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B2B Strategy

B2B Strategy

Hosted by Dylan Ciaccio

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Episodes

22

Latest episode

Nov 2024

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EN

About the show

Hosts Dylan Ciaccio and Regan George interview top B2B strategists about B2B marketing - positioning, advertising, content, and differentiation. Solo episodes on Problemotional Advertising.

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November 8, 202438 min

23: The 95:5 Rule, Category Entry Points, & Brand Advertising w/ The B2B Institute

We've invited Haley Pierce, the Sr. GTM Lead at the B2B Institute, to go into the nuances of how B2B buyers really buy, when they buy, and how to do our B2B advertising based on their research.The CMO Scorecard: The CMO ScorecardHaley's Linkedin: Haley Pierce | LinkedInCategory Entry Points: Category Entry Points In A B2B WorldSAS Viya Case Study: SAS’ Edge Case: SAS' Journey from Convention to Creativity | LinkedIn

October 30, 202425 min

22: Gifting: How To 3x Booked Meeting Rates And 1.8x Win Rates

How can you get a meeting with anyone? How do you get meetings booked with complete strangers? You break the pattern. Give personalized gifts - yes, physical gifts. The CEO of Sendoso, Kris Rudeegraap, walks us through why and how to use strategic gifting as an outreach strategy.

September 6, 202434 min

21: How To Market The Problem You Solve and Own A Category w/ Christopher Lochhead

The godfather of Category Design, Christopher Lochhead, joins Dylan to discuss why no one cares about your brand or solution unless you first make it about them and their problem. 

July 22, 202438 min

20: How Teamwork.com Stood Out In A Crowded B2B Category With Problemotional Advertising

How do we differentiate in a crowded B2B category? How do we become the brand that's remembered as the solution to a problem when buyers are ready to buy? How do we produce an ad that our ICP wants to share with others?We talk to Jenny Hayes from Teamwork.com to see how they're doing B2B Problemotional Advertising and how you can do the same at your own B2B company.The link to The Client video: https://youtu.be/sh1mkZFfl-k?feature=sharedJenny's Linkedin: Jenny Hayes | LinkedIn

July 15, 202420 min

19: The Failed B2B Ad Medium: You Can't Bore Strangers Into Listening & Remembering (Problemotional Advertising)

How do you get your marketing message heard, remembered, and shared? The message is what influences buying, but what if it's ignored and forgotten? In this episode, Dylan explains how B2B ads need to communicate in an emotional way about the problem we solve. Here's the link to the article if you prefer to read:https://blackcamel.agency/humphub-research/the-failed-b2b-ad-medium-you-cant-bore-strangers-into-listening-remembering/

June 20, 202424 min

18: The Failed B2B Ad Message: Your Solution Is Not A Solution Without A Problem (Problemotional Advertising)

Advertising is a battle for perception in the buyer's mind. And there's only 2 types of perceptions that really matter. How are they created? How does it affect the entire business' success? If you prefer to read the article or watch the video:https://blackcamel.agency/humphub-research/the-failed-b2b-ad-message-your-solution-is-not-a-solution-without-a-problem/

June 20, 202415 min

17: How To Know If Your B2B Ads Have The Wrong Message & Wrong Medium (Problemotional Advertising)

Attention Repellent Ads Virus is a Hierarchically Transmitted Disease (HTD). It spreads from the top to bottom - from C-Level to the ones creating the ads. And if you don’t use protection, the whole ad campaign will catch it. Symptoms include irritated CFO, swelling of ad spend, and in many cases, painful death of marketing budget.In this episode, we compare Attention Repellent Ads (solution-focused communicated rationally) and Problemotional Ads (problem-focused communicated emotionally).Here's the link if you'd prefer to watch the video or read the article:https://blackcamel.agency/humphub-research/the-attention-repellent-ads-virus-how-to-diagnose-it-avoid-b2b-ads-that-create-campaign-budget-waste/

June 17, 202414 min

16: Why Most B2B Advertising Fails: Buying Journey Misalignment and Attention Repellent Ads (Problemotional Advertising)

Why are B2B Problemotional Ads needed? What is Buying Journey Alignment? What are Attention Repellent Ads? What causes most B2B ads to waste ad budget? In this episode, Dylan records reading from our research article on a massive problem in B2B advertising we've found. If you prefer to watch the video or read the article, click here:https://blackcamel.agency/humphub-research/why-most-b2b-advertising-fails-in-2024/

March 11, 202443 min

15: How To Use Category Design Principles As A Solopreneur (Category Design Series)

Nick Bennett helps us find answers to questions like: How does the overload of buying choices in 2024 cause you to be replaceable? Why doesn't brand building work for solopreneurs? Why should you charge for outcomes, not deliverables and time?If you know you need to niche down, the principles we discuss here will help you clarify why.Here's Nick's Linkedin: Nick Bennett | LinkedIn

February 28, 202429 min

14: How To Show Buyers You're The ONLY Choice (Category Design Series)

On the second of the Category Design series, we get answers to:- how we clarify which problem we solve- how framing the problem is the difference between the iPad and the failed competitors- how to design a narrative that generates demand for your service and positions you to be different, not betterIf you have more questions from this episode, John's Linkedin content goes into more detail: John Rougeux ⛰️ | LinkedIn

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