The 19 in 20 are not wasted audience
Most buyers shortlist suppliers they already know. That makes visibility with future customers essential, not optional.
Most buyers shortlist suppliers they already know. That makes visibility with future customers essential, not optional.
Once we can ‘vibe code’, new uses appear everywhere. Start small, test carefully, and turn everyday annoyances into working tools.
Falling organic traffic and rising click costs make conversion rate optimisation a more important B2B marketing priority.
The future is not facts instead of brand. It is offering clear evidence, strong proof and human trust too.
Do we need a separate Ai SEO strategy, or is good SEO still the foundation? Here’s what changes and where to focus first.
Ai can turn website maintenance from a backlog into an ongoing, continuous process, but external suppliers must be transparent about costs.
The keyword era in PPC is ending. The next skill is not picking terms, but managing the signals that automated systems learn from.
Freshness in SEO is relative to the search result, not the calendar. Update content when it has been overtaken, not just got old.
The index of everything that’s been in our ‘An Article A Day’ blog in the last month.
Content at scale is a weaker SEO strategy than it used to be. Fewer, stronger pages are often a better investment.
A good B2B website does not just explain what we sell. It quietly answers the questions people are already asking themselves.
At scale, SEO means redirects, templates, structured data and database updates. Marketing teams need access to technical skills.
Ai can help classify queries, reveal intent and highlight where existing pages need clearer titles or better sections.
Menu labels are small but powerful. Clear, descriptive navigation can improve usability, SEO and buyer confidence.
Educational content is useful, but B2B pages should also answer what buyers should consider, compare or choose.
When we are trying to explain a proposition, a process or a difference, it is worth asking whether we really need all that detail.
In PPC and content creation, bottom-of-funnel terms can help reach buyers who are closer to choosing a supplier.
More pricing detail does not always create clarity. Buyers need meaningful differences they can recognise and explain.
In B2B marketing, the most interesting PR often comes from noticing what the industry has stopped noticing.
Yes. B2B marketers should understand the major Ai assistants, where they differ, and when a paid account is worth the cost.
For B2B suppliers, one proper article in a trusted trade publication can be worth more than hundreds of copied press release pages.
For supplier websites, the lesson from Google is clear: keep the keywords, but connect them to practical buyer questions.
Low conversion volumes can make Google Ads tests noisy, slow and misleading, especially in B2B campaigns.
Advertising platforms can find patterns quickly, but marketers still need to guide goals, data quality, creative and lead quality
A business that only watches the sales forecast may still be looking in the right direction. But it may be looking too late.
Product feeds drive visibility in Google Shopping and other channels. Missing identifiers, weak titles and stale data can hold stores back.
Ai can make sales outreach sound thoughtful, but if everyone uses it at scale, buyers may stop reading it anyway.
Giant guide pages can blur the topic. Ai answers may favour pages with a clearer job and a stronger match to the query.
The index of everything that’s been in our ‘An Article A Day’ blog in the last month.
Before asking Ai for answers, ask it to inspect the question. It can reveal bias, assumptions and better ways to frame the issue.
Elmore Leonard’s writing rules were meant for fiction, but B2B copywriters can learn plenty from his focus on clarity and restraint.
Don’t ask the reader to admire your writing. The language of any copy should serve the movement of the story.
Automated enquiries could counteract the idea that Ai search will simply give us fewer, better leads. The future may be messier.
Ai can make GA4 useful for any of us. Ask what report answers a question, then how to find that report, and finally ask for an opinion on it.
Sometimes the best way to reach the people we want is to talk, very deliberately, to the people they are tired of.
Branding keeps us on track. What should customers understand about us after ten seconds, and still believe after ten years? Do we know?
In a world full of polished messages, the thing that feels least manufactured may be the thing that gets noticed.
Commodity content fills websites but rarely makes them memorable. The strongest B2B articles come from experience and judgement.
Ai tools need comprehensive guidance, or they’ll make assumptions that we don’t even know they’re making. How do we give them that?
A B2B exhibition appearance does not have to end badly. Clear and prompt follow-up can still generate value and restart interest.
If we can steadily improve the rate at which good visitors become email subscribers, we give our future marketing many more chances to work.
In an interesting article, David Meerman Scott argues that one immediate impact of Ai will be to squeeze out marketing middle layers.
The duller the task, the better Ai tends to be. The more human the stakes, the more human the job remains.
Competitor campaigns bring us in front of buyers close to a decision, and allow us to give those buyers a credible reason to look again.
In B2B, the best pricing story is rarely “we cost less.” More often, it is “we’re worth the difference.” That’s where marketing plays a role.
Ai flips acquisition strategy from top-down to bottom-up. For B2B marketers, clarity and credibility may now come first.
In an age of generic Ai summaries, putting real company staff at the front of news and technical content makes brands more credible.
Ai systems flatten generic content into the background. For specialist technical firms, that creates an opening to publish sharper ideas.
Ai makes average content easy. The harder and more valuable thing is a perspective that could only come from real work.
A gentle closing section such as “What you should do next…” can work well. Its strength is in being calm.