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Stuck in Your Career? 8 Reasons Why (That Have Nothing to Do With Your Resume)

If you're stuck in your career and can't figure out why, the problem is rarely your skills or your resume. Here are 8 honest reasons people stay stuck, and what to do about each.

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How I Coach

How Kendall Guillemette runs coaching sessions: the approach, what to expect, pricing, and who it's for.

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What Is Career Coaching? A Direct Answer for People Who Are Actually Considering It

Career coaching is a structured thinking process for people who are stuck on a career decision and can't get clear on it alone. Here's what it is, what it isn't, and when it's worth it.

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Career Coaching for Professionals: Get Unstuck and Move Forward

Career coaching for tech and digital professionals navigating transitions, career changes, and moments of being genuinely stuck. Practical, direct, no fluff.

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Web Experience Audit

A strategic web experience audit for B2B SaaS companies, delivered in 5 business days. Get a prioritized roadmap of exactly what's costing you pipeline and what to fix first.

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Web Experience Audit ROI: How to Calculate What Your Site Is Costing You

If you don't know what a 1% conversion rate improvement is worth, you can't evaluate whether an audit is worth the money. Here's the math, and how to run it for your site.

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B2B Marketing Analytics: The Metrics That Actually Connect to Pipeline

Most B2B marketing dashboards measure what is easy to track, not what drives decisions. Here are the metrics that actually connect to pipeline and the ones you should stop reporting on.

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B2B Marketing Measurement Framework: How to Connect Campaigns to Pipeline

Most B2B marketing teams measure campaigns in isolation. Here is a practical framework for connecting marketing activity to pipeline without perfect attribution or expensive tooling.

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UTM Parameter Strategy for B2B: How to Tag Every Campaign That Touches Pipeline

Inconsistent UTM tagging is the most common reason B2B marketing attribution breaks down. Here is a practical strategy for tagging every campaign so the data you need actually exists.

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B2B Marketing Dashboard: The 10 Metrics That Actually Matter

Most B2B marketing dashboards are built to justify budget, not drive decisions. Here are the 10 metrics that belong on yours, and the ones you should remove.

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GA4 Setup for B2B SaaS: The 6 Events Every Marketing Team Needs

Most B2B SaaS teams have GA4 installed but not configured. Here are the 6 events that turn a default setup into a pipeline measurement tool.

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How to Measure Website-to-Pipeline Conversion for B2B

B2B website-to-pipeline conversion is not one metric. It is four. Here is how to calculate each one, connect your analytics to your CRM, and stop optimizing for the wrong number.

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B2B Marketing Analytics: What to Measure and What to Ignore

A practical guide to B2B marketing analytics: how to set up tracking that connects to pipeline, measure what actually matters, and stop reporting on metrics that do not drive decisions.

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Website Strategy: How to Treat Your Site as a Revenue Channel

A practical guide to B2B website strategy: how to structure your site for pipeline, write messaging that resonates with skeptical buyers, and make decisions that connect to revenue.

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B2B Contact Page Optimization: What Actually Works

Most B2B contact pages fail at their one job. Here's what a 61% lift in form conversions taught me about what actually moves the needle.

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B2B Pricing Page Optimization: What the Data Shows

Pricing pages do not fail because buyers hate pricing. They fail because the page creates confusion, distrust, or friction right before the decision. Here's what to fix.

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How to Diagnose Why Your B2B Website Isn't Converting

A practical framework for diagnosing why your B2B website isn't converting, so you can find the real leak before you waste time fixing the wrong thing.

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A/B Testing a B2B Contact Page: How to Get a 61% Lift

One test isn't A/B testing. Here's the iterative framework that produced a 61% lift in contact form submissions at an enterprise analytics company.

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Demo Request Page Best Practices for B2B

The best B2B demo request pages reduce friction, build trust, and make the next step obvious. Here's what actually matters and what usually gets in the way.

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When to Get a Website Audit: 7 Signs Your Site Is Costing You Pipeline

Not sure if it's time to get a website audit? Here are 7 specific signs your B2B SaaS site is costing you pipeline, and what to do about each one.

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B2B Above-the-Fold Checklist: 12 Things That Matter

You have a few seconds before a visitor decides to stay or go. This 12-point checklist covers what the fold needs to do for B2B companies and how to tell if it's working.

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B2B Website Conversion: What Good Looks Like

A practical guide to B2B website conversion: what drives it, what kills it, and how to diagnose what your site is doing wrong before you start changing things.

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How to Build the Business Case for a Website Audit

Building the business case for a website audit starts with knowing what your current conversion rate is actually costing you. Here's the framework and the math.

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Website Conversion Audit vs. UX Audit: What Is the Difference?

They sound similar and they're often confused. Here's what a conversion audit and a UX audit actually cover, who each one is for, and how to pick the right one.

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What Is a Web Experience Audit? (And Does Your B2B SaaS Company Need One)

A web experience audit is a structured analysis of your B2B SaaS website's ability to convert visitors into pipeline. Here's what it covers and whether your company needs one.

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How to Prepare for a Web Experience Audit: A Checklist for Marketing Teams

Getting ready for a website audit isn't complicated, but teams that prep well get more out of the engagement. Here's exactly what to gather before the work starts.

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Who is this guy?

27 years on the web. Numbers to show for it.

I led web strategy and conversion optimization for an enterprise software company. I worked across engineering, marketing, and product to ship changes that moved the business. Here's what that looked like.

61%
Contact conversion lift
$6.9M
incremental pipeline