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5 essential marketing metrics you should be measuring
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Marketing metrics

5 essential marketing metrics you should be measuring

There are metrics, and then there are metrics. We've already talked about the dangers of pursuing vanity metrics – those that look pretty...

Posted by Matthew Stibbe
Selling technology
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Sales

Selling technology: The secret is not to talk about technology

Today, I ordered a gold laptop. This is what I learned about marketing from the experience.

Posted by Matthew Stibbe
A wooden robot figures standing in a patch of grass
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How to write

Speaking human: 12 best examples of copywriting in tech

It's hard to speak human when you're in tech. But it’s not impossible. Here are some copywriting examples from technology companies to show...

Posted by Matthew Stibbe
Should you hire a marketing agency or a marketing person? [2022]
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Should you hire a marketing agency or a marketing person?

'No bucks, no Buck Rogers' as the astronauts say in Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff.

Posted by Matthew Stibbe
b2b marketing channels - image of a sphere
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Lead generation

10 must-have B2B marketing channels beyond your website

If your CRM platform is the back-end of your tech stack, then marketing channels are the front-end. They are the (primarily) digital...

Posted by Maddy Leslie
Skills and resources
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How we work

4 steps to identify and fill skills and resources gaps in your business

You need the right skills in your business to deliver on your promises to customers.

Posted by Maddy Leslie
How to build a brand community and embrace your tribe
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brand identity

How to build a brand community and embrace your tribe

‘The Beatles didn’t invent teenagers,’ says Seth Godin in his TED talk, The Tribes We Lead. ‘They merely chose to lead them.’

Posted by Katelyn Piontek
Looking at a checklist
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The key differences between a marketing plan vs. marketing strategy

Are you guilty of committing random acts of marketing? Marketing without rhyme or reason makes your efforts half-hearted, erratic and...

Posted by Adam Catterall
how we work: what does a marketer do?
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How we work

What does a marketer do? Your marketing questions, answered

Like copywriting, from the outside, marketing can seem obscure. Those who aren’t in the industry never quite see the bigger picture and,...

Posted by Tom Wall
The ‘Person in the Mirror’ problem: a.k.a. you are not your customer
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Technology

The ‘Person in the Mirror’ problem: a.k.a. you are not your customer

Newsflash: the person in the mirror is not your customer. You are not your customer.

Posted by Matthew Stibbe