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B2B Strategy23: The 95:5 Rule, Category Entry Points, & Brand Advertising w/ The B2B InstituteWe'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 | LinkedIn2024-11-0838 min
B2B Strategy22: Gifting: How To 3x Booked Meeting Rates And 1.8x Win RatesHow 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.2024-10-3025 min
B2B Strategy21: How To Market The Problem You Solve and Own A Category w/ Christopher LochheadThe 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. 2024-09-0634 min
Agency Forward020 Dylan Ciaccio: Problemotional AdvertisingHey everyone, today I’m joined by Dylan Ciaccio.Dylan is the Director of Marketing at Black Camel Agency and an evangelist of problemotional marketing, which we dive into in the episode.If you’ve heard me on other podcasts or follow my LinkedIn content, you’ll know I’m a firm believer that all marketing starts with a problem. So when I stumbled across Dylan’s content, I immediately knew I needed to get his perspective on the show, and he didn’t disappoint.In the episode, we discuss:How to identify the...2024-09-0331 min
1,000 Routes with Nick Bennett#16 The Dylan Ciaccio RouteDylan Ciaccio is the Marketing Director of Black Camel Agency and the host of the B2B Strategy Podcast.In this episode, Dylan talks about transitioning from running the experiment of running something on his own to going back in-house. Dylan shares his insights on aligning incentives, the importance of marketing the problem, and establishing "problemotional advertising." He also opens up about overcoming imposter syndrome, the vital role of mentorship, and his ultimate goal to create a new category in B2B advertising.(00:00) Dylan’s solopreneur journey(02:15) Th...2024-08-0943 min
B2B Strategy20: How Teamwork.com Stood Out In A Crowded B2B Category With Problemotional AdvertisingHow 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 | LinkedIn2024-07-2238 minB2B Strategy19: 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/2024-07-1520 minB2B Strategy18: 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/2024-06-2024 minB2B Strategy17: 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...2024-06-2015 minB2B Strategy16: 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-2024/2024-06-1714 min
B2B Strategy15: 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 | LinkedIn2024-03-1143 minB2B Strategy14: 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 ⛰️ | LinkedIn2024-02-2829 minB2B Strategy13: Being Stuck In The Client Work Pit & How To Free YourselfYou can't do your marketing when you're stuck doing client work but you also can't free yourself from client work without doing marketing. What comes first: The chicken or the egg? Too many agency founders and consultants do the wrong kind of marketing because they've forgotten their own unique constraints.What type of marketing is the right kind for an agency founder / consultant? What requirements have to be met? How can we become free to do the work we want and not work overtime just to survive?If you liked the episode...2023-12-2914 min
B2B Strategy12: Why Linkedin 'Value' Content Isn't Enough + Information Gaps (LINKEDIN Series)Linkedin buying happens in places you can’t track. And yet, so many base their strategy on content engagement. In this very contrarian episode, we discuss how buyers are driven by information and how to be intentional about it to ensure maximized buyers from our content, profile, and landing page.To see the video with visuals, click the second video on this page: Home | RekordedDrop me a message if you liked this one :) Dylan Ciaccio⏳ | LinkedIn2023-12-0610 minB2B Strategy11: The Linkedin Buyer's Perspective + Filling Their Information Gaps (LINKEDIN Series)Why do LinkedIn users buy? How do they buy? These are two questions that very few are ever asking on LinkedIn. And yet it's essential to guiding our audience on their buying journey. In this episode, we discuss Information Gaps and how information about problems and misconceptions help users see the value in reaching out and buying our service.Process | Rekorded (Go to Step 2 for the video on Info Gaps)2023-12-0410 minB2B Strategy10: The Agency Time Problem + Content Extraction & Packaging (LINKEDIN Series)Agency founders need to do Linkedin content marketing becauseof their complete advantage - having field insights and proven methods. But what's stopping them? The Agency Time Problem. And how do you overcome that problem? The opposite of Content Creation: Content E&PGot questions about the episode? Send me a DM and I'll clear things up.Dylan Ciaccio⏳ | LinkedIn2023-10-1108 minB2B Strategy09: Dark Linkedin & Linkedin Content Bridging (LINKEDIN Series)Why do you get engagement on Linkedin posts but not enough clients? This is the answer to your problem... You aren't doing enough Linkedin Content Bridging.This is the first episode of The Linkedin Series, where I do quick solo episodes specifically on B2B Linkedin marketing. 2023-10-0408 minB2B Strategy08: Design Your Own Niche In 3 Phases with Nick Bennett (Category Design Series)What problem do you solve? If you're like most agencies, you aren't able to answer this. Which is why buyers see you as interchangeable. This problem will be the downfall of your agency and the only way to solve it is to design your own niche. Nick shows us how.Here's his absolute killer playbook that I myself have started to refer to everyday: The Agency Niche Design Playbook (notion.site)Here's his Linkedin profile: Nick Bennett | LinkedIn2023-09-2645 min
B2B Strategy07: Everything You Thought You Knew On Thought Leadership Is Wrong with Ashley FausThought leadership has become a buzzword. And that's why Ashley Faus has created The 4 Pillars of Thought Leadership framework to make sure you understand all you need to know to reap the benefits of being a thought leader.The framework: Four Pillars of Thought Leadership | LinkedIn2023-08-2028 minB2B Strategy06: How Nick Bennett Generated $1.2M From LinkedInWithout even talking about the company he worked for, Alyce, Nick Bennett drove $2M in pipeline with a 60% close rate. How can you replicate his strategy? How should B2B companies create a LinkedIn evangelist program? 2023-08-1022 min
SaaS Marketing SuperstarsHow To Maximize LinkedIn Ads ROI With Organic LinkedIn ContentIn this episode, I'm resharing my recent guest appearance on Dylan Ciaccio's "B2B Strategy" podcast. Episode Highlights:• The big problem with lead gen forms• How to run LinkedIn ads that actually generate revenue (not just ‘leads’ that don’t show up for calls)• How you can use your organic LinkedIn content to maximize ROI from ads2023-07-2425 minB2B Strategy05: Building A Podcast That Fuels Your B2B Company with James CarbaryJames Carbary, the founder of SweetFish, has helped grow hundreds of B2B podcasts as well as his own, B2B Growth. We dive deep into questions like: Should we do interview-style episodes? How to conduct original research with your guests? How to validate ideas that resonate with your audience?2023-07-1726 minB2B Strategy04: Inbound and Outbound Are Out, Nearbound Is In with Logan LylesInbound marketing is a magnet. But nearbound marketing is an even bigger magnet. In this episode, we dive into how Logan Lyles and Teamwork are implementing a nearbound marketing strategy, taking advantage of content co-creation in their ecosystem.2023-06-3028 minB2B Strategy03: How To Start Your Company's LinkedIn Evangelist Program with Dan SanchezYou know how important LinkedIn content is for generating demand for your B2B solution. But how can we do it at a company-wide level? What are the steps to take?2023-06-2224 minB2B Strategy02: How To Maximize LinkedIn Ads ROI With Organic LinkedIn Content with Aaron ZakowskiDo you make LinkedIn content? Are you running a LinkedIn ads campaign? In this episode, Aaron Zakowski teaches us how to use LinkedIn organic content and paid ads hand in hand to maximize our ROI. 2023-06-0625 min