Marketing Lab

Notes on brand, marketing, communications, and the systems behind them.

Practical posts for founders and leaders at growing B2B companies on keeping a brand consistent, coordinating the people who make it, and setting up marketing that runs and produces results.

Signs your company has outgrown "whoever has time" marketing

Four signs a B2B company has outgrown marketing handled by whoever has time, from mismatched assets to unplanned campaigns, and what to fix first. ...more

Marketing for CEOs and Founders ,B2B Marketing

November 11, 2026•2 min read

Signs your company has outgrown "whoever has time" marketing

How many marketing vendors does a growing B2B company need to coordinate?

How many marketing vendors a growing B2B company manages, why vendors reporting to different staff causes brand drift, and who should coordinate them. ...more

Marketing for CEOs and Founders ,B2B Marketing

November 04, 2026•3 min read

How many marketing vendors does a growing B2B company need to coordinate?

How to Get Your Firm Recommended by ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity

AI tools now shape which firms buyers shortlist. Here's how ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity pick who to recommend, and four things to fix on and off your site. ...more

GEO ,Marketing for CEOs and Founders &B2B Marketing

November 02, 2026•12 min read

How to Get Your Firm Recommended by ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity

How to write a B2B case study for your website

Learn how to build a B2B case study for your website: choose the right project, get permission, lead with results, and design the page so buyers can scan it. ...more

Marketing for CEOs and Founders ,B2B Marketing

October 28, 2026•5 min read

How to write a B2B case study for your website

Fractional Marketing Partner vs. In-House Hire: What's Actually Different?

Fractional marketing partner vs. in-house marketing hire for B2B companies: how cost, start time, and flexibility compare, and when each one makes sense. ...more

Marketing for CEOs and Founders ,B2B Marketing

October 14, 2026•3 min read

Fractional Marketing Partner vs. In-House Hire: What's Actually Different?

What Happens When Marketing Gets Done Off the Side of Someone's Desk?

What happens when B2B marketing falls to business development, admin, or communications staff, and how a fractional marketing partner takes it over. ...more

Marketing for CEOs and Founders ,B2B Marketing

October 05, 2026•3 min read

What Happens When Marketing Gets Done Off the Side of Someone's Desk?

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