B2B Marketing Fundamentals
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Module 1: What B2B Marketing Actually Is - FREE PREVIEW!
7 lessons- Introduction to Module 1: What B2B Marketing Actually Is
- What marketing actually is
- The marketing discipline: diagnose, strategise, act
- Marketing as a growth function
- The FP Collectiv framework
- Apply it
- Module 1: Knowledge check
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Module 2: How B2B Buying Actually Works
7 lessons- Introduction to Module 2: How B2B Buying Actually Works
- Almost nobody is buying right now
- Buying is a committee sport
- A non-linear, mostly invisible journey
- Long cycles, and what marketing controls
- Apply it
- Module 2: Knowledge check
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Module 3: Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning
7 lessons- Introduction to Module 3: Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning
- Segmentation: divide the market honestly
- Targeting: the courage to say no
- Positioning: the battle for the buyer's mind
- How STP feeds the rest of the course
- Apply it
- Module 3: Knowledge check
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Module 4: Brand and Demand
7 lessons- Introduction to Module 4: Brand and Demand
- Two jobs: creating demand and capturing it
- How demand actually gets built
- Mental and physical availability
- Demand gen is not lead gen, and the split
- Apply it
- Module 4: Knowledge check
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Module 5: The Funnel Myth and the Buyer Journey
6 lessons- Introduction to Module 5: The Funnel Myth and the Buyer Journey
- What buyers actually do: the messy middle
- The six buying jobs
- Two implications that change how you plan
- Apply it
- Module 5: Knowledge check
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Module 6: Measurement Without Self-Deception
7 lessons- Introduction to Module 6: Measurement Without Self-Deception
- The five layers of metrics
- Why a low cost per lead is not good news
- Time lag, and why you cohort
- Attribution, incrementality, and why platform and CRM differ
- Apply it
- Module 6: Knowledge check
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Module 7: Budgeting From First Principles
7 lessons- Introduction to Module 7: Budgeting From First Principles
- The budget is a portfolio
- Share of Voice: the rule that decides growth
- The brand versus activation balance
- Sizing capture, and adjusting by market
- Apply it
- Module 7: Knowledge check
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Module 8: Earning Marketing's Seat at the Table
6 lessons- Introduction to Module 8: Earning Marketing's Seat at the Table
- The three conversations
- The scenario clinic
- Accountability without apology
- Apply it
- Module 8: Knowledge Check
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Module 9: Capstone
1 lesson- The FP Collectiv One-Page Growth Strategy