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 #19: Outnumbered parent parking We pulled up to this message outside a taco joint in Arkansas that obviously gets it … This parking sign could’ve just said, “Reserved for parents with small children.” But that’s simply how you describe your target audience – not how you reach them. The takeaway? If you really want your message to connect with customers, it has to say, “We see you, and we know what you’re going … [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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