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I got into the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto last week. Think Expo 67, but for capital. BlackRock, KKR, Blackstone, sovereign wealth funds from around the world, alongside Canada's banks, pension funds and major businesses. I won't recap the policy announcements. That's been done elsewhere. But three things kept coming up, and all three felt very relevant for B2B marketing. First, trust came up more than returns. There was a lot of talk about the increasing value of trust, stability and...
For the first time in years, your CEO is ready to hear about brand. Don't waste it. Own the room 🎙️ For the first time in years, your CEO is open to investing in brand. Most marketing leaders will waste it by bringing a campaign proposal. The ones who use the moment bring a commercial argument. Don't walk in asking "can we fund a brand campaign?" Walk in asking "are we investing enough that buyers remember us when they have a need we can solve?" One gets you a budget line. The other changes...
The pipeline machine is running harder. Getting less. Here's why. Own the room 🎙️ When CAC climbs and conversion slips, everyone reaches for the same fix: work the funnel harder. Here's the reframe that stops it: • The SaaS model was built to capture demand. Nothing in it was built to create demand. You can't harvest a field nobody planted. Say it the next time the team gets blamed for numbers the model produced. How the model used to work ⚙️ The original SaaS go-to-market assumption was...