2024 was a year of transformative growth and innovation for Emmanuel Obadia & Partners. From leveraging JTBD and OKRs to drive customer-centric strategies and organizational alignment to embracing the power of Generative AI and ABM, this year’s journey has been marked by collaboration, learning, and impactful change. Discover key insights and reflections that shaped our success.
Why Isolated B2B Campaigns Are Obsolete: The Need for Integrated, Customer-Centric Marketing
In the fast-evolving world of B2B marketing, isolated campaigns have become a relic of the past. Buyers today demand seamless, personalized interactions across their journey—expectations that one-off marketing efforts simply can't meet. In this post, I explore why the future of B2B marketing hinges on integrated, customer-centric approaches. We'll discuss the failures of isolated campaigns, the necessity of always-on engagement, and the power of end-to-end strategies that genuinely nurture relationships from awareness to advocacy. Drawing from my experience leading successful campaigns at Oracle, this piece demonstrates how integrated campaigns not only improve metrics but also build meaningful, long-term connections. Dive in to understand why customer-centric marketing is the game changer your strategy needs.
The Death of Traditional Marketing: The CMO’s New Role as Chief Growth Officer
The Death of Traditional Marketing: The CMO's New Role as Chief Growth Officer The role of the CMO has evolved far beyond managing marketing campaigns. Today’s CMO is stepping into the spotlight as the Chief Growth Officer, driving business transformation through the GROW framework: Guardian of the Brand, Reflect the Customer, Offer Excellence, and Win with Disruptive Innovation. More than ever, CMOs are taking their place at the executive table, influencing strategic decisions alongside CEOs and CFOs. In this post, I break down how CMOs can master these four essential roles to lead growth and cement their influence in the executive committee. If you're ready to move beyond traditional marketing and become a true driver of business success, this is the roadmap you've been waiting for.
Unlocking SaaS Potential: Harnessing Jobs to Be Done and Strategic Pricing for Maximum Impact
The Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) framework and strategic pricing are vital for SaaS companies to develop targeted solutions, resonant messaging, and compelling value propositions. By understanding core customer needs, companies can align product features and pricing models, creating meaningful connections and driving sustainable growth. Pricing strategies including value-based pricing, tiered pricing, freemium models, outcome-driven pricing, and dynamic pricing can maximize revenue potential and customer satisfaction. Successful implementation of these strategies is exemplified by companies like Slack and HubSpot.
Less is More: How Top CMOs are Rewriting the Rules of Marketing in 2024 with AI
Discover how top CMOs are navigating budget constraints in 2024 by leveraging AI and strategic resource allocation. Learn about the latest trends, challenges, and innovative approaches that are reshaping the marketing landscape in this era of less.
Top 10 SaaS Go-To-Market Mistakes: A Founder’s Guide to Success
A critical mistake founders make is hiring a VP of Sales who cannot independently demo the product from day one - if they need an engineer or solutions architect to run the demo, do not make that hire. Other pitfalls include misaligning marketing hires like bringing on product marketers expecting them to drive demand gen, founders exiting sales prematurely even with an experienced sales leader, slashing marketing budgets to zero which starves the pipeline, ignoring disruptive AI trends that competitors are embracing, prioritizing short-term profitability over maintaining a growth rate above 30%, hiring fractional or bitter talent lacking full commitment, hiring for prestigious logos over true startup skills fit, expecting instant ROI from longer-term marketing efforts like brand building, and turning customer success into an upsell team at the expense of retention and satisfaction
Dancing with Giants: How to Pivot from Startup to Industry Leader
The Genesis of a Company Key Strategies for Scaling Identifying Your Minimum Viable Segment (MVS) The Role of Pricing and Ecosystem Engagement Fostering Continuous Innovation and Customer Feedback Conclusion Introduction In the exhilarating journey from a spark of innovation to the establishment of a thriving company, entrepreneurs and innovators often face a formidable chasm: transitioning … Continue reading Dancing with Giants: How to Pivot from Startup to Industry Leader
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