What if your reps have 1,400 sales assets to choose from – but no core message? According to Forrester, this really is how many sales assets the average company has. (Not to mention who-knows-how-many different marketing assets.) Even if you’re a mid-market B2B company, you probably have more sales decks, one-pagers, playbooks, and online content than your teams know what to do with. So, it’s hard to imagine anything could possibly be missing in your … [Continue reading]
Messaging and Positioning
Friday Finds: Quick takes on hardworking messages found in the wild
Friday Find #31: Sky’s the limit … but the ceilings are 6′ 6″ We squeezed under this message in a parking garage, and it’s been top of mind ever since … The sign here could’ve just said, “Low clearance 6′ 6″.” But that’s not a very inspiring welcome to one of the nation’s top startup hubs. So someone got creative with a heady reminder that this is where entrepreneurial dreams come true. The takeaway? Always be on … [Continue reading]
Are you writing like a robot?
Too much of the sales and marketing messaging in the B2B world is just plain robotic. It’s stiff, predictable, and packed with “corporate speak”. You feel like you’ve heard it all before … and you have. Which is why so much of it gets ignored. So, I decided to try an experiment: I would see if an actual robot could come up with something better (looking at you, ChatGPT). Getting emotional about B2B messaging I … [Continue reading]
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