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Barry Lemon

B2B Marketing in Technology, B2B Search, SEO & GEO, Customer Experience

What the switch to GA4 means for B2B marketing – and how to get ahead

In October 2020, Google announced that Google Analytics 4 (GA4) will replace Google Universal Analytics (UA) and that UA will stop collecting data in July 2023. Whilst there is still nearly a year before the current analytics tool is phased out, many experts recommend moving now, as you’ll build up more historical data within the […]

B2B Events

Velo gets moving for Miles for Smiles!

  Did you know the average office worker spends five years of their life sitting at their desk, and the average step count sits between 3,000 to 4,000 per day? Movement is vital – not only for general happiness, but also for maintaining a work-life balance. This was recognised by the leadership team at Velo […]

B2B Branding, B2B Marketing in Technology, Customer Experience

Is there a place for WhatsApp for Business in B2B marketing?

Marketing communication becomes more fragmented every year, with more tools and technologies emerging that are taking community and communications into private channels. The pandemic forced even the most security conscious B2B operations to recognise they needed to open up to using third party software to streamline their operations, and improve the customer experience. B2B companies […]

B2B Campaigns, B2B Content

Mourning HRH: 4 tips on how B2B marketers must stay mindful

  On 8th September, the world received the sad news that Queen Elizabeth, the longest reigning monarch in history, had passed away.     As we enter a period of national mourning, many will be trying to navigate how this affects the day-to-day. Businesses in the B2B space in particular must be cognisant toward their output. […]

B2B Branding, B2B Creative, B2B Marketing in manufacturing

What are the best resources to help B2B marketers keep up with the latest developments in the industrial sector?

An essential resource list of news sites, blogs, podcasts, trade associations and more for marketing professionals working in industrial marketing. Staying up to date with all the changes and developments in the industrial and B2B manufacturing space can be a real challenge for marketers. To help, we’ve pulled together a list of the best resources […]

B2B Branding, B2B Marketing in Technology

What are the best resources to help B2B marketers keep up with the latest developments in the technology sector?

An essential resource list of news sites, blogs, podcasts, trade associations, events and more for marketing professionals working in the technology sector. Staying up to date with all the changes and developments in the technology space can be a real challenge for B2B technology marketers. With that said, we’ve pulled together a list of the […]

B2B Branding, B2B Content, B2B Creative

Creative takes the spotlight! What B2B marketers need to know…

This is the third and final post in our trend-watching series of posts looking at some of the important trends that are going to impact B2B marketing strategy and implementation in 2022.  This post focuses on the creative side of B2B marketing.   B2B steps into the creative spotlight The newly launched Creative B2B Lion […]

B2B Events, Customer Experience

Essential considerations when designing an effective B2B marketing exhibition stand and experience

Two powerful psychological forces mean that the trade exhibition sector will inevitably come back strong. Firstly, human beings need to connect. And secondly, we seek experiences. From an exhibitor’s perspective, it is natural to want to create the most eye-catching exhibition stand designs to help maximise attraction and return on investment at a trade show. […]

B2B Content, B2B Marketing in Professional Services, Customer Experience

How to design customer success stories that transform your professional services B2B marketing 

A customer success story is an account to highlight the experience a customer has had with your product, the challenges they faced before, how the product has helped, and what degree of success they’ve since accomplished. Customer success stories are used by professional services marketers to reassure new customers that their solution and process of […]

B2B Content, B2B Marketing in Technology, Customer Experience

Why successful B2B technology companies are investing in customer success stories – and how you can too

Customer success stories are used by B2B marketers, particularly in the technology sector, to reassure new customers that their solution, and process of working together solves their problems, by demonstrating it has done it before. This is important in earning trust before a transaction and cements the relationship with the customer in the story as […]

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