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The 47% Gap: Why Identical B2B SaaS Campaigns Deliver Wildly Different ROI (The Hidden Factor)

The 47% Gap: Why Identical B2B SaaS Campaigns Deliver Wildly Different ROI (The Hidden Factor)

Two B2B SaaS companies use identical marketing tactics. One achieves 47% lower CAC. Discover the hidden architectural factor that explains this massive ROI gap.

Scott Roy
ROILead GenerationMarketing Architecture
The Strategic Blind Spot: Why 'Full Funnel' Optimization Just Raises Your CAC

The Strategic Blind Spot: Why 'Full Funnel' Optimization Just Raises Your CAC

Your CAC rises because you're optimizing tactics within a broken framework. Discover the systematic architecture that replaces fragmented funnels with integrated belief engineering.

Scott Roy
Full Funnel MarketingLead GenerationMarketing Strategy
The MQL Misalignment: How High MQL Volume Correlates with 40% Longer Sales Cycles

The MQL Misalignment: How High MQL Volume Correlates with 40% Longer Sales Cycles

Analysis of 70 B2B SaaS companies reveals high MQL volume correlates with 40% longer sales cycles. Why optimizing for lead volume kills sales velocity.

Scott Roy
Marketing StrategyLead GenerationData Analysis
Why 'Full Funnel Marketing' Is the Architecture of Chaos

Why 'Full Funnel Marketing' Is the Architecture of Chaos

Full funnel marketing promises predictability but delivers chaos. Discover why the funnel framework itself—not your execution—is the source of fragmentation, rising CAC, and sales friction.

Scott Roy
Full Funnel MarketingSystems ThinkingMarketing Strategy
The Full-Funnel Lie: Why Optimizing Your Funnel Only Accelerates Fragmentation

The Full-Funnel Lie: Why Optimizing Your Funnel Only Accelerates Fragmentation

The full-funnel marketing model is a passive measurement tool that creates fragmentation by design. Learn why optimizing it only accelerates waste and what systematic architecture replaces it.

Scott Roy
Full-Funnel MarketingMarketing StrategyLead Generation
The MQL Deception: Why Your 'Success' Is Hiding a Systemic Failure

The MQL Deception: Why Your 'Success' Is Hiding a Systemic Failure

Why hitting MQL targets while CAC rises isn't a paradox—it's proof you're optimizing a broken metric. The systematic diagnosis of marketing's most deceptive KPI.

Scott Roy
Marketing StrategyLead GenerationMarketing Measurement
The False Safety of Fragmented Metrics: Why Your MQLs and CAC Are Traps, Not Targets

The False Safety of Fragmented Metrics: Why Your MQLs and CAC Are Traps, Not Targets

Your MQLs and CAC optimization create an illusion of control while your business outcomes deteriorate. Here's why these fragmented metrics are traps, not targets.

Scott Roy
Customer Acquisition CostB2B SaaS MarketingMarketing Strategy
The Marketing Fragmentation Diagnostic: A New Approach to Marketing Strategic Planning

The Marketing Fragmentation Diagnostic: A New Approach to Marketing Strategic Planning

Discover whether your marketing suffers from architectural blindness with this strategic diagnostic. Assess your system's fragmentation level and learn why tactical optimization can't fix architectural problems.

Scott Roy
Marketing StrategySystems ThinkingMarketing Measurement
The Silent Trap: 5 Crisis Indicators You're Succeeding at the Wrong Marketing Game

The Silent Trap: 5 Crisis Indicators You're Succeeding at the Wrong Marketing Game

Five crisis indicators that prove you're optimizing a broken framework. Discover why your CAC is rising despite tactical success and what architectural shift is required.

Scott Roy
Marketing StrategyLead GenerationContent Marketing
The 4-Stage 'Illusion of Control' Cycle Killing B2B Marketing ROI

The 4-Stage 'Illusion of Control' Cycle Killing B2B Marketing ROI

The four-stage cycle trapping B2B marketing leaders in frantic activity without results—and why your framework, not your execution, is the problem.

Scott Roy
Marketing StrategyMarketing MeasurementCustomer Acquisition
7 Warning Signs You're Mistaking Activity for Influence

7 Warning Signs You're Mistaking Activity for Influence

Seven observable symptoms prove your marketing challenges aren't execution failures—they're predictable outcomes of optimizing tactics within a fundamentally broken framework.

Scott Roy
Marketing StrategyCustomer AcquisitionMarketing Measurement
The MQL Misconception: Why Hitting Lead Targets Actually Kills Strategic Command

The MQL Misconception: Why Hitting Lead Targets Actually Kills Strategic Command

Hitting MQL targets while revenue stalls? The metric you're optimizing is the mechanism trapping you in tactical chaos. Here's why belief architecture beats lead generation.

Scott Roy
Marketing StrategyMarketing MeasurementFunnel Strategy
73% of MQLs Are Never Engaged by Sales: The Illusion of Funnel Velocity

73% of MQLs Are Never Engaged by Sales: The Illusion of Funnel Velocity

73% of MQLs are never engaged by sales. The disconnect isn't execution—it's architectural. Your funnel measures activity, not belief progression.

Scott Roy
Marketing StrategyFunnel StrategyMarketing Architecture
The Strategic Blind Spot: Why Chasing MQLs Is the Fastest Way to Run Out of Budget

The Strategic Blind Spot: Why Chasing MQLs Is the Fastest Way to Run Out of Budget

Why optimizing for MQLs creates the very problems you're trying to solve—and what systematic belief engineering offers instead.

Scott Roy
Marketing StrategyLead GenerationMarketing Measurement
The MQL is a Myth: Why Your Lead Generation Model Was Engineered for Fragmentation

The MQL is a Myth: Why Your Lead Generation Model Was Engineered for Fragmentation

The MQL metric was designed for simple sales. When applied to complex B2B cycles, it engineers the fragmentation you're trying to escape. Here's why.

Scott Roy
Lead GenerationMarketing StrategyCustomer Acquisition Cost
The Illusion of Proxy Command: Why Your Best Campaigns Are Still Fragile

The Illusion of Proxy Command: Why Your Best Campaigns Are Still Fragile

Hitting all your marketing targets while CAC climbs and sales cycles stall? You're not failing—you're trapped in the Illusion of Proxy Command. Here's how to escape.

Scott Roy
Marketing StrategyStrategic FrameworkMarketing Measurement
The Strategic Shift: 4 Signals Marketing ROI Is Moving Beyond Last-Click Attribution

The Strategic Shift: 4 Signals Marketing ROI Is Moving Beyond Last-Click Attribution

Four market forces are dismantling last-click attribution. The future of marketing ROI lies in measuring cognitive progression, not isolated clicks.

Scott Roy
Marketing MeasurementLead GenerationMarketing Strategy
The KUBAA Framework: How Systematic Cognitive Progression Engineers Belief at Scale
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The KUBAA Framework: How Systematic Cognitive Progression Engineers Belief at Scale

Discover the KUBAA framework—a systematic approach to engineering belief at scale by mapping cognitive progression from awareness to advocacy, replacing broken funnel models.

Scott Roy
Marketing StrategyLead Generation

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From performance marketing to political campaigns to military strategy—I help B2B leaders architect systematic influence operations that build belief at scale.

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