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Recombinant Innovation: Why B2B Marketing Collaboration Is Worth The Effort

If you’re a fan, like me, of Matthew Syed’s podcast series, Sideways, then you may have heard about the power of “recombinant innovation”. If…


The new B2B GTM playbook: an interview with Jon Miller, one of the architects of the old one

Want to have a meaningful discussion about a new B2B go-to-market (GTM) playbook? You need Jon. We sat down with him to hear his thoughts on GTM’s next…


Symptoms of B2B selling sickness

Trust between Sales and Marketing is at an all time low – and sellers are taking marketing into their own hands. Here’s how to get the relationship back…


Caveman style ABM is pissing off everyone’s best prospects

I don’t want to hear about spear-fishing ever again. I’m Charlie, the head of ABM at Velocity. And I have a bone to pick with tired ABM metaphors. Good…


AI and SGE are a long-overdue wakeup call for B2B SEO

Even before AI and Google SGE came gunning for everyone’s search traffic, B2B was struggling with SEO. Despite endless effort, lots of pages languish in…


Why teamwork solves the B2B SEO malaise

What’s the secret of B2B SEO? Some say volume. Others say clusters. We say it’s collaboration. Find out why we’re right.


Performance Branding: why strategy and data must work together to drive pipeline

With B2B growth faltering, sugar rush leads & sales activation campaigns don’t deliver. See the importance of performant brand building under a central…


The universal digital marketing audit

Digital marketing is changing. To keep up, you need to audit what you’re already doing and use the findings to build your strategy for moving forward.


A reluctant marketer’s 5-year love letter to B2B

Dear B2B, Has it been five years already? How time flies. I’m going to start with a bit of a confession… Five years ago I fancied your cousin. (Stay…


Stop the relay race: the evolution of B2B marketing and why yours isn’t working

In technology, modern customer buying outstrips vendor selling. Explore the evolution of B2B marketing – from a relay race to a rowing team – & find out…


Let’s steal from Spotify Wrapped

Spotify Wrapped is one of the biggest marketing success stories in recent history. For a few weeks every year, Spotify’s marketing team grows by tens of…


How to roll out a company roll-up

It was strange to read in Bloomberg and the Financial Times that 2023 wasn’t a good year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Because personally, we…