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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 Strategy
How are we using AI across our marketing? A look behind the curtain
Everyone is talking about AI. Far fewer are talking about how they’re actually using it. Yet most senior B2B marketers are facing the same challenge: how do you do more with less, without compromising quality, creativity or results? We’ve reached the point where the conversation shouldn’t be about which AI tool to use. Some organisations […]
AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B Campaigns
ChatGPT Ads are here! What B2B marketers need to know
When OpenAI first introduced advertising within ChatGPT earlier this year, access was limited to a select group of major brands with equally significant media budgets. Companies including Adobe, Ford and Cisco were among the early adopters, testing what many saw as the next major challenger to Google and Meta. That prediction is now becoming reality. […]
AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B ESG, B2B Marketing Leadership
How do you balance a growing use of AI with the inevitable sustainability impact?
Balancing AI innovation with environmental responsibility: a B2B marketer’s guide B2B marketers have ended up at the front of the AI queue: handed the tools first, expected to find the use cases, and quietly judged on how quickly we adopt whatever’s just launched. Generative AI now sits in most events, talks, and software roadmaps, promising […]
AI & MarTech for B2B, B2B Campaigns, B2B Content, B2B Marketing in manufacturing, B2B Marketing in Professional Services, B2B Marketing in Technology, B2B Search, SEO & GEO, B2B Video
How to improve your discoverability in LLMs with YouTube videos
Large language models respond to many of the same signals that shape strong SEO, but visibility is not only about what sits on your site. Off-site citation matters too. When trusted sources mention your brand or content consistently, they help models infer credibility and relevance. Of those off-site signals, different models rely on different sites. For […]
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 […]
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