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Perspectives on paid media, growth strategy, and AI-driven transformation. Drawn from twelve years and $20M+ in managed spend.

KEYSTONE RESEARCHFEATURED REPORT

US Paid Search Economics 2023-2030

The price of attention is rising 3.3× faster than the economy. Full CPC benchmark analysis, industry breakdowns, and 2030 forecasts.

3.3×FASTER THAN GDP

4 YRFORECAST

12INDUSTRIES

/ INSIDE THE REPORT

01Historical CPC benchmarks
02Industry-specific inflation
03Budget impact modelling
042030 projection scenarios
05Strategic implications

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CHRONOLOGY

15 SEPT 2025

Performance Marketing

The Death of Last-Click: Why Full-Funnel Attribution Is the Only Credible Growth Story

Last-click attribution is the most comfortable lie in B2B marketing, and it's costing companies millions. Here's why the channels getting all the credit are often doing the least work.

02 AUG 2025

AI & Transformation

AI Won't Replace Marketers. Marketers Who Use AI Will.

Every quarter, headlines announce AI will replace marketers. The teams deploying it in production discover the opposite: the bottleneck was never content creation. It was judgment.

18 JUN 2025

Growth Strategy

Content Syndication: The B2B Channel Everyone Undervalues

It was a budget filler managed on autopilot. Within 18 months it became our top acquisition channel, driving 40% YoY pipeline growth. Here's what changed.

01 MAY 2025

Growth Strategy

From €0 to $20M: What 12 Years of Managing Media Budgets Taught Me

The budgets changed. The principles didn't. Six lessons from a decade of turning media spend into pipeline, from a few thousand euros to $20M+ annually.

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Field noteson growth.