B2B marketing insights for
those targeting a niche
Insights, learnings and stories from the world of B2B marketing and communications, direct from Velo’s B2B agency team
B2B Marketing Agency Selection
Choosing a B2B agency can feel high stakes. Marketers are trying to find a partner that understands their sector, works in a way that suits their team and can deliver more than a polished pitch. The challenge is separating genuine fit, capability and chemistry from generic agency promises.
That means learning about briefing, agency evaluation, specialist expertise, processes, chemistry meetings, scopes of work, pricing models, onboarding and what to look for in a long-term agency relationship.
Our insight articles share advice, guidance and practical thinking to help marketers choose an agency with more confidence and build a relationship that is productive from the outset.
B2B Marketing Agency Selection
Absolutely (Christmas) Crackers!
2023 was crackers! We wanted to end it by putting a smile on all B2B marketers faces, with our Christmas Cracker hunt! The Velo team has hidden 12 crackers in our very own Christmas London festive scene for you to find. Each one contains some B2B marketing wisdom to help you in 2024 and hidden […]
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 […]
B2B Marketing Agency Selection
Velo recognised in Campaign Magazine’s Best Places to Work
It is particularly pleasing to be recognised in Campaign’s Best Places to Work awards in April 2023. This is a major achievement for Velo as this award considers everyone in Adland. Fellow winners include media companies like Channel 4, massive advertising groups like Havas, technology platforms like Stackadapt and Taboola and industry associations such […]
B2B Creative, B2B Marketing Agency Selection
How to stay creative in B2B marketing – highlights from our Gallery visit
When you’re in the business of creativity, it’s critical to garner all the inspiration and stimulation you can. To do this, sometimes you have to step outside your usual environment, immerse yourself in other ideas, and look at life from a different perspective. And what better place to channel such creativity than an art gallery? […]
B2B Marketing Agency Selection
B2B Agency of the Year finalist!
They say good things come in threes… We’ve just been shortlisted as B2B Agency of the Year in the UK Agency Awards – for the third consecutive year! They say good things come in threes… We’ve just been shortlisted as B2B Agency of the Year in the UK Agency Awards – for the third consecutive […]
B2B Marketing Agency Selection
Built by recommendation – why specialising in three core sectors makes Velo a B2B marketing agency to trust
After 10 years of growth, Velo has become an award winning, full-service B2B marketing agency. Although our values are the same as at the start, our team, our clients and our knowledge have grown more than I ever dared dream they would. We now serve and specialise in three core sectors – technology, industrial and […]
B2B Marketing Agency Selection
Being the best, not the biggest agency for our sectors
Over the past decade, the Velo team has changed in size and shape to be unrecognisable from where we started. In the beginning, the team worked from home and comprised young parents looking to enjoy the perks of a better work-life balance alongside the challenge of diverse and wide-ranging work, team and clients. And all […]
B2B Marketing Agency Selection
Compassion conquers all
What is a ‘culture of compassion’? While we have endeavoured to achieve this from the start, this week we truly put it into practice. We’ll be honest: we’ve been having a hard time keeping motivated this week. Maybe it’s because the sun has been shining. Maybe it’s because we still haven’t hit a rhythm […]
B2B Marketing Agency Selection, B2B Marketing Leadership
Lessons learnt from 10 years of working from home
Yesterday, Velo was established 10 years ago. Incredible. Our growth and success are down to the individuals who work here, the clients we’ve retained and the working environment we’ve created. Thank you to them all. Back then, working from home was the default, so we learnt some lessons about how to do it well without […]
B2B Marketing Agency Selection
How we create value for our clients
Even back in 2010 when the agency began, one lesson has been constant. We see examples of it in our twice-yearly client feedback survey commissioned through an independent research firm, The Drum, so we know we’re on to something. Particularly as benchmarking us against other agencies of our size has seen us continuously ranked in […]
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