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July 6 2026 Jay Feitlinger

Sales Says the Leads Are Bad. The Handoff Says Otherwise.

Every growing B2B company hits this argument eventually. Sales says the leads marketing sends over are garbage. Marketing says sales isn't following up fast enough, or isn't following up at all. Both sides have data to back up their version, and ...

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June 28 2026 Jay Feitlinger

Why Your Best Months Never Seem to Repeat

You closed a great month. Maybe the best one this year. The team felt it, the pipeline report looked alive, and for a few weeks, it seemed like you'd finally turned a corner. Then the next month came in flat, and the one after that was worse. Now ...

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June 26 2026 Sarah Shepard

The StringCouncil: AI Advisors Who Won't Flinch

Nobody in their right mind invites Jocko Willink to sit in on a quarterly planning meeting. That's like asking a drill sergeant to supervise your morning workout. Sure, you'll come out stronger. You'll also hate every minute of it.

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June 22 2026 Jay Feitlinger

Can You Really Game the LinkedIn Algorithm?

You sat down, spent an hour and a half building something you were proud of, posted it to LinkedIn, and then watched it land in front of 19 people. One like, and it was your mom. Meanwhile, some accounts with a fraction of your followers are pulling ...

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June 22 2026 Jay Feitlinger

Why B2B Companies With Good Marketing Still Lose Sales They Should Close

Here's a pattern I see in owner-led B2B companies more often than almost anything else. Marketing runs a campaign. Leads come in from form fills, content downloads, and demo requests. The marketing team sends them to sales. And then a few weeks ...

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