We are less than a week away from a total solar eclipse of the sun. On April 8, 2024, the moon will block out the sun for a few minutes – a "once in a lifetime” event, as a total solar eclipse like this happens on average 375-2,000 years in a given spot... AREN'T WE [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! This may be the last time you hear from me. As you may know, the Smashing Pumpkins are looking for a new guitarist, and maybe it's finally time to throw my hat [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Happy New Year! As we bid farewell to the challenges of the past year, we step into 2024 with renewed optimism, energy, and a commitment to achieving unparalleled success. I trust you [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Ugh. I hate it when I make a mistkae. I realize it's unavoidable. Sometimes you just need to shake it off and move on – especially when it comes to client deliverables. [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I've been feeling flustered lately. Yes – more than usual. But it seems like I'm not alone. I've seen many articles talking about this 'cognitive fog' that more and more of us [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Have you ever gone to a movie and realized halfway through that it wasn't going to get any better? You tell yourself to just get up and leave, but you don't. Come [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! For many of us, this is a holiday week – the lead-up to Thanksgiving. A time to give thanks (hence the name), spend time with family (away from work!) and consume large [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! What scares you? What challenges or obstacles from your professional life occupy your dreams (or haunt your nightmares)? Hopefully handing over the reins for this week's blog post won't keep Rick up [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! It's that time of year. We start thinking about YTD – are we on track for goals? What have we accomplished? Try to take a little break from all of that ringing [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! If you're like me (or my employees) you are trying to squeeze as much out of summer as possible. And hopefully, you're enjoying the great outdoors this morning and not succumbing to [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! How often do you give a shout-out to one of your customers? How about an employee? A business partner? I try to when I can (see breadcrumbs.io mention later in this blog!) [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! It's great to check things off your list. The satisfaction of completing something. Mowing the lawn. Fixing the leaky faucet. But building that kick-ass Excel spreadsheet? Seeing your accomplishment is so important. [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I feel like I've been talking about the weather a lot lately. A sign of old age? Who knows – but I do know that some days feel much more productive than [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! What marketer hasn't been swept up in the AI craze? Maybe it can make our jobs easier. Maybe it can help us hit our sales numbers. Or maybe it's a big distraction… [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! There sure are a lot of songs about rain. What is it about rain that makes us want to sing about it? After last week's blog, I've had tons of feedback and [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! It's been raining here the past few days. It's nice to see the warmer weather reappear, but hard not to let the gloomy skies get you down. Do you notice any swings [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I was at a Trader Joe's the other day. There aren't any near where I live, so when I travel and there's a store nearby, I always stock up. What brands would [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! How often do you check your rear-view mirror? It's impossible to safely drive a car while focusing on that view – and only seeing where you've been is a terrible way to [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! As marketers, we need to have thick skin. Social media comments, clients, co-workers, vendors – lots of potential for stress. As a B2B pro, you need to roll with it, right? Or [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Family Day? Presidents' Day? Depending on where you are, you may be at home relaxing today, sitting alone in your pyjamas. Or you might be in the office like any old Monday. [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I was at a concert the other day and a fan held her phone up to take a video. An usher pounced within seconds, grabbing her phone and ordering her to stop. [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Now check this out: I received a fax the other day. That's right – a fax. I don't have an actual fax machine, but apparently I'm still paying for an eFax service [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Wow. Time flies. Today is this newsletter's sesquicentennial! 150 weeks of B2B tech, sales, marketing, and music. This all started as a way to stay in touch with my peers, share, and [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Do you have a favourite t-shirt? Hat? Maybe it's from your favourite team. Or that band you supported back in the day when nobody knew them. Whatever it is, we seem to [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! On this date... ...something exceptional happened. What, you may ask? Well – there's always SOMETHING – google it and you'll get a huge list of big moments on any given date. How [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! How can you tell when a lead singer is at your door? They can't find the key, and they never know when to come in… 😊 Okay, okay – maybe that was [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I was at a concert the other night. The singer, Edwin, told the audience it was five years to the day since they had last played at that venue. And then quickly [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! First things first, why are we obsessed with Mondays? Monday mornings – the subject of many a song or story. Why such pain? Maybe it's the rush to get the garbage out [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Maybe it's age or simply the accessibility of online information – but I feel like my memory isn't nearly what it used to be. But why should it be? If I need [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Is attention to detail becoming a dying art in B2B? Call me crazy, but I've seen a disappointing drop in quality in a lot of the marketing I see. Is it acceptable [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! The world has become more connected – without a doubt. But it's also noisier and more complex. How do you cut through that noise in this mad world? Are your customers or [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! There's a lot of talk right now about scarcity marketing – the idea of limiting the supply of a product, whether it be through restricting availability to a certain time frame or [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Well, it's been a wild ride in the media the last few days with all eyes gazing across the Atlantic. When there is so much going on, and such a frenzy, it's [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! For many, this weekend marked the end of summer. This magical switch is flipped in our collective consciousness, and we immediately return to business mode, right? For years I've tried to condition [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Late summer has such a different vibe. The days are hot and hazy, and the beaches are packed – but you can sense the approach of autumn. Maybe it's that back-to-school anxiety [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! This time of year can be tough for business. Many take vacations now to enjoy those hot, hazy days of summer. But September (and the end of quarter!) is right around the [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! In music, counterpoint is when two or more musical lines complement each other but act independently. Sometimes I see sales and marketing the same way – connected yet marching to their own [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I like to people watch. And this time of year I find myself grabbing food at a roadside stand every once in a while. Have you ever noticed that some people get [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I was sitting outside at the lake on the weekend, scrolling through social media on my phone. A huge heron caused a commotion on the shoreline as it took off. As I [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I'm excited. I'm off to a conference this week and going to see how 'back to normal' things are in the B2B event world. I'll report back next week, but it seems [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Things really are a team effort around here. I'm sure it's the same at your organization – collaborating on content, customer activities, and marketing programs, to name a few. Nothing is more [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Life has a funny way of throwing you curveballs when you least expect it. And picking yourself back up can be one heck of a challenge. But without fail, the trees will [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Take a deep breath in and lift your head to the sky... breathe out... do you feel that? Birds chirping, blue skies, fresh air – the first signs of spring are finally here! [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Do you ever start an email and just sit there waiting for the words to magically appear? Sometimes they present themselves to you in the strangest of places... while cooking dinner, while [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I saw the Rolling Stones UNZIPPED exhibit earlier this year. As a fan, it was cool to see an exhibit dedicated to the musical, business, and creative lives of one of the [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! A client reached out this week and asked if I could help them out. They had a proposal in front of them from December of 2020, and wanted to know if we [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I can take the cold. I've lived in Canada all my life, and even if I don't like it, I should be used to the winter weather. What I can't get used [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Valentine's Day 2022. I'm tempted to draw on a theme of warmth and inspiration and good old lovin' for this week's email, but the cynic in me just can't do it. So [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Drummers get a bad rap. How many musician jokes are about them? But – what would our world be like without drummers? How important is that rhythm section to us? They drive [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I've been looking at a lot of data this week. Sometimes after staring at spreadsheets too long, I see these data points as a thousand points of light – what do they [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! The other day was one of those beautiful, clear and sunny winter days. Sure it was cold, but with the sun beating down it felt like anything was possible. How do we [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! David Bowie would have turned 75 a couple of days ago. As someone who always innovated and embraced change, how would he react to the ups and downs of a pandemic-ridden world? [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Saying good-bye can be difficult. Or it can be easy. Some people definitely find it easier to say good riddance and move on than others. How do you feel about 2021? Are [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I started WDBMD back in March of 2020. The plan was to share how sales and marketing leaders were dealing with our new and adjusted reality, and help us get through it by [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Congratulations on making it to December 2021! Some of us have had a rough time of it, others have been able to successfully adapt. Regardless – what can you do to keep [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Things are looking awful c-c-cold here lately. What better way to heat things up than some racy sales and marketing research? Seriously, though... we're almost at year-end. Time to spice things up [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Seems like there have been a lot of big anniversaries lately. Is that what happens as we age? We find ways to celebrate milestones and perhaps inflate sentimentality? Should we keep looking [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Fifty years ago today, Led Zeppelin IV was released. Yup – I know I already mentioned it last week... and the week before. But it's a pretty darn influential album on many [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Who advises you? Do you have an advisory board? Mentors? Colleagues that help you with your day-to-day decisions? What about in your personal life? I hope you get value out of our [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I celebrated a pretty big birthday last week. So I thought I'd share it in this email by saluting one of the coolest albums of all time along with one of the [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! I heard a song by AC/DC the other day. Aside from the catchy beat and the heavy guitars, I actually thought a little about the lyrics. How many times do we get [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! It's been cool and rainy the last few days and it really feels like summer is over, doesn't it? I feel like I really need to make a conscious effort to stay [...]
At Virtual Causeway, we talk a lot about the importance of having both a human and digital touch for effective sales and marketing. And honestly, what’s more human than to err? One strategy we’ve talked about using, and that I want to share with you today, is the intentional typo. Letting a small error slip [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Marketing is all about timing. The right message to the right audience at the right time. So – is sending a weekly email on a big public holiday a bad move? We'll see! [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Well the cat's away... and this mouse has stepped in as guest writer for this week's email! I'm Marlene Keay, and I've worked with Rick at Virtual Causeway for 15 years managing [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Slumps suck. We can get into them in any aspect of our lives – career, family, relationships, sports... I know I've had my fair share. These slumps can really make it tough [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! A close friend of mine always tells me not to overthink things. Easier said than done, right? When we face pressure and stress from all angles, and we're just trying to get [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! As we approach summer, water becomes a big part of our lives. Pools, beaches, lakes, rivers – we all rush to the water where we can! What other things do you associate [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! You may ask yourself, “Where has the year gone?” We’re already halfway through Q2 – and as we let the days go by, do you feel panic or excitement? Is it the [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! There are some bands where I vividly remember the first time I heard their music. Something about the music had an impact on me. When I first heard the Red Hot Chili [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! How is your 2021 stacking up? This time of year tends to be a time of growth and optimism, yet some industries continue to thrive while others continue to struggle. The past [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! What’s that saying – ‘You only get one chance to make a first impression?’ How many of us have had subpar sales experiences recently? That interaction with a salesperson can be the [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! We’ve passed a few annual milestones recently – spring’s arrival, the end of Q1, first 100 days, and of course: the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 officially being declared a pandemic. As I [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Spring has arrived, the weather is warming, and we continue to look forward to safely enjoying warm-weather activities with friends! No matter where you are, and even if you are able to [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Spring is officially here! Maybe you're the same as me – the rain might get you down, but you know that warmer weather is on its way! Are your revenues growing as well [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! My team threw down a challenge for me this week. They asked me to use as many song references as possible from our featured artist in this week's email without being too [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Ever feel like you're surrounded by predators, always fighting for every little win? The beginning of the year is a great time to swim without looking back and focus on what's ahead. [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! What were you doing 40 years ago (if you were even alive)? It’s hard to believe (for me) that a few days ago marked the 40th anniversary of Rush’s Moving Pictures album. [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! It was Groundhog Day last week. Many would argue that we’ve been reliving Groundhog Day since this pandemic hit! Regardless of the prediction of your favourite groundhog, I think we all need [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Monday mornings can be challenging at the best of times. Cranking this song by Lenny Kravitz is bound to get you moving and motivated for a brand new month! Listen with me [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Do you ever feel like you’re on a different planet? Walking through the Virtual Causeway offices lately, it feels like I'm walking on the moon – with everyone working from home, it’s [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! We’re already two weeks into the first quarter of the new year! Sometimes we just need a good kick in the butt and some direction to perfection to get things rolling. Have [...]
Leads vs. Deals – truly a B2B marketer's word jumble. I originally posted about this way back in 2015, but I find I am still having this conversation on a weekly basis with clients – so I think it’s timely and worth re-posting today! What do leads and deals have in common? Well... same letters, different [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Finally! The holidays are here – let's give a big cheer to the end of 2020! It's been a gruelling year of uncertainty, change, opportunity, and endless pivoting. The break is a [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! How does it feel? 2020 has often felt like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone that keeps on rolling. Listen to this with me as we focus on finishing the year [...]
What Do B2B Marketers Do Now? is an ongoing email. Join the mailing list to be the first to receive these weekly insights! Congratulations, you've made it to December 2020! I hope your organization has weathered the storm and figured out how to make things happen. Otherwise, we could be in for a long December! [...]
