For a long time, the Predictable Revenue model worked. Marketing generated clicks, SDRs worked large lists through standardized sequences, and AEs closed enough of them to justify the machine.
As those tactics became less effective—buyers stopped...
For a long time, the Predictable Revenue model worked. Marketing generated clicks, SDRs worked large lists through standardized sequences, and AEs closed enough of them to justify the machine.
As those tactics became less effective—buyers stopped...
Somewhere along the way, B2B marketing got embarrassed by the word “lead.”
We rebranded ourselves as “demand gen,” “growth marketing,” “revenue marketing,” and “pipeline architects.” We invented new metrics—MQLs, MQAs, influence, intent...
The pressure to generate pipeline hasn’t gone away, but the channels that used to make that job feel manageable are getting less predictable.
Organic traffic is harder to earn, paid search is changing as AI answers more questions before anyone...
At a recent roundtable discussion with SaaS marketing and revenue leaders, one participant described an AI initiative that had consumed months of effort and produced little in return.
