Marketing Strategy

A Piece of Practical Career Advice Leadership advice abounds. I’ve read most of it. There’s some smart content out there. But the one thing I haven’t seen people write about is this: you need four or five close professional friends on speed dial. It’s best if they work at other companies. Hopefully, they’re in a mix of industries so you get good perspective. No […]

Interview with Matthew Gonnering, CEO of Widen Matthew Gonnering got his start in the printing industry and his first job at Widen was to sell printing services. Shortly after starting, he noticed what Widen was doing in the digital arena and saw it as the foundation for a modern business model which undoubtedly set the future of the organization as a marketing technology. Today […]

What’s Shaping Our Experience in 2018  Why is marketing today any different from the past? The way I see it, there are 5 key market forces shaping marketing success in 2018. Peg Miller and I outlined the impact of each of these trends in Marketing Through the Maze: The 5 Forces We Face in 2018. 1. Digital Transformation 2. Customer Experience 3. Content Marketing Evolution 4. Marketing […]

At the B2B Marketing Academy, we’re on a kick to provide powerfully practical marketing advice. Friends, readers, and colleagues have told us that they appreciate the way we identify high quality resources, tools, and ideas for B2B marketers. Today, our spotlight turns to account based marketing (ABM). If you’ve practiced B2B marketing for long, you’ve no doubt talked about or tried this. It’s a […]

Do you need good prospect and customer research to improve lead generation, content marketing, and sales impact? I was talking to a good friend the other day. She’s a top-notch product marketing leader. We were comparing notes on how to keep product marketers close to customers. This is critical to a product marketer’s credibility. In my view, the 1st commandment of product marketing is […]

Nothing stands still these days. Customer needs change at an epic pace. In turn, marketing plans are always evolving. Marketers are constantly trying new things. Which means that we’re continually assessing results and impact. So, how do your strategies and results compare to your peers? Are you leading the pack, or working to catch up? Whether you’re killing it, or need a bigger budget […]

Focus on This One Thing for Competitive Advantage There’s mounting evidence that marketing leadership is key to driving the entire customer experience (CX). 68% of marketing leaders say their company is increasingly competing on the basis of customer experience. [Salesforce] 67% percent of marketing leaders say creating a connected customer journey across all touchpoints and channels is critical to the success of their overall […]

We’ve both been “practicing” marketers, working exciting day jobs while also investing in the B2B Marketing Academy. We kept busy much of last year working while blogging on sites like netformation.com, integrate.com, and sharing ideas at the Intelligent Content Conference, Content Marketing World, and other industry events. Our goal for 2018 is to double down in our mission to connect with and encourage other […]