A theory on why B2B marketing requires so many darn customer touches today
When you step back and look, the trend line is clear: when companies cut B2B marketing brand and awareness programs, sales cycles grow longer and require more touches It takes 62-plus touches to close a deal in 2026. The B2B...Read More
Gartner CMO spend survey shows marketing leaders have a third dilemma
CMOs face a new ‘trilemma’ of delivering stronger growth with flat budgets while rapidly implementing AI; 70% of them are not ready CMOs are accustomed to doing more with less, but now they’ve got another ‘more’ on their to-do list,...Read More
Legal, finance and procurement decide B2B marketing and sales success
Some B2B marketing shops don’t even think about these groups on a buying committee, let alone develop messaging; a study by LinkedIn and Bain shows why that needs to change B2B marketers instinctively target their marketing at decision-makers. This sounds...Read More
Shadow sales enablement content prolongs B2B buying cycles
Sales teams bypass marketing assets because enablement often prioritizes production quotas over solving real seller pain points; here’s a simple way to fix that problem B2B marketers are often tasked with creating content that the sales team can use to...Read More
The top B2B marketing blog posts that sum up trends from 2025
Budgets, trust and of course, generative AI, top the list of most-read blog posts this year The end of 2025 marks the 16th year this blog has been publishing consistently. It started as a tool for my personal efforts to...Read More
Summary findings: 5 surveys hint at where B2B marketing plans to spend money in 2026
Most marketers believe the marketing budget will grow modestly next year; marketing spend for next year themes center on AI, CX, and improved targeting The term “economic uncertainty” has been the phrase of the year for the last several. A...Read More
B2B tech vendors that hide pricing may never make a prospect’s short list
Generative AI provides succinct product comparisons for B2B buyers, including pricing; vendors who choose to omit pricing information risk never even being considered for the short list A few months back, a session at a conference on generative AI caught...Read More
One thing AI can’t truly inform marketing or comms about is human experience
AI cannot understand the human experience of delight, awe, fear, elation, confusion or frustration in any meaningful way I first saw the headline in a marketing newsletter: AI-generated content should be clearly labeled. The headline was based on this finding...Read More
What marketing and comms *really* need to watch how generative AI is changing *behavior*
Even if there’s a bubble that pops, generative AI is changing behavior, and that’s what strategic marketing and communications people need to observe Much of the discussion of generative AI centers on the tactical improvement it can make to marketing...Read More
Study correlates SaaS marketing spend with faster growth
SaaS companies that grow faster tend to invest more in every customer-facing function: sales, marketing and customer success There’s a correlation between the overall growth rate of SaaS companies and their investment in marketing. Whether bootstrapped or equity backed, those...Read More
