Close-up of the top of SSIMWAVE's "Measure the Viewer Experience" use case library infosheet
  • 30
  • June

How SSIMWAVE made their value crystal clear with a use case library

I recently wrote about how many tech companies struggle to turn awareness into demand because of an unclear value proposition. A very useful approach to solving this problem is to create a library of use cases, with each use case showing—very clearly and in language your prospects recognize and relate to—how whatever it is that you sell solves a business problem. And […]

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, […]

  • 05
  • January

20 Questions Every B2B Marketer Should Ask, Heading into 2020

With 2020 upon us, let’s give ourselves (as marketers) the best chance to succeed in “the year of perfect vision.” To inform our activities—to make sure we’re doing the right things—here are 20 marketing (and related) questions we should ask before we get going on anything else. It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. Eugene Ionesco Setting the Stage […]