From brand storytelling to demand gen, data is the common thread. See how AI and analytics are unifying all aspects of B2B tech marketing. Runa Macleod on March 4, 2025 B2B tech marketing is shifting from a traditional, product-centric approach to a data-driven, AI-powered, customer-first model. Digital transformation, changing buyer expectations and the proliferation … Continue reading How B2B marketing is becoming a strategic growth driver
Category Archives: B2B Marketing
Why the MQL model is failing B2B marketing and what to use instead
MQLs mislead marketing, misalign sales and fail to drive revenue. Here’s why GTM teams must move to causal AI and revenue-centric metrics. Mark Stouse on March 3, 2025 For decades, the marketing qualified lead (MQL) has been the centerpiece of B2B go-to-market (GTM) strategies. It has shaped how marketing teams operate, how sales teams … Continue reading Why the MQL model is failing B2B marketing and what to use instead
B2B marketing on TikTok: What you need to know
With advertisers and users back on the platform, TikTok is still an essential tool marketers. Updated with details on the new TikTok One feature. Constantine von Hoffman on March 4, 2025 TikTok is mainly seen as a prime venue for Gen Z to share dance crazes, which can be perfect for B2C marketers. However, … Continue reading B2B marketing on TikTok: What you need to know
Balancing the human-to-AI mix in B2B marketing
While the hype warns AI will take marketing jobs, its pattern matching can’t beat a human’s creativity, empathy and problem-solving. Ardath Albee on February 5, 2025 If your social feeds and inbox look like mine, you can’t avoid the AI hype. I recently read a paper, “In 2025, AI won’t just assist salespeople – … Continue reading Balancing the human-to-AI mix in B2B marketing
Why personality data is key to scalable B2B marketing
Crack the code of scalable personalization with the 65/75 rule, where personality-driven strategies meet marketing success. Scott Gillum on December 5, 2024 “You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.” This expression applies when trying to create and execute personalized campaigns. If you go too deep into understanding prospects’ or customers’ … Continue reading Why personality data is key to scalable B2B marketing
DemandScience and Terminus merge, keeping data at the center of B2B marketing
These are interesting times in B2B marketing, a crowded space with a loud debate around strategy. Mike Pastore on November 13, 2024 The merger of DemandScience and Terminus, announced on Tuesday, is the latest act of consolidation in the B2B media and lead generation landscape and emphasizes, once again, the importance of data to identifying … Continue reading DemandScience and Terminus merge, keeping data at the center of B2B marketing
Why B2B marketing must adopt B2C tactics
Engage digital-first buyers with consumer-style marketing while balancing creative tactics with B2B fundamentals. Ruth Stevens on November 4, 2024 Digital natives aren’t like the rest of us. They are bringing entirely new behavioral patterns into the B2B buying process, and experienced marketers and sellers ignore this at their peril. Call it “the consumerization of … Continue reading Why B2B marketing must adopt B2C tactics
50% of B2B marketers won’t reach 2024 goals
Guess what? Marketing/sales alignment is still a problem in B2B, but where the teams work together results are significantly better. Kim Davis on October 8, 2024 No less than 50% of B2B marketers won’t reach their goals this year. When sales and marketing teams are firmly aligned, the outlook is much better, with 80% … Continue reading 50% of B2B marketers won’t reach 2024 goals
How to identify high-churn personas in B2B and mitigate their risk
Here are the six types of people most likely to stop using a B2B product and how to handle them. Mike Pastore on August 19, 2024 Last week, Adam Robinson, the CEO of Retention.com, published a LinkedIn post that’s become all too familiar over the last couple of years. You know the one. Retention.com … Continue reading How to identify high-churn personas in B2B and mitigate their risk
New ways to identify B2B buying group members
Here’s how AI-powered solutions from Demandbase, Anteriad and 6sense can help you find and engage the right decision-makers. Ruth Stevens on May 2, 2024 Understanding and engaging the buying group is critical for B2B success. When companies need to make major purchases, they typically assemble an internal team — known as the buying group, … Continue reading New ways to identify B2B buying group members