BUILDING

Stewart Kibby on how his team is responding to unprecedented challenges and opportunities.

Recently, I asked Stewart Kibby, CEO of WorkCast, to be interviewed for this blog as I felt he’d be in a unique position to comment on the impact of the...

Facilitate Product Evaluation, Put Competition on Defense, Build Brand Loyalty, Expand Market Share 

The last time something like 15 percent of the workforce was unemployed was in 1940. We were still digging out of the Great Depression, during which...

It’s a social good to preserve and if possible, grow your business.

None of us have experience trying to run a business during a pandemic. But having been in the workforce through three recessions, and counseling clients through two of them, I have...

SaaS CMOs need to align with CEOs, own the customer, prove ROI

CMO tenure is going down in SaaS firms generally, and some SaaS firms are shedding the CMO and the role entirely. Why is this, and what can the newly-minted CMO do about it?

I know a...

It’s the rare SaaS CMO who builds a brand while driving revenues. Are they the true unicorns?

Speaking with SaaS CMOs can make you wonder if there really are two different titles that should be awarded these folks: Chief Lead Generation Officer or...

Of Course Your Website Can Be Performing Better for Lead Gen

There are plenty of surface-level things to check for when you’re analyzing a website for its lead generation potential from the outside — ungated premium content, no calls-to-action in...

Sometimes you have an idea that’s big enough to move markets. Create a space for your brand in a crowded market. Or create a new market force entirely. We’re talking about an idea that’s just too big to relegate to a channel on the company blog...

This is the second half of the new VP of marketing's guide to the first 100 days of work. If you missed the first half, which covers the two weeks before work actually starts and the first 30 days of the job, you can find it here.

Now that you're a...

When you’re brought in as the new VP of marketing at a SaaS company that’s owned by an entrepreneur or private equity, you’re immediately thrust into the spotlight. They probably didn’t hire you because all is well in marketing. They have an issue...