What Observability Taught Us About Signal Control
The article draws a parallel between observability pipelines and GTM data, arguing that go-to-market teams lack an upstream control layer to govern noisy buyer signals before analytics tools…
Matthew Palmer • March 31, 2026
The article draws a parallel between observability pipelines and GTM data, arguing that go-to-market teams lack an upstream control layer to govern noisy buyer signals before analytics tools…
Matthew Palmer • March 17, 2026
The article argues that most revenue teams underuse executive “special forces” because they lack reliable buyer visibility, and explores what changes when signal quality improves enough to aim…
Matthew Palmer • March 3, 2026
The article explains how the original B2B dark funnel concept, built on reverse IP and activity data, broke down as remote work, VPNs, and machine traffic eroded the link between observable activity…
Matthew Palmer • February 17, 2026
Machine-generated activity now dominates many funnels, turning dashboards into noise and leaving real buyer research buried under non-human signals.
Matthew Palmer • February 17, 2026
The article examines how fragmented GTM stacks eroded ownership of raw buyer signal, leaving organizations with ungoverned data and limited control over how activity is interpreted across tools.
Matthew Palmer • February 3, 2026
The article argues that swapping GTM tools does not resolve forecast and visibility issues because polluted activity data continues to drive flawed decisions.