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  • Marketers are under attack

    It’s too subtle for most to see, but… We just got back from this year’s Inbound event with a radically different takeaway.  Nope, not about AI.  A very prominent voice[...]
    September 28, 2023
    Marketers are under attack
    It’s too subtle for most to see, but… We just got back from this year’s Inbound...
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    September 28, 2023
    The Q4 trap and how to avoid it
    What happens when Sales just needs “a few more deals” to hit the number?  Oh, we’ve...
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    September 12, 2023
    The most important web page you need in B2B
    What’s the percentage being thrown around again?  Is it that 97% of buyers are not in-market? ...
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    September 12, 2023
    Distribution, Distribution, Distribution
    We’re back after taking some time off in July. And we got a deep dive for...
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    July 7, 2023
    The X-led growth fallacy
    How many B2B companies can you name that aren’t sales-led or product-led?  Meaning, the company’s primary...
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    June 26, 2023
    About those high-intent leads
    Here’s another one of those logical-but-not-helpful points that “thought leaders” now seem to be coming back to:  “High-intent...
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    June 26, 2023
    It’s a higher vibration
    Does this Rick Rubin line apply to how you approach your work?  “We’re making the best...
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    June 9, 2023
    That one time in Austin
    When we spent $15K on an event that… never happened.  The universe had given us more...
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    June 9, 2023
    Are we in a new era
    If so, what is it?  But before that, what have the previous eras of B2B marketing...
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    June 9, 2023
    The three shifts to consider right now
    It’s rarely a game of maintaining the status quo.  In marketing, it’s almost always about making...
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    May 13, 2023
    The Low Friction Acquisition Method
    Uh-oh, what is this – some empty new marketing term?!  Hear us out though… B2B marketing...
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    May 13, 2023
    The new marketing insight about habits
    How many B2B marketers build habits with their buyers pre purchase?  What do we think?  Like,...
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    May 5, 2023
    It’s a formula – not a funnel
    The most dangerous thing we do is… We assume that we’ll convert buyers to customers.  Because...
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    May 5, 2023
    Is the marketing leader the villain?
    A demand gen professional emailed us in response to last week’s newsletter and said so.  It...
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    May 5, 2023
    The painful lesson about PMF
    You’ll hear it in the interview process, right?  A declarative: “We have product/market fit.” You’re already...
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    May 5, 2023
    How to avoid the biggest marketing mistake in 2023
    You know what the trap is.  You’ve been feeling it for years.  But now it’s more...
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    May 5, 2023
    Are we solving or scaling?
    Straight to the punchline:  Even organizations that are trying to scale have problems they first need to solve.  When...
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    May 5, 2023
    How to solve the “equation”
    Are you a math whiz? If so, please forgive us for the liberties we’ve taken.  But...
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    May 4, 2023
    Measurable vs. Meaningful
    Do you listen to The CMO Podcast religiously?  Don’t worry – we don’t either.  But we...
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    March 3, 2023
    Messaging – why it truly is ongoing work
    Have you ever done one of those $50,000 engagements where an outside consultant comes into your...
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    February 24, 2023
    Why performance isn’t performing the same
    If we had to call it, here’s the most fundamental issue with paid media in B2B: ...
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    February 17, 2023
    The efficiency trap
    Here’s what’s quickly becoming the 2023 narrative in B2B marketingland: It’s all about efficiency.  Ugh, one...
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    February 3, 2023
    How to not waste
    What’s one thing all marketers now have in common?  Virtually no room for error. We can’t...
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    January 20, 2023
    Does your narrative drive growth? 
    It might be the hardest thing we do in B2B marketing.  And it can get crazy...
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    December 30, 2022
    How the new year can be a happy one for marketers
    Who the heck are we to prescribe some kind of happiness formula?!  We don’t know you...
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    December 16, 2022
    The anatomy of a sustainable marketing program
    It just doesn’t add up…  If targets get higher while resources are shrinking, we’re in a...
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    December 2, 2022
    Why the outcome should never be the focus
    How do we deal with things that are counter-intuitive? Like this one:  “To have free space...
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    November 18, 2022
    The only place to look
    …if you truly want to improve.  Let’s say you’re a marketing leader at a company that...
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    November 4, 2022
    Old Way: Outspend | New Way: Outlearn
    This might be the biggest shift in B2B marketing that nobody’s talking about.  Entire growth engines...
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    October 21, 2022
    The three sneakiest growth failures
    It’s hard to spot ‘em when we’re in the middle of the sh*tstorm.  The real reasons...
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    October 7, 2022
    Are we playing offense or defense?
    The quick answer for most of us is probably offense, right?  We’re going for it. We’re...
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    September 23, 2022
    The biggest growth misconception
    You gotta execute!  Right? You gotta DO marketing. “If you’re not executing early and often, you...
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    September 9, 2022
    The most practical approach to growth
    Eight minutes and 36 seconds.  Would you invest that amount of time to absorb a new...
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    August 26, 2022
    What growth is not
    Sure, Marketing should drive growth. Of course. It must! But that doesn’t mean Marketing is responsible...
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    August 12, 2022
    The most important thing
    You might be tired of it by now too.  The daily posts that suggest there’s a...
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