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The Quarter is Looking Soft. Now What? newsletter

Sitting here today, we have a reasonably good view on how the quarter will end.

It doesn't look pretty.

We need A LOT to go right to hit our targets.

Worse, targets for Q3 are even higher. Oi vey.

The “Waterfall” Forecast

Before we send our teams out hunting for solutions,...

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"Demand Gen" = Growth Killer newsletter

“Demand Gen” could very well be the single biggest reason why companies struggle with growth, *especially* those with <$50mm in revenue.

But not for the reason you expect.

It is the very term itself. If you were to pick 5 random B2B marketers and ask them to define “Demand...

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Why is Growth so Hard? newsletter

Companies so easily get tied up in knots with Go-to-Market strategies.

This is especially true for those with <$50mm in revenue, because they fall into the trap of "fixing" sales or "building demand gen."

We have worked with over 50 such companies and keep seeing the same challenges. So we...

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2023 Guide to Marketing Org Structure for Companies Under $50MM in Revenue

For growth companies in the lower middle market, there is a ton of confusion about how to structure marketing. This post brings us back to the fundamentals, which are still relevant for the digital-first buyer journey.

Demand Generation, Product Marketing, Brand, PR … there are so many...

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The Growth Marketing Arms Race - Lessons From “Moneyball”

 After having re-watched the very entertaining movie "Moneyball" recently, I realized that its business lessons were pretty applicable to the growth marketing realm. Those relevant lessons fall into three themes. First, that it’s hard to compete at the same game with (much) bigger...

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Marketing + Sales Ops: the accelerant to your revenue engine. Does yours stack up?
The buyer journey is (almost) entirely digital, so in order to achieve capital-efficient growth, a company must have robust, efficient marketing and sales ops functions. , The standard job description for these roles, however, is changing. 
 
The actual work of marketing and sales...
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Generic B2B Value Propositions are Dead

B2B marketing is a tough world and now, more than ever, generic value propositions are a recipe for failure. Even prior to the global pandemic, using very broad messaging to attract potential B2B customers was becoming less and less effective. It may now be dead for good. In this post, we...

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The 7 Key Functions of Marketing Automation

Before committing to or renewing a contract with your marketing automation vendor, read this to understand what you are buying. A key component of the revenue engine is marketing automation, so it is no surprise that every engagement at Yield Group involves working with this component of the...

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Blow Away the Board: Cohort Analysis and Other Reporting Fundamentals You're Missing

Even the best companies companies can make mistakes in standard reporting and often fail to leverage the power of cohort reporting. This "manifesto" demystifies the path to reporting that will drive growth and blow away the board. 

This is much more than a (really long) blog post, it is a...

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Best Practice: First and Last Touch Attribution via Contact UTM Fields

An often overlooked, but primary contributor to the attribution challenge is the good old CRM, especially Salesforce. The reason isn’t immediately apparent, either.

Attribution is one of those terms thrown around by sales and marketing teams, but few companies ever actually achieve clear,...

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Your Capital-Efficient Revenue Engine
Now is the time to prepare your engine for a digital-first world. 
 
“We just don’t have the time.” Have you ever found yourself saying that about key initiatives in your company that you can't seem to get off the ground?

When the tide is rising and opportunity is all...

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For Capital Efficiency, Put your Martech Stack on a Diet
One often overlooked lever to achieve more capital efficiency is decreasing unnecessary bloat in the martech stack.
 
This time of uncertainty has and will continue to test the creativity, resolve and ability of business leaders to make hard decisions, especially for middle-market,...
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