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Insights, learnings and stories from the world of B2B marketing and communications, direct from Velo’s B2B agency team
AI & MarTech for B2B
B2B marketers are under pressure to make smarter decisions, move faster and prove commercial impact. In AI and martech, the challenge is rarely access to tools alone. It is choosing the right stack, connecting data properly, avoiding complexity for complexity’s sake and using technology to improve targeting, personalisation, measurement and efficiency.
That means learning about martech strategy, platform selection, AI readiness, marketing automation, data governance, lead scoring, orchestration, reporting, integration and the role of AI in content, campaigns and customer experience.
Our insight articles explore how B2B marketers can make AI and martech genuinely useful, not just fashionable, with practical advice on tools, trends, workflows and the choices that lead to better marketing outcomes.
AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B Campaigns, B2B Content, B2B Marketing in Insurance, B2B Marketing in manufacturing, B2B Marketing in Technology, B2B Marketing Leadership, B2B Sales Enablement
AI slurry all over LinkedIn? Humans make the best posts
It’s easy to spot them. Long, lifeless lists. Samey headlines. Vague advice, stuffed with hashtags. LinkedIn’s being flooded with what we can only describe as a tide of AI-generated crap – content that looks and sounds like it was poured from a machine, not crafted by a human. And while the algorithm might momentarily smile […]
AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B Search, SEO & GEO
AI Is Changing Organic Searches. Is It Time to Rethink Paid Search Too?
It’s not news that AI is rewriting the rules of online search. But while most B2B marketers have been busy rethinking their organic strategy, paid search has been quietly drifting into dangerous territory. We’ve just wrapped a global paid search campaign on Google Ads for a leading tech brand. When comparing the results from last year […]
AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B Marketing in Insurance, B2B Marketing in manufacturing, B2B Marketing in Professional Services, B2B Marketing in Technology, B2B Search, SEO & GEO
How easy is it to influence how you appear within AI search models, and how can you monitor it?
Google might still be the Goliath of search, clocking over 8.3 billion visits a month, while ChatGPT attracts a (comparatively modest) 1.8 billion+. But let’s be honest, what’s more revealing is the rate at which this gap is closing. The real picture is even closer when you add in Claude, Perplexity and other AI tools […]
AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B Campaigns
Google Consent Mode: a B2B Marketer’s guide
Google Consent Mode v2 is an initiative that gives site visitors more say in what data you can collect about them during their visit. Once enabled, it enables people to consent to you collecting their data on your website, which will directly impact what and how much insight you can gather from Google Analytics […]
AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B Campaigns, B2B Search, SEO & GEO
Third-party cookies: is your B2B marketing about to crumble?
UPDATE: Google has moved back the deadline to an as yet unspecified date in 2025, so companies have some more time to prepare. That said, we recommend not leaving it to the last minute! Back in January 2024, Google began phasing out 3rd-party cookies – although only 1% of Chrome users were affected by Feb […]
ABM, AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B Campaigns
Navigating the Evolution of ABM in B2B Marketing: Insights from the Global ABM Conference 2023
It’s been two weeks since I joined 500+ fellow marketing leaders at B2B Marketing’s Global Account-Based Marketing (ABM) Conference, and it’s taken me this long to write up my key takeaways as there was so much rich knowledge, so many valuable insights, and such engaging expert speakers – my brain is still buzzing at everything […]
AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B Campaigns, B2B Content, B2B Search, SEO & GEO
What are the key takeaways for B2B marketers from Brighton SEO 2023?
It has been a month since the Brighton SEO conference which was nothing short of exciting! The great variety of insightful and knowledgeable sessions left us buzzing with ideas. It was great to stay up to date with the latest advances in search marketing and hear from thought leaders from various industries sharing their views […]
What do B2B marketers need to know from Technology for Marketing 2023?
After attending the Technology for Marketing expo at ExCel London over the last couple of days, we walked away with so many great ideas on the present and future state of B2B marketing. Here are our top 8 things that stood out to us from the day that we look forward to applying to our […]
AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B Marketing Agency Selection
How is Velo approaching AI? We’re proceeding with caution, and so should you!
Change is afoot, but not for the first time. History repeats itself. AI isn’t the first shift that’s forced agencies, media and marketers to adapt. For instance, during the 80s, the introduction of computers and accessible software reinvented desktop publishing and photo editing. It replaced manually laying out paper and photos on a desktop and […]
AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B Campaigns
Should B2B marketers be using Threads (instead of X) when targeting a niche?
It has been an eventful couple of months for the social media marketplace. We saw Meta launching Threads to rival Twitter (or should we say X?) and how it went on to have more than 100 million sign-ups in a matter of days, shortly followed by Twitter changing its name to X – even dropping […]
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