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Insights, learnings and stories from the world of B2B marketing and communications, direct from Velo’s B2B agency team
B2B Advocacy, B2B Content, B2B marketing in manufacturing, B2B marketing in Professional Services, B2B marketing in Technology, Customer Experience
Case studies under NDA: how to build credibility when you can’t name names
Practical ways to create compelling content when confidentiality is a genuine constraint Have you ever brought something from Amazon without checking reviews, or booked a hotel without checking TripAdvisor? These days, it’s unlikely. Reviews have become the lifeblood of sales, building customer trust, credibility, and product or services validation. That’s why in B2B marketing, case […]
B2B Content, B2B Search, SEO & GEO, Customer Experience
Parallax and SEO: A Guide to Balancing Visuals and Visibility in B2B marketing
In the digital ecosystem, websites usually become a balancing act for the art of design with the science of SEO. While web designers advocate for clean, visually striking websites that captivate and engage visitors – SEO experts continue to push for structures and content that pleases search engines, sometimes at the expense of design simplicity. […]
B2B Branding, Customer Experience
What storytelling process should you follow when building your B2B brand?
Crafting creating and engaging storytelling for B2B marketing Part 2: The process of storytelling In a three part blog series, agency strategist Rene Power looks at why storytelling in b2b marketing has become a go-to approach for so many marketers and how to start doing it effectively. This second post outlines the concept of the […]
B2B Content, Customer Experience
What are the building blocks of a powerful B2B brand story?
Crafting creating and engaging storytelling for B2B marketing. Part 1: In a three part blog series, agency strategist Rene Power looks at why storytelling in b2b marketing has become a go-to approach for so many marketers and how to start doing it effectively. There’s no doubt that content matters more than ever. The nirvana of […]
B2B Audiences, B2B Campaigns, B2B Content, B2B marketing in Insurance, B2B marketing in manufacturing, B2B marketing in Professional Services, B2B marketing in Technology, Customer Experience
Is there more to marketing effectively across EMEAR than just translating your marketing? Yes.
Is there a country called EMEAR? Has anyone ever said they live or work in EMEAR? Does everyone that lives in France have the same habits, preferences and challenges as people that live in Germany? Of course not. So why do so many B2B marketers treat EMEAR as if it is all one homogeneous zone? […]
B2B Branding, Customer Experience
Why do B2B marketers need to go much deeper to understand their customers? Making the case for expanded Buyer Personas.
Answering this question is where Velo, and any self respecting marketing professional should, start with all clients. When was the last time you read a blog, an article, a social media post, watched a video or listened to a podcast and thought – wow that really spoke to me? It wasn’t just a case […]
B2B Content, B2B marketing in manufacturing, B2B marketing in Professional Services, B2B marketing in Technology, Customer Experience
How can you increase the number of your B2B case studies that get signed off?
As a B2B marketer, one of your key goals is to use thoughtful storytelling to create success stories that demonstrate your product or service’s power. Particularly for B2B marketers in the technology and professional services sector, success stories are key as a sales enablement tool. They are also essential for reinforcing credentials within the […]
B2B Content, B2B Research, Customer Experience
Is it time for recommendations to supersede pitches in the B2B buying process?
I admit it – I don’t like pitches. Agency pitches are highly common as a way of selecting a new partner, but they often bear little resemblance to what the real working relationship will be like. Many companies are forced to rely on pitches in lieu of another option. They’re bounced into evaluating options […]
B2B Branding, B2B marketing in Insurance, B2B marketing in manufacturing, B2B marketing in Technology, Customer Experience
Why should B2B Customer Advocacy Programs be more than just stories?
We know customer stories are powerful. Customer experiences engage, influence, educate, and entertain others like them far more than promotional content. In a world where more and more buyer research is conducted online, success stories are a valuable part of the B2B marketer’s tool kit, offering tangible authenticity to a company’s claims when developed […]
B2B Branding, Customer Experience
How to create a B2B podcast series – and why you should
The article is about the why, what, how and where of creating a B2B podcast. Using our experience of producing Creative Covenant’s Marketing for Cybersecurity series, we are sharing our specific tips and learnings for making podcasts an essential component of your wider marketing strategy. Podcasts are huge – and ubiquitousLet’s start with some stats: […]
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