In addition to running a marketing agency with customers around the globe and a seven-figure local business, today’s master is also a kickboxing champion and MMA fighter — making Jennifer Waters easily the marketer I’d least like to fight. Though Flo from Progressive seems like she’d be a scrapper, right? It’s not just me? But…
Read moreSales Orders: What They Are Compared to POs & Invoices
I worked as an office assistant in the past. My job was to help the bookkeeper keep track of sales orders, invoices, and purchase orders. I learned rather quickly that there are major differences between the three documents (and they don’t all go within the same filing cabinet!). I also learned that your role in…
Read moreSales Orders: What They Are Compared to POs & Invoices
I worked as an office assistant in the past. My job was to help the bookkeeper keep track of sales orders, invoices, and purchase orders. I learned rather quickly that there are major differences between the three documents (and they don’t all go within the same filing cabinet!). I also learned that your role in…
Read moreEverything You Need to Know about Partnership Businesses [+ Expert Tips]
Confession — setting up a partnership business with my friend and (now also a business partner) Kasia was the best decision in my professional life. We’ve been working together as a content marketing duo for over five years now, and the growth opportunities we’ve seen would not have been possible if we worked solo. Not…
Read moreSales Negotiation: Here Are the 12 Skills I Think Are Essential
Before entering the IT business development and sales profession, I resisted working in automotive sales because of my distaste for shady sales negotiation tactics. I preferred to work for companies that were open to negotiations on price, provided the customer bought within a certain timeframe. I also worked for a company or two that held…
Read moreHow Marketers Can Use Retail Media Networks to Get In Front of Customers [Expert Tips]
I was shopping for dog treats recently. My dog has particular tastes, so I turned to Amazon to find what new treats might delight her. Amazon collects my browsing data and purchase history (aka, first-party data) and uses it to plan and deliver targeted ads while I’m on the platform. One of these ads led…
Read moreHow Luxury Brands Market and What You Can Learn
As a marketer who’s familiar with the different marketing tricks brands pull, I’m good at resisting the allure of commercials. That is, until a luxury brand marketing strategy sweeps me off my feet, transforming my casual scroll into an aspirational shopping session (even if I’m just looking through the digital store window). One moment, I’m…
Read moreMy Digital Strategy Playbook: Proven Ways to Maximize Your Online Presence
For most of us, digital forms a significant part of our overall marketing strategies. Consumers and businesses alike are almost always online and on the go, so you want to be able to reach them wherever they are. But this ever-changing digital landscape can quickly become overwhelming. I’ve put together this guide — with a…
Read moreHow We’re Building Breeze to Power the Future of GTM
Two years after Generative AI took off, one thing is clear: AI will transform the way businesses operate. But for most small and medium businesses, the AI landscape feels overwhelming. They don’t need the hype; they need practical help. The reality is that 50% of small businesses fail within five years. Not because starting a…
Read moreLead Scoring Tactics That Actually Work: 4 Lessons from HubSpot’s +$30 Billion Growth Strategy
Every sales leader has been there: Your inbox is seemingly flooded with leads, but your pipeline feels emptier than ever. Marketing keeps sending you “qualified” prospects, yet your sales reps are stuck wasting valuable time sifting through them, trying to figure out who’s actually ready to make a move. The issue isn’t the number of…
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