Apple MPP, corporate security scanners, and AI inbox agents broke the open-rate proxy in 2026. Filtering doesn't fix it. Here's what still works and what to measure instead.
Pitch deck analytics for founders: track which investors open your deck, how long they spend per slide, and who forwarded it. Set up in 5 minutes, filter bot opens, follow up based on real signals.
Per-slide read time, return visits, and the forwarding signal that reveals when partners are reviewing. May 2026 benchmarks from HD's data.
Every signal-based selling framework defines signals as pre-outreach: funding rounds, hiring, intent surges. None account for what happens after you send the proposal. Here's what's missing.
The sales velocity formula is a reporting metric for most teams. But content engagement data from your shared proposals turns it into an operational lever. Here's the math.
Your intent platform tells you which accounts are surging. But the strongest buying signals come from how prospects engage with the proposals and decks you already sent them.
Every vendor defines first-party intent data as website behavior. But the highest-fidelity buying signals come from content you share directly with prospects — and nobody includes them in the conversation.
Per-page time, return visits, forwarding signals: what proposal trackers actually surface. DocSend vs PandaDoc vs HummingDeck and 5 others. May 2026.
48% of deal rooms never get a single buyer view. Here's why — and what separates the rooms that work from the ones nobody opens.
We tested read receipts in Gmail, Outlook, and Apple Mail. One worked sometimes. Two failed completely. Here's what we found and the one method that always works.
See if your prospect viewed your proposal, which pages they read, how long they spent, and when they came back — with per-page engagement analytics.
Email attachments can't be tracked directly — but tracked links capture every open, every page, and seconds spent on each. Swap attachments for tracked PDFs in under 2 minutes.
See exactly who opened your Google Doc, how long they spent on each page, and whether they shared it. Works for external viewers — not just your Workspace team.
Google Slides only tracks viewers within your own Workspace — externally shared presentations show nothing. Here's how to track external viewers, time-per-slide, and downloads in under 2 minutes.
You sent a PDF and heard nothing back. Here are 6 ways to find out if they opened it — including one that shows you which pages they read and how long they spent on each.
Downloads don't tell you who's interested. Learn 5 methods to track what happens after someone downloads your lead magnet — from UTM tags to per-page analytics.
5 ways to know if a prospect actually read your proposal — not just opened the email. From read receipts to per-page engagement tracking.
Corporate scanners (SafeLinks, Proofpoint, Mimecast) pre-open every link before your prospect does, inflating both cold email clicks and deck view counts. Here's the three-layer bot-filtering system we built.