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AI Citations Are Bottom-of-Funnel Search
When ChatGPT or Perplexity recommends your business, it's not the same as ranking on page one of Google. It's closer to a trusted advisor handing someone your business card and saying, "These are the people you need to call." That distinction matters for how you measure, budget, and staff around AI search visibility. It also changes where the dollars should come from. This isn't a brand awareness line item. It's demand capture. Why AI Search Signals Higher Intent Traditional

Heidi Schwende
Feb 411 min read


McKinsey Interviewed 50 Marketing Leaders. None Could Prove ROI.
A relatively new McKinsey study on marketing technology landed on my desk last week, and I need to talk about it. Not because it says anything I didn't already know. But because it finally puts hard numbers behind what I've been telling clients about their marketing for years. The finding that stopped me cold: Researchers interviewed more than 50 senior marketing leaders at Fortune 500 companies. Not one could clearly articulate the ROI of their martech investments. Companies

Heidi Schwende
Jan 265 min read


McKinsey Says Your Customers Changed Years Ago
An Analysis of the Data McKinsey just dropped their State of the Consumer 2025 report, and if you're in marketing, you need to pay attention. Not because it's telling us anything shocking—but because it's confirming what many of us have been watching unfold in real-time with actual data that C-suite executives might actually believe. The headline? The pandemic didn't just temporarily disrupt consumer behavior. It permanently rewired it. And if you're still waiting for things

Heidi Schwende
Dec 15, 202510 min read


AI Can't Personalize Chaos: Why The Data Governance Problem Is Killing Marketing ROI
Let me start with something most consultants won't tell you: 65% of contact information from online forms is wrong. And 57% of marketers are getting bad outcomes because they're misreading their data. So when someone promises you AI-powered personalization that actually works, here's what they're not saying: AI can't personalize chaos. It just makes the chaos faster and more expensive. This Is The Same Problem I Keep Seeing A while back, I told you AI won't fix your broken ma

Heidi Schwende
Nov 18, 20254 min read


Leveraging PPC Marketing Agencies to Drive Conversions
Leveraging PPC Marketing Agencies to Drive Conversions Leveraging PPC Marketing Agencies to Drive High Converting Traffic Among the...

Heidi Schwende
Aug 18, 20233 min read


Essential eCommerce Website Features: How to Optimize Your Site
When it comes to eCommerce, there are a few essential features that your website must have in order to optimize your site and increase...

Heidi Schwende
Aug 8, 20222 min read


Get Started with Enhanced Conversions on Google
Are you looking to set up Google's Enhanced Conversions? This feature can improve the accuracy of your conversion measurement and unlock...

Heidi Schwende
May 18, 20223 min read


Are you measuring what matters most? An analytics model for success
Measurement should be your top strategic priority According to Google expert Ashley Cohen, Analytical Lead for Google, if you don’t take...

Heidi Schwende
Jan 26, 20213 min read
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