After a long day working on a marketing automation or data analytics project, a marketer might think she actually works in the company’s IT department. The line between CIOs and CMOs is blurring. Thus it…

B2B #tech marketing isn’t for the faint of heart. We marketers are held to the task of telling stories about complex technological solutions. Sure, we mean well and try our best to nurture our audience…

With a slew of statics and recent articles championing the business value of visual content, it’s hard to deny the importance of visual design to any content marketing program. But all visual content is not…

Stage 2 of tech startup marketing blog was the do-it-yourself phase. In stage 3, startups find that they need some very specific help to scale their marketing: someone who deeply understands their product and can…

There is a lot of confusion about when #tech startups need marketing (or whether they need it at all!) and how to make it work.

As we approach the end of the year, B2B marketers (and lots of other folks) are rolling out predictions for 2015. Much like the past few years, we are seeing a lot of talk about…

One way for a small company to get noticed is to pick a fight with a well-known firm using the principles of content marketing. What I think of as a giant killer. This blog will…

In July, Weird Al Yankovic released his latest album, Mandatory Fun. His approach was both successful and creative.

It’s not uncommon for several people to shuffle through the CMO role. Why? Are talented CMOs really so rare? Do companies have irrational expectations? Or are other forces at play?

As SAP CMO Jonathan Becher famously stated, “…big glass buildings don’t buy software, people do.” So why do so many marketers still act as though they’re selling to big glass buildings? It’s time to humanize…