Once you decide to write a book about strategy, it raises the bar for having a strategy for the launch. People generally focus far too much on the launch of a project. Rocketships need a perfect launch, because just about everything after the launch is simply ballistic. But most of us don’t work at Cape…
Good marketing is always about the customers, period. That’s the most important lesson I’ve learned from all my wins and losses as a marketer. To launch successful marketing campaigns, you must know every detail about your audience — their goals, aspirations, pain points, and more. And building buyer personas is a good place to start….
As a content marketer, a website audit is vital to my work. An analogy I like to use is that optimizing an existing website for search engines without conducting a thorough audit is akin to steering a boat without a rudder. It’s directionless, at the mercy of the wind and waves (or in this case,…
Ever wonder how Salesforce keeps coming up with so many content ideas that make a measurable impact on the company’s business? The story behind the company’s latest award winner reveals its winning roadmap.
Periods were an extraordinary invention. It took thousands of years of writing before we settled on this simple convention. The most direct way to improve your writing is to make your sentences shorter. I was reading a magazine article yesterday and was rapidly losing interest. The topic appealed to me, but I couldn’t keep reading….
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While I’m not a business owner and haven’t branded my own business, I’ve been an employee at companies that have undergone large-scale rebrands. Most recently, Nickelodeon, where I work full-time in marketing, pulled off a rebranding strategy in 2023 for the first time in 14 years. We brought back the “splat,” a shape inspired by…
On a recent Marketing Against the Grain podcast episode, HubSpot founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah sat down with hosts Kipp Bodnar and Kieran Flanagan to discuss the rise of AI agents. When I heard the term “AI agents,” I thought of little robots sneaking around like spies, completing tasks for marketers. Obviously, that‘s not completely…
B2B ecommerce is a thriving industry. Growing at a rate of over 10% each year, B2B ecommerce will generate over $3 billion in sales by 2027. However, no matter how familiar you are with B2C (business-to-consumer) ecommerce, selling to businesses is an entirely different beast. I wanted to find out how exactly B2B ecommerce strategies…
It’s time to rewrite your B2B content and marketing playbook for 2025. These three trends explain what will (and won’t) move audiences and customers next year.