As businesses are looking for ways to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, sales and marketing budgets have shrunk and the uncertainty around meeting 2020 growth targets remains high. Leaders at startups are under higher pressure than their larger counterparts to generate more leads with...
Read More2020 JULY 29 FOCUS: “Resuming growth on a reduced budget”: Welcome back to our newsletter. As the pandemic is taking its course, economic life goes on. Most B2B technology marketing teams by now have cut budgets or resources, and with the focus now on hitting the...
Read MoreBy Jill Richards & Johannes Hoech Fellow CMO Jill Richards (link) and I continued our April 16 explorations around what and how B2B marketers should cope with the impact and aftermath of COVID-19 (read that blog here). Today we presented the follow-on webinar to Dennis Shiao's "Bay...
Read More2020 MAY 11 FOCUS: “Now what? Time to hustle again”: Welcome back to our newsletter. With 33 million having filed for unemployment and public as well as private noise levels rising around wanting to return to a more productive life, the pressures to re-open the economy...
Read MoreBy Jill Richards & Johannes Hoech There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted people and businesses. Many of us are now working from home and trying to stay productive amidst a barrage of unsettling and sometimes confusing news. But what is productive at this...
Read More2020 April 16 FOCUS: “B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide: Adapting to a Changed Landscape”: Welcome back to our newsletter. It seems people have begun to cope with the new reality, while others are forced to find new work. Similarly, some companies are struggling while others are already...
Read MoreThe focus of our last two COVID-19 blogs has been on providing practical marketing advice and sharing fact-based approaches to dealing with the crisis. The first blog provided a primer of 8 likely questions asked of marketers to help their organizations prepare. While the second...
Read MoreWe’re at the knee of the COVID-19 infection curve in the US with several thousand confirmed; new infections already announced this weekend (the date of this writing is March 15, 2020). Most logistic curve simulations of the virus’ spread suggest a doubling of total infections...
Read MoreWe’re quickly approaching the knee of the COVID-19 infection curve in the US, with several thousand confirmed infections likely to be announced by week’s end (the date of this writing is March 9, 2020). This will most likely mean a marked increase in the public’s...
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