasing shiny objects and focus on channels where we can actually build trust before asking for meetings. The noise-to-signal ratio out there is getting brutal, and our NPS scores show prospects are fatigued by all the generic pitches.
What would change your perspective on this entirely?
Look, honestly? If I saw concrete attribution data showing that newsletters or podcasts could drive the same lead quality as LinkedIn at scale. Right now I'm dealing with board pressure to justify every dollar, and LinkedIn gives me trackable engagement with named accounts - I can literally see when our target CMOs are consuming our content. But if someone showed me a newsletter with 50K+ enterprise decision-makers that converts at even half the rate of our LinkedIn campaigns, I'd pivot budget immediately. The problem is most newsletters feel like vanity metrics - great open rates, but where are the pipeline conversations? Same with podcasts - everyone talks about "brand awareness" but my board wants to see actual pipeline attribution, not download numbers.
What question are you not being asked that you wish someone would ask?
You know what really frustrates me? Nobody's asking "How do you actually measure trust and brand equity in these channels?" Everyone's obsessed with attribution and direct ROI, but when I'm sitting in board meetings, they want to know why our brand isn't top-of-mind when buyers are ready to purchase. LinkedIn feels like it's becoming this massive sales machine where everyone's pitching instead of building relationships. I've been watching our engagement rates drop because the platform is so noisy now. But here's the thing - when I run brand awareness campaigns on LinkedIn without the hard sell, our NPS scores actually improve and sales cycles get shorter. Try explaining that correlation to a board that wants to see immediate pipeline impact. I wish someone would ask me how we're thinking about the long game versus these quick-hit tactics everyone's chasing. Because honestly, the brands winning in enterprise retail right now aren't the ones with the cleverest cold outreach - they're the ones senior buyers actually recognize and trust when procurement comes calling.
"LinkedIn feels like it's becoming this massive sales machine where everyone's pitching instead of building relationships. I've been watching our engagement rates drop because the platform is so noisy now."
A frustrated VP of Marketing grappling with the fundamental challenge of proving ROI on modern B2B marketing channels. Despite pressure from leadership to embrace omnichannel strategies, he's skeptical that trendy channels like LinkedIn thought leadership and podcast sponsorships actually drive measurable pipeline from senior buyers. His core struggle is attribution - he can see engagement metrics but can't definitively connect them to closed deals, leaving him 'flying blind' on budget allocation decisions.
Tell me what's top of mind for you on this topic right now — what are you wrestling with?
Look, I'm honestly getting tired of the whole "omnichannel" BS everyone's pushing. My board keeps asking why our CAC is climbing when we're supposedly doing "everything right" on LinkedIn and our newsletter has decent open rates. The reality? LinkedIn feels like a vanity play half the time - tons of engagement from other marketers and vendors, but our actual enterprise buyers barely convert from social. And don't get me started on podcasts - my CEO wants us to sponsor three different shows because our competitors are doing it, but I can't tie a single closed-won deal back to podcast spend. I'm wrestling with whether we're just checking boxes on these channels or actually moving the needle. The data's getting muddier as attribution gets harder, and I need to figure out what's actually driving pipeline versus what just makes us look busy in our monthly reports.
What's the most important thing you need to understand or solve here?
Look, the biggest thing I need to crack is attribution and proving actual ROI on these channels. Everyone's throwing around vanity metrics - "we got 10k LinkedIn impressions!" or "our newsletter open rates are great!" - but I need to see which channel is actually driving pipeline and closed-won revenue from senior buyers. The problem is the sales cycle is so long and multi-touch that it's nearly impossible to definitively say whether that CMO signed because of our LinkedIn thought leadership, the newsletter they've been reading for six months, or the podcast interview our CEO did. But without that data, I can't justify budget allocation or convince our CFO that we're not just burning money on feel-good marketing activities. Right now I'm flying blind on which channel actually moves the needle with VP+ level prospects, and that's unacceptable when every dollar has to work twice as hard in this market.
What does 'good' look like to you — and how far are you from that today?
Look, "good" for me means every channel has clear attribution back to pipeline and revenue - none of this vanity metric bullshit. I want to see that our LinkedIn content is actually driving qualified meetings, not just engagement from other marketers circle-jerking in the comments. Right now? We're maybe 60% there. Our email nurtures have solid tracking, but LinkedIn is still this black box where we pump out thought leadership content and *hope* it's influencing deals. I can see the branded search uptick and some social touches in our multi-touch attribution, but it's frustratingly fuzzy. The sales team keeps saying prospects mention seeing our content, but I can't tie it back to specific posts or campaigns cleanly enough to optimize spend. What kills me is we're probably leaving money on the table because I can't definitively say "this LinkedIn strategy drives X pipeline per dollar invested" the way I can with our paid search or even our ABM email sequences.
What would change your perspective on this entirely?
Look, if I could actually see cohort data showing that our enterprise deals from LinkedIn content were 30% shorter sales cycles and 40% higher ACV than our other channels, that would flip my whole perspective overnight. Right now I'm tracking everything through attribution models and the data just isn't there - LinkedIn feels like expensive brand theater. The other thing that would change my mind? If one of our competitors started absolutely crushing us on pipeline because they nailed the podcast-to-pipeline playbook while we were still debating whether newsletters are worth the resource allocation. I'm ruthlessly pragmatic - show me the MQLs turning into revenue at a better cost per acquisition than our current mix of paid search and direct mail, and I'll shift budget tomorrow.
What question are you not being asked that you wish someone would ask?
Look, everyone's obsessing over which channel performs better - LinkedIn vs newsletters vs podcasts - but nobody's asking the real question: how do we actually measure incrementality across these touchpoints? I'm sitting here with attribution models that are basically glorified last-click, and my board wants to know why our CAC keeps climbing while everyone's patting themselves on the back for "engagement metrics." The dirty truth? Most marketers can't tell you if that podcast sponsorship actually influenced a deal that closed six months later, or if it was just expensive brand theater. What I really want someone to ask is: "How are you building a measurement framework that connects these top-funnel activities to actual pipeline?" Because right now, we're all flying blind and making budget decisions based on vanity metrics and gut feelings.
"The dirty truth? Most marketers can't tell you if that podcast sponsorship actually influenced a deal that closed six months later, or if it was just expensive brand theater."
Senior demand gen leader experiencing severe attribution breakdown across LinkedIn ads, newsletters, and podcasts. Spending $15k+ monthly on channels with unclear ROI due to multi-touch buyer journeys and iOS tracking limitations. Leadership pressure for clean CAC metrics conflicts with messy reality of modern B2B attribution, creating decision-making paralysis and optimization based on incomplete data.
Tell me what's top of mind for you on this topic right now — what are you wrestling with?
Honestly, I'm drowning in channel fragmentation right now. We've got LinkedIn ads burning through budget faster than I can optimize them, our newsletter open rates are decent but conversion to pipeline is trash, and everyone keeps telling me I need to be on podcasts but I can't figure out how to measure the damn ROI. The real headache is attribution - like, a prospect might see our LinkedIn content, subscribe to our newsletter, then book a demo after hearing our CEO on some random podcast six weeks later. My board wants clean CAC numbers by channel but the buyer journey is becoming this messy web that makes my reports look like spaghetti. I'm spending more time trying to prove marketing impact than actually driving pipeline, which is insane at our stage.
What's the most important thing you need to understand or solve here?
Look, I'm drowning in attribution chaos right now. I've got LinkedIn ads running, we're testing newsletter sponsorships, and my CEO keeps asking about podcast opportunities - but I can't definitively tell you which channel is actually driving pipeline that converts to closed-won deals. The real problem is that senior buyers don't follow our neat little funnel anymore. They might see our LinkedIn thought leadership content, then stumble across us in a newsletter three weeks later, and finally convert off a Google search. My current attribution setup gives credit to that last-touch Google click, which makes me look like a genius for SEO when really it was that expensive LinkedIn campaign doing the heavy lifting. I need to figure out which of these channels actually builds trust and recognition with VPs and C-levels before they're ready to buy. Because right now I'm optimizing for vanity metrics instead of revenue influence, and my CAC is trending in the wrong direction while deal cycles keep getting longer.
What does 'good' look like to you — and how far are you from that today?
*leans back and sighs* Good looks like clean attribution where I can actually tell which channels are driving pipeline, not just vanity metrics. Right now I'm drowning in attribution hell - we've got leads coming from LinkedIn, our newsletter, podcast sponsorships, and I can barely tell what's working because everything touches everything else before someone converts. Ideally I'd have a system where I can see that our $4K monthly podcast spend is generating qualified opps at under $200 CAC, versus our LinkedIn ads that might look cheaper upfront but attract tire-kickers. We're probably 60% there - I can track direct conversions okay, but the multi-touch stuff is still a mess. The real dream is having channels that consistently feed our pipeline without me constantly testing new things. Right now I'm always in "test mode" which kills efficiency and makes forecasting impossible.
What would change your perspective on this entirely?
*leans back in chair* Honestly? If someone showed me rock-solid attribution data that proved newsletters or podcasts could drive pipeline with a lower CAC than our current LinkedIn spend. Right now I'm burning $8k a month on LinkedIn ads with patchy attribution - half my conversions are showing up as "direct" traffic because of iOS updates and multi-touch madness. The other thing that would flip my thinking is if I could see a repeatable playbook for newsletters that doesn't take 6 months to build an audience. Like, show me how to get quality subscribers who actually convert to SQLs within 90 days, not just vanity metrics. Most newsletter "success stories" I hear are either survivorship bias or they're counting brand awareness as ROI, which doesn't fly when I have to justify every dollar to our CFO. And for podcasts - if there was a way to actually track listener behavior beyond download numbers, that would change everything. Right now it's basically a black box for attribution.
What question are you not being asked that you wish someone would ask?
Honestly? "How do you sleep at night when your attribution is this broken?" Like, everyone's obsessing over LinkedIn vs newsletters vs podcasts, but nobody's talking about the fact that we're making channel decisions based on completely fucked data. I'm sitting here trying to justify a $15k monthly LinkedIn spend when Salesforce says the lead came from a webinar, HubSpot credits organic search, and the actual sales rep swears it was a referral from that conference three months ago. We're having these grand strategy conversations about where senior buyers hang out, but the real question is: how do you optimize spend when you literally can't tell what's working? I'd kill for someone to ask me about multi-touch attribution models or how we're handling dark funnel activity, because that's what's actually keeping me up at night.
"How do you sleep at night when your attribution is this broken? We're making channel decisions based on completely fucked data."
VP of Sales expressing deep frustration with marketing's focus on vanity metrics over revenue generation. Struggling with deteriorating LinkedIn lead quality, inability to track content marketing ROI to closed deals, and pressure from new comp plan structure requiring predictable pipeline. Demands concrete attribution from marketing channels to actual enterprise deal closures.
Tell me what's top of mind for you on this topic right now — what are you wrestling with?
Look, I'm honestly getting frustrated with how scattered our marketing efforts are right now. LinkedIn used to be a goldmine - we could reach VPs and C-suite pretty reliably. But now it feels like everyone and their mother is on there pitching, and half the content looks AI-generated. My sales team keeps telling me the leads from LinkedIn are getting weaker, and that directly impacts my numbers. The comp plan reset in January and I'm already behind quota, so I need marketing channels that actually convert to pipeline, not just vanity metrics. Our marketing team keeps talking about newsletters and podcasts, but I'm like - show me the closed-won revenue from those channels. I need to see actual ROI because every dollar we waste on feel-good content is a dollar not driving deals that hit my commission structure. What's really bugging me is that buyers seem harder to reach across all channels now. Even when we do get their attention, the sales cycles are longer and they're more price-sensitive than ever.
What's the most important thing you need to understand or solve here?
Look, at the end of the day I need to know which channels are actually going to help me hit my number. I'm not interested in vanity metrics or "brand awareness" - I need qualified pipeline that converts to closed-won deals. The problem is everyone's pitching me on LinkedIn ads, newsletter sponsorships, podcast placements, but half the time I can't even track which leads came from what channel. My comp plan has accelerators that kick in at 110% of quota, so I can't afford to waste budget on channels that look pretty but don't deliver actual buyers who are ready to have a conversation about budget and timeline. I need to understand which of these channels actually gets senior decision-makers to take meetings, not just generate more top-of-funnel noise that my SDRs can't convert.
What does 'good' look like to you — and how far are you from that today?
Look, good for me means predictable pipeline that I can actually count on to hit my number. Right now I'm constantly scrambling because marketing gives me leads that either ghost after the first call or turn out to have zero budget authority. Good would be having 3-4 solid opportunities in my pipeline every month that I know will close because they're properly warmed up and actually fit our ICP. Instead, I'm getting LinkedIn connection requests from marketing that feel like spam - generic messages that scream "I'm trying to hit my activity metrics" rather than actually building relationships. Honestly, we're probably 60% of the way there, but that last 40% is killing me. The marketing team keeps chasing vanity metrics like social engagement when what I need is qualified conversations with people who have real pain and real budgets. I'd rather have 10 warm prospects who've been properly nurtured than 100 cold MQLs that waste my time.
What would change your perspective on this entirely?
Look, honestly? If someone could show me concrete ROI data that proves newsletters or podcasts are driving actual pipeline for enterprise deals, I'd pay attention. Right now I'm seeing a ton of marketers obsessing over podcast downloads and newsletter open rates, but when I ask "how many deals did that close?" they get all vague about "brand awareness" and "thought leadership." Give me a case study where a VP at a Fortune 500 actually said "I bought your $500K software because of episode 47 of your podcast" - then we can talk. Until then, LinkedIn is where my buyers are actually scrolling during their commute, and that's where I'm putting my energy.
What question are you not being asked that you wish someone would ask?
*leans back in chair, checking phone quickly* Honestly? I wish someone would ask me "What's actually driving pipeline that you can track back to closed-won deals?" Because everyone's obsessed with vanity metrics and thought leadership BS, but I'm sitting here trying to hit a $4.2M number this quarter. Like, my marketing team keeps showing me LinkedIn engagement rates and newsletter open rates, but when I dig into Salesforce, I can't trace hardly any of our enterprise deals back to someone who read our content or engaged with our posts. Most of my big wins still come from referrals, direct outbound from my reps, or people who already knew us and were ready to buy. I need marketing channels that actually move the revenue needle, not just make our brand look smart on social media.
"Give me a case study where a VP at a Fortune 500 actually said 'I bought your $500K software because of episode 47 of your podcast' - then we can talk."
Specific hypotheses this synthetic pre-research surfaced that should be tested with real respondents before acting on.
What percentage of LinkedIn engagement on B2B content actually comes from target buyers versus other marketers and vendors?
Validating the 'echo chamber' hypothesis with data would provide powerful ammunition for marketers seeking to justify budget reallocation
How do enterprise buyers actually discover and evaluate vendors in the 'dark funnel' before entering trackable attribution?
Understanding pre-attribution influence would help position newsletters and podcasts as top-funnel trust-builders with downstream impact
What attribution models are successfully connecting podcast/newsletter engagement to pipeline in enterprise B2B?
Identifying working attribution frameworks would directly address the #1 barrier to newsletter/podcast budget allocation
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