Demand generation

Build your channel strategy and optimise each channel, so you grow traffic strategically without burning budget.

Demand generation

Introduction

Most B2B marketers treat demand generation like a series of disconnected campaigns.

In this guide, I’ll show you how to build a repeatable demand generation engine that scales your reach predictably. You’ll learn how to combine paid and organic channels, structure your outreach, and turn visibility into pipeline momentum.

After 15 years in growth, the biggest lesson is simple: when demand compounds, marketing gets easier. Let’s make that happen for your team.

Demand generation

playbooks

Audience targeting and segmentation

Audience targeting and segmentation

Define exactly who to target by building ICP criteria, audience segments, and account lists that focus your spend on prospects most likely to convert.

Channel plan and budget

Channel plan and budget

Choose which channels to invest in based on your growth stage, CAC targets, and where your ideal customers actually spend their time and attention.

Ad creative testing

Ad creative testing

Develop what messages and visuals to show your audience through systematic testing that identifies winning variations and scales performance.

Landing pages for paid ads

Landing pages for paid ads

Design where to send clicked traffic with pages that match ad intent, eliminate friction, and convert visitors into qualified leads.

Outreach automation

Outreach automation

Create an outreach strategy that defines who to target. Configure domains and infrastructure properly. Build targeted lead lists. Write emails that sound human. Design multi-touch sequences.

Paid advertising

Paid advertising

Develop LinkedIn ads strategy that targets decision-makers. Set up campaigns with proper tracking. Learn Google Ads strategy for high-intent keywords. Master creative principles that drive conversions.

Organic search

Organic search

Define your organic growth strategy with traffic goals. Build a content production workflow. Create content that educates and converts. Optimise for search engines and AI. Repurpose across channels.

LinkedIn thought leadership

LinkedIn thought leadership

Optimise your profile so it converts visitors to leads. Warm up your network before posting. Build a content calendar that keeps you ahead. Write posts that drive action. Time publishing to maximise reach.

Demand generation

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SEMrush

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SEMrush

SEMrush is an all-in-one SEO platform covering keyword research, competitor analysis, backlink tracking, and content optimisation for organic growth.

SurferSEO

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SurferSEO

SurferSEO analyses top-ranking content to provide data-driven recommendations for on-page optimisation and content structure for target keywords.

Surfe

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Surfe

Surfe syncs LinkedIn profiles directly into your CRM with one click, capturing contact details, notes, and activities without manual data entry.

Spectacle

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Spectacle

Spectacle shows which campaigns, content and channels create customers, with funnels and an audience hub that syncs high LTV segments to ad platforms.

Demand generation

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Demand generation

wiki

Warm-up

Gradually increase sending volume from new domains to build reputation with inbox providers and avoid being marked as spam when scaling outreach quickly.

Landing page

Create focused standalone pages for paid campaigns that remove distractions and guide visitors toward one specific action to improve conversion rates.

Paid social advertising

Target prospects based on demographic, firmographic, and behavioural data, interrupting their social feeds with relevant offers and content.

Click-through-rate

Measure engagement quality by tracking the percentage of people who click after seeing your content or advertisement.

Impressions

Track how many times your content appears in front of potential customers to measure reach and brand awareness across channels.

On-page SEO

Optimise individual pages for target keywords by improving titles, headings, content, and internal links to help search engines understand topic relevance.

SEO

Optimise your website and content to rank prominently in organic search results, capturing traffic without ongoing advertising spend.

Time blocking

Schedule focused work sessions in your calendar to protect concentration and ensure important tasks don't get crowded out by meetings and interruptions.

Backlinks

Earn links from other websites to your content to signal authority to search engines and improve rankings for target keywords over time.

Cost per click (CPC)

Calculate what you pay each time someone clicks your ad to evaluate channel efficiency and determine if paid traffic costs justify the leads generated.

Domain reputation

Maintain a positive sending history to ensure emails reach inboxes rather than spam folders by following best practices and monitoring feedback signals.

Engagement

Measure likes, comments, and shares to evaluate content resonance and algorithmic distribution on social platforms that reward interactions with reach.

Cold email

Reach prospects who don't know you by sending personalised outreach that offers value and starts conversations rather than pitching products immediately.

Technical SEO

Fix site infrastructure issues that prevent search engines from crawling and indexing pages properly to ensure content can rank regardless of quality.

Domain authority

Build cumulative site-wide ranking power through quality backlinks and strong content so new pages rank faster than competitors starting from scratch.

Maker schedule

Protect long uninterrupted blocks for deep work that requires concentration by clustering meetings and separating them from creative and analytical time.

Keyword research

Identify search terms your customers use to create content that ranks organically and bid on paid terms that drive qualified traffic at profitable costs.

Cost-per-X

Master the economics of customer acquisition by tracking what you pay for each meaningful action across channels.

Paid search

Capture high-intent prospects actively searching for solutions by bidding on relevant keywords and appearing in search engine results.

Email deliverability

Ensure emails reach inboxes rather than spam folders by maintaining sender reputation, authenticating properly, and following anti-spam best practices consistently.

Social selling

Build relationships and demonstrate expertise on social platforms to generate inbound interest rather than interrupting buyers with cold outreach.

Engagement rate

Measure the percentage of visits where users actively engage, filtering out passive bounces to assess true content quality.

Inbox zero

Process email to empty daily by deciding whether to act, defer, delegate, or delete each message rather than leaving unread items as false to-do lists.

Content pillar

Create comprehensive hub pages on core topics that link to related subtopic content to establish topical authority and improve rankings across topic clusters.

Reply rate

Measure what percentage of cold emails get responses to evaluate message quality and list targeting rather than sending more emails to poor prospects.

Internal linking

Connect related pages through contextual links to help search engines understand site structure and spread authority whilst improving user navigation.

Bounce rate

Track emails that fail delivery to maintain sender reputation and avoid being marked as spam by continuing to email invalid addresses that hurt deliverability.

Spam score

Evaluate email content and sending practices to identify elements that trigger spam filters before sending campaigns that might damage deliverability.

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Demand generation

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SurferSEO

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SurferSEO

SurferSEO analyses top-ranking content to provide data-driven recommendations for on-page optimisation and content structure for target keywords.

Instapage

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Instapage

Instapage builds post-click landing pages with A/B testing, personalisation, and collaboration features for paid advertising campaigns.

Leadpages

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Leadpages

Leadpages builds landing pages, pop-ups, and alert bars quickly with templates and basic A/B testing for lead generation campaigns.

Unbounce

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Unbounce

Unbounce creates landing pages with drag-and-drop building, A/B testing, and dynamic text replacement optimised for paid advertising conversion.

SEMrush

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SEMrush

SEMrush is an all-in-one SEO platform covering keyword research, competitor analysis, backlink tracking, and content optimisation for organic growth.

Kanbox

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Kanbox

Kanbox automates contract and document signature workflows with routing, approvals, and integrations built for European B2B companies.

Taplio

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Taplio

Taplio provides LinkedIn content scheduling, analytics, and engagement features with AI-powered post ideas for building personal brands.

Reply.io

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Reply.io

Reply.io combines email, LinkedIn, calls, and WhatsApp into multichannel outreach sequences with AI-powered assistance and team analytics.

Lemlist

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Lemlist

Lemlist is a cold email platform with advanced personalisation, warm-up features, and deliverability tools for B2B outbound campaigns.

Apollo

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Apollo

Apollo combines a B2B contact database with email sequencing and tracking in one platform for outbound sales teams.

Lusha

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Lusha

Lusha provides instant B2B contact enrichment with email and mobile numbers via browser extension and bulk lookup for sales prospecting.

Mailshake

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Mailshake

Mailshake automates cold email and social outreach with simple sequencing, deliverability monitoring, and team collaboration for B2B sales.

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