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When I started out as a fractional CMO, I thought I knew what I was doing. Turns out the hard part wasn't the marketing.
A few years ago we lost a client we should have kept. Not because the work wasn't good. Because we went quiet.
Thought leadership gets talked about a lot. More now than ever. And at the same time, it's never been easier to get wrong.
If your marketing is mostly focused at the moment someone decides to buy, you may have already lost the race.
If you're running a B2B business and your marketing feels harder than it should, you're not alone.
Good marketing doesn't start with tactics. It starts with better questions.
December is actually a great time to tidy things up, stay visible, and quietly set yourself up for a stronger January.
Christmas isn't just for retail. Even in B2B, the run-up to the holidays can be a valuable moment — not for big flashy campaigns, but for strengthening relationships, staying visible, and setting yourself up well for January.
If you've spent any time around marketing frameworks, you'll know the AIDA funnel. It works brilliantly in consumer marketing. But in B2B? Not so much.