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

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A sales and marketing relationship designed to supercharge your growth

In part one of this article, we highlighted the fractured nature of the two key functions sat at the heart of an organisation’s growth; sales and marketing. In this second part, we explore a series of practical steps designed to help create closer alignment between the two functions. Collaboration Depending on the size of your […]

Lottie O'Donoghue

19 Feb 2024

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Your sales team will tell you who your best prospects are. Well, 16% of the time

When approaching any new project, one of the most valuable pieces of work anyone can do is speak to the people buying the products: the customers. Anyone who has worked in B2B long enough will tell you that the ability to do this can vary from tricky to borderline impossible. Rarely are customers free to […]

Lottie O'Donoghue

16 Feb 2024

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Need a B2B persona for targeting Facilities Managers or Buildings Managers? 

Knowing your audience is the first step in constructing strong B2B marketing campaigns. You need to understand their motivations and pain points, but also how you can pragmatically reach them. This series of articles provides deep dives on the audiences we target most regularly here at Velo.  Many sizable organisations manage their facilities themselves. These […]

Helena Phillips

12 Feb 2024

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How to measure your B2B brand strength 

You might think your brand is powerful, but how can you be sure? Do you have a method for tracking it over time to effectively manage it?  You might think your brand is powerful, but how can you be sure? Do you have a method for tracking it over time to effectively manage it?  As a B2B […]

Paul Crabtree

2 Feb 2024

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Need a B2B persona for production managers in an industrial setting?

Knowing your audience is the first step in constructing strong B2B marketing campaigns. You need to understand their motivations and pain points, but also how you can pragmatically reach them. This series of articles provides deep dives on the audiences we target most regularly here at Velo.  In most manufacturing and industrial plants, customers with […]

Lottie O'Donoghue

29 Jan 2024

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Need a B2B persona for targeting faculty at higher education institutions?

Knowing your audience is the first step in constructing strong B2B marketing campaigns. You need to understand their motivations and pain points, but also how you can pragmatically reach them. This series of articles provides deep dives on the audiences we target most regularly here at Velo.  Faculty is an audience that is not well-known. […]

Helena Phillips

26 Jan 2024

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Is well-being in an agency the responsibility of the company or the individual?

Working in an agency can be hard, particularly at specific times of the year.  We do our best to manage workloads and timelines at an organisational level, but with varied and challenging work, there is always room for improvement.  Everyone has different needs and tolerances. Operating in a world where change is a constant simplifies […]

Paul Crabtree

25 Jan 2024

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How should B2B marketers approach 2024? 

This article follows our “2024’s trends in B2B marketing for those targeting a niche” article and focuses on what you can do to navigate 2024 as a B2B marketer targeting a niche.    This article follows our “2024’s trends in B2B marketing for those targeting a niche” article and focuses on what you can do […]

Lottie O'Donoghue

5 Jan 2024

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2024’s B2B marketing trends for those targeting a niche

We’ve sifted through over 75 individual trend reports to find what is relevant for B2B marketers, so you don’t have to!   It’s that time of year when anyone providing professional services is sharing an opinion on the year ahead. And yes, we’re no different.   What is different, however, is that we’ve identified what we […]

Paul Crabtree

5 Jan 2024

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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 […]

Paul Crabtree

13 Dec 2023

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