Railway platform sign showing "2"; representing two messaging mistakes which harm demand generation activities
  • 19
  • March

Two messaging mistakes which prevent awareness from generating demand

Lots of companies (and the agencies they hire) are great at public relations: through good planning and diligent execution, their executives speak at conferences, their technology wins awards, and people in the industry recognize their name. They have succeeded in creating awareness. But that’s not the same thing as succeeding with demand generation. They’ve generated a golf clap, and nothing more. Unfortunately, […]

  • 03
  • May

Helping PLC Fire Safety Solutions to Cast a Wider and Deeper Net

As a full-service fire protection engineering firm, the breadth of our diverse service offerings—along with their technical complexities—can be challenging to grasp and convey. We now have an amazing Services Guide and Sector Sheets that not only clearly communicate to our customers but also provide a consistent message. We highly recommend Cromulent. Mohit Gogna—Marketing Manager Since 1983, PLC Fire Safety Solutions has […]

  • 22
  • March

An Oral History of Miovision’s “Clear Signals” Campaign and eBook

“My question to marketers and organizations is: do you have a topic you want to talk to the industry about? Or does the industry have a topic they want to learn about? You need to start from the right place to be relevant. An eBook was just the appropriate medium. We didn’t start with, ‘We need an eBook!’ It was about creating […]

  • 03
  • December

How to Boost Your Business by Overcoming Buying Barriers

The good news is that investing just a little bit of time and effort to understand and address real-world buying barriers delivers wonderfully asymmetric returns, because doing so empowers you to develop high-impact messaging, effective content, and efficient sales processes. In practically all of our client engagements, I ask about ‘buying barriers’. Most times, I receive a quizzical expression in response; occasionally, I’ll hear […]