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Driving Innovation: Generative AI’s Impact on 80 B2B SaaS Companies

Contributing Analysts: Stuart Kinsey and Luiza Leal What is GenAI and Why Does It Matter GenAI or Generative AI refers
Cutting-Edge Paid Social Strategies for 2025: Differentiating Your Brand in Saturated Markets

It’s 2025. The Feed Is Loud. CAC Is Up. Attention Is Expensive.   Let’s be honest: it’s noisy out there.
Advanced SEO Conversion Tracking: Identifying and Fixing Funnel Leaks for Exponential Growth

Tracking SEO conversions isn’t exactly easy or fun, but seeing your blog post drive actual revenue for the company? That’s
Competitive Differentiation Masterclass: Blueprint for Outflanking Industry Giants

Most of us are too close to our own product to recognize what makes it valuable to others. It’s like
The Ripple Effects of Leadership: Why Every Conversation Counts

In leadership, there are no neutral moments. Every word, every tone and every moment of silence has meaning. Whether you’re
Best Demand Generation Agencies for B2B Companies in 2025
LTV:CAC Ratio Calculator: The Metric That Unifies Finance, Marketing, and Strategy

LTV:CAC is the only lens sharp enough to show whether your marketing is driving value or just creating expensive noise.
From AIOs to LLMs: How B2B Teams Must Evolve Search Strategy and Reporting for the AI Era

Directive’s recent webinar brought together a panel of SEO experts to unpack how AI Overviews (AIOs) and large language models
Advanced Revenue Stream Analysis: Identifying and Plugging Revenue Leaks

In the high-stakes world of B2B marketing, hitting your sales goals isn’t enough. Advanced revenue analysis goes beyond the top
Enterprise SEO ROI Forecasting Calculator: Justifying Budgets with Projected Financial Impact

Return on Investment. A phrase you hear at every board or stakeholder meeting that is the driving force behind how
6 Tips for Integrating AI With Your Existing B2B Marketing Tech Stack

Your team has AI tools. What you don’t have is AI efficiency. Your data is scattered across Google Drive, Asana,
How to Build a Winning Total Addressable Market (TAM): Insights from a Paid Media Operations Manager

Developing a data-driven Total Addressable Market (TAM) is essential for sustainable growth. As a Paid Media Operations Manager, I’ve learned
Game-Changing ABM Playbook: How Enterprise CMOs Fix Lead Quality and Actually Drive Pipeline

I’ve been in paid media long enough to know how this story goes. You launch the ABM campaign. You get
The Smart Marketer’s Guide to Enterprise SEO Dashboards

While competitors steadily capture organic traffic, conversions, and market share, your team may still be piecing together fragmented SEO reports.
B2B Customer Lifecycle Optimization: Increase Retention with Stage-Specific Tactics

We hear it all the time: “The B2B landscape has never been more competitive or more complex.” And it’s true.
Think SEO and Paid Media Can’t Reach the C-Suite? Think Again.

Many B2B CMOs have cooled on digital channels. They assume SEO doesn’t make sense for enterprise, or that LinkedIn is
How a Simple A/B Test Drove $112K in Revenue in 30 Days

As marketers, it feels as if we’ve come to accept that driving results has to take a long time, from
HubSpot Tips: Updating Your Lead Scoring Strategy

If you haven’t reviewed your lead scoring model or operational workflow strategy this quarter, now is the time. In 2025,
​​Tips for B2B Facebook Ads: Facebook Marketing 101

Due to the nature of Facebook’s engaging and fast-paced interface, B2C companies are given the upper hand when it comes
5 Key Questions for Video Project Success

By now, you probably know that in the advertising space, video content reigns supreme. Mega companies like Amazon have even
Drilldown: Product Videos are Essential to Success for B2B SaaS

We’re quick to call BS when we hear someone say, “Proving ROI in B2B SaaS marketing can feel like chasing
How to Get Your B2B SaaS Brand Discovered in Today’s Overflowing Sea of Sameness

The B2B SaaS marketplace is crowded with products and services touting how they help streamline processes, improve productivity, refine the
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Maximizing SaaS Growth with LinkedIn Ads: A Strategic Guide for B2B Marketers

Leveraging the promotional power of LinkedIn can seriously accelerate the growth of your B2B SaaS business. Like any B2B marketing
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The Lowdown: The $55M value of LinkedIn and Google advertising for B2B SaaS brands

To understand the true value of LinkedIn and Google advertising for B2B SaaS brands, we took a deep dive into
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