Can Your Marketing Team Generate True Demand?

Can Your Marketing Team Generate True Demand?

I see a common challenge in B2B marketing – teams seeking more budget and resources for demand-generation programs. “Now, wait a minute,” you might say. “It seems like demand gene for leads is the only thing we do.” To be clear, I mean true demand generation, not mid-funnel, inbound lead gen, nurturing, or sales enablement. … Read more

For a Better Long-Term Content Strategy, Find a Purple Audience

For a Better Long-Term Content Strategy, Find a Purple Audience

“The stock market is not the economy.” When the stock market is up, it doesn’t always follow that the economy is great. When the stock market crashes, it doesn’t always mean the economy is bad. That’s as true today as it was 25 years ago when I first got into marketing. And it’s a great … Read more

Change Is Good Even When You Don’t Achieve the Desired Results [Rose-Colored Glasses]

Change Is Good Even When You Don’t Achieve the Desired Results [Rose-Colored Glasses]

Does anyone care about incremental change? In my consulting practice, I see one challenge again and again at businesses large and small: Incremental improvements fail to excite people enough to motivate change. When a content process is suboptimal but not so broken as to undermine success, the anticipated pain of changing feels greater than the … Read more

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