B2B growth blog

My thinking on building growth machines, organised around six core topics that form my methodology. Each article connects theory to practice, showing not just what works, but why it works and how to adapt it to your context. Written for consultants and course creators who are serious about systematic growth.

B2B growth blog

Feedback and NPS

Happy customers don't always tell you and unhappy ones often don't either. Feedback tools capture sentiment so you know where you stand.

Optimise existing pages for mobile and message match

60%+ of traffic is mobile. If your page isn't optimised for small screens, you're losing half your visitors. Also ensure your ad promise matches the landing page headline exactly.

For marketing managers

Track traffic sources and lead generation, monitor funnel progression from visitor to MQL, measure campaign performance, and prove marketing's contribution to revenue.

Build a CRM health dashboard

Create a default dashboard that shows unenriched contacts, missing properties, duplicate records, and data quality over time. Keeps the foundation visible.

Design the marketing-to-sales handoff

Build the workflow that moves a lead to sales when they hit your threshold: lifecycle stage change, task creation, owner assignment, and notification.

Warm lead - request the call

Get qualified leads to book a meeting when they've shown interest but haven't taken the next step.

Refresh lead magnets quarterly

Review download rates and lead quality each quarter, then update or replace offers that have gone stale.

Lead routing

Set up notification workflows that alert your team when leads take important actions, configure lead assignment automation that distributes leads fairly, and create data quality workflows that keep your database clean.

Build your first email campaign

Create a marketing email from scratch: pick a template, write copy, add personalisation tokens, preview across devices, and send to a list. The core workflow you'll repeat every week.

Update unit economics with actuals

Replace your original assumptions with real revenue data and recalculate whether your growth model is financially sustainable.

A/B test form fields and placement

Run experiments on field count, layout, and page position to find the form configuration that gets the most completions.

Test a new channel each quarter

Systematically evaluate and pilot one new distribution channel per cycle so you always have a backup if your main channel slows down.

Onboarding and adoption

Customers who don't adopt don't renew. Onboarding tools guide new users to value before they lose interest.

How to optimise your LinkedIn profile

Your profile is your homepage so fix this before you post anything. Clear headline, sharp pitch, strong CTAs, and trust signals that convert visitors.

SEO and content

Organic traffic compounds over time but only if you're targeting the right keywords. These tools show you what to create and how to rank.

New subscriber welcome flow

Design the first emails a new contact receives to set expectations, deliver immediate value, and start building trust from day one.

Review and optimise workflows

Check existing automation for errors, redundancies, and missed triggers. Simplify where you can and fix what is not working.

Lists and segmentation

Build active lists that update automatically as contacts meet criteria, create segmentation rules based on behaviour and attributes, and set up list hygiene automation that removes inactive or unqualified contacts.

Quotes and proposals

Build quote templates, configure approval workflows, and set up countersigning so your sales team can send professional quotes from HubSpot.

Advertising platforms

Paid channels let you reach your audience immediately. The right platform depends on where your buyers spend their attention.

Reconnect dormant connections

Revive your existing LinkedIn network and surface opportunities hidden in connections you've ignored.

Analytics and tracking

You can't improve what you don't measure. Tracking tools show you where visitors come from, what they do, and where you lose them.

Build your sales dashboard

Combine default reports, custom reports, and analytics (coach reps, forecast, pipeline health) into one view. Schedule weekly delivery to the team.

Build value-based tiers

Create pricing tiers anchored to outcomes and results rather than hours or features, so customers choose based on what they want to achieve.

Sales reporting

Build pipeline dashboards that show deal health at a glance, track your personal performance against targets, set up revenue forecasting, and monitor forecast accuracy over time.

Run monthly landing page audits

Review bounce rates, scroll depth, and heatmaps each month to find where visitors lose interest and what to fix first.

Review win/loss by proposal type

Analyse which proposal formats, pricing structures, and lengths correlate with higher close rates so you double down on what works.

Lead magnets that work

Match your offer to where prospects are in their buying journey. Problem aware, solution aware, and product aware buyers need different things.

Identify your best pages and redirect traffic

Don't build new pages yet. First, analyse which current pages convert best and redirect underperforming traffic there. Quick win with zero build time.

For leadership

Build board-ready reports that show revenue forecasting, pipeline coverage, and progress against company targets without getting lost in operational detail.

How to process inboxes without them controlling your day

Professionals spend 28% of their workweek on email. A processing system based on Getting Things Done so you clear your inbox in minutes and respond in order of importance, not arrival.

Test pricing presentation formats

Experiment with how you display pricing, including tiered options, monthly versus annual, and anchoring techniques, to see what converts best.

How to structure cross-sell offers

Identify complementary products or services that solve related problems and present them at the right moment in the customer journey.

New connection - outbound

Turn accepted LinkedIn requests into engaged prospects without coming across as pushy or salesy.

Track submission rate by source

Break down form completions by traffic source to see which channels bring the most convertible visitors and where to invest more.

Review pricing against market quarterly

Benchmark your pricing against competitors and market rates each quarter to make sure you are positioned where you want to be.

Account foundations

Configure the core settings that affect everything else in HubSpot: timezone, currency, and default properties. Then connect your website and advertising platforms so data starts flowing into your CRM from day one.

Review closing techniques

Evaluate which closing approaches your team uses, measure their effectiveness, and refine what works for your market.

Nurture to booking

Move warm leads toward a discovery call. Share case studies, answer objections, drop booking links at the right moment. Fast track for hot leads, slower for warm.

Structure your discovery framework

Build a repeatable call structure that uncovers pain, impact, timeline, and budget without feeling like a checklist interrogation.

Configure lifecycle stage transitions

Automate the contact lifecycle from customer through onboarding, active, and renewal so the CRM always reflects where someone is in the journey.

How to decide what to track

Track what matters for growth decisions. Map key conversions, name events with clear conventions, and document tracking specifications.

Set up campaign tracking

Use HubSpot's campaign tool to group emails, ads, social posts, and landing pages under one umbrella. Track how a full campaign performs, not just individual assets.

Customer success platforms

Churn happens when you're not paying attention. Success platforms surface at-risk accounts before it's too late to save them.

How to time expansion offers

Present upsells and cross-sells at renewal periods, usage milestones, and moments when customers naturally need more from your solution.

Proposals and contracts

Deals stall when paperwork is slow. Proposal tools help you send professional documents and get signatures without the back and forth.

Add new content to sequences

Keep your nurture flows fresh by adding new case studies, articles, and insights as you publish them, so contacts always receive relevant material.

How to promote content for organic reach

Launch your repurposed assets with a step-by-step plan. Time email blasts, social drops, community posts, and engage for 60 minutes per launch.

LinkedIn ad reporting and optimisation

Review campaign performance by audience segment, test creative variations, and shift budget toward the combinations that generate pipeline.

Analysing and acting on results

Statistical significance is just the beginning. Learn how to interpret results correctly, avoid false positives, and turn winning experiments into permanent improvements across your growth engines.

Lead scoring

Configure scoring criteria that balance demographic fit with behavioural engagement, implement point values for actions that predict conversions, and create score-based workflow triggers that route hot leads immediately.

Reschedules and no-shows

Make rebooking easy with one click. Follow up same day if they miss. Give them another chance without burning the relationship.

How to design renewal processes

Make renewing frictionless and proactive so customers don't have to think about it whilst you spot risks early enough to address them.

How to set goals and run 12-week sprints

You can train for a half marathon in 12 weeks. You can launch a product, land five clients, or completely redesign a process. But you have to start now. A sprint system that creates urgency and visibility.

Project management

Your system for tracking work determines how your team operates. The right tool makes priorities visible and keeps everyone moving without endless status updates.

New lead sequences

Deliver what they asked for, then introduce yourself. Build trust over 3-5 emails before asking for anything. Different flows for different entry points.

Personalise pages by traffic source

Show different messaging or proof points depending on whether visitors come from search, ads, or social, so the page matches their expectations.

Ad format selection

Choose between single image, carousel, video, document, and conversation ads based on your objective and where your audience is in the funnel.

Who to interview

Not all customer feedback is equally valuable. Learn which segments of your customer base will give you the insights that actually change how you sell and who you should prioritise when time is limited.

Progress review

Mid-project checkpoint to review what's been delivered, adjust scope if needed, and confirm priorities for the remaining weeks.

Set up ticket pipelines and routing

Configure ticket stages and routing rules so every customer issue gets to the right person without manual triage.

Test new bundle configurations

Experiment with different service or product combinations to find which bundles have the highest attach rate with existing customers.

Weekly scorecard

Monthly is too slow to catch problems before they become misses. Learn how to run a 60-minute weekly rhythm where each person reports their metric, surfaces issues early, and leaves with clear actions. Stop being surprised at month-end and start fixing problems in week one.

How to run qualitative research

Use heatmaps, recordings, and survey data to uncover friction. Discover confusion and blockers that hurt your conversion rates and user experience.

How to build customer feedback loops

Create systematic processes to gather customer input, surface issues early, and act on feedback before problems become churn events.

Customise your CRM views

Build saved views, configure record sidebars, and set default properties so every team member sees what they need without clicking around.

Define your pricing structure

Choose between hourly, project, retainer, and value-based models based on your service type, market, and growth goals.

Identify untapped accounts

Audit your customer base for accounts that should be expanding but are not, and build targeted plans to unlock their potential.

Build your deal pipeline

Map your sales process into stages with probabilities. Add conditional properties so reps capture the right information at every step.

Set compound targets for the next cycle

Translate your revenue goal into specific metric targets per engine so every team member knows their number for the coming quarter.

Marketing automation

Leads need nurturing but you can't email everyone manually. Automation sends the right message at the right time based on behaviour.

Quarterly review

Quarterly targets hit or missed are just the starting point. Learn how to assess whether your assumptions about the business were right, extract learnings that compound, and set up the next quarter with a model grounded in reality. Close one quarter and open the next in a single session.

Set up meeting scheduling

Create personal, round-robin, and group meeting links. Embed them in emails, signatures, and your website so prospects book without back-and-forth.

Build the sales-to-delivery handoff

Design the internal handoff from sales to delivery so customers experience a smooth transition and nothing gets lost along the way.

How to write cold emails that get replies

Write cold emails that get replies with clear value and no fluff. Learn frameworks for subject lines, openers, relevance, proof, and CTAs.

Refine scoring criteria

Update your qualification criteria based on which discovery calls actually turned into closed deals over the last quarter.

Revisit positioning as market shifts

Check whether your positioning still differentiates you from competitors and resonates with how buyers think about their problem today.

Start right, work left through the awareness stages

The hottest traffic (people comparing you to competitors) is expensive but easiest to convert. Start there, dominate it, then work backwards to warmer traffic, then cold traffic as you hit channel limits.

Optimise pop-up timing and triggers

Test when and how pop-ups appear so they capture more leads without irritating your visitors.

Weekly data review

Learn which numbers to check each week, how to spot early warning signs, and what to escalate before small problems become big misses.

Brand kit

Upload your visual identity so every email, quote, and document that leaves HubSpot looks consistent. Set default colours, fonts, and logo placement once, then let templates do the work.

Retargeting setup

Create retargeting audiences from website visitors, video viewers, and lead form openers so you stay visible to prospects already in your pipeline.

Raise prices strategically

Increase your prices without losing customers by communicating more value first.

How to warm up your LinkedIn profile

Boost LinkedIn reach in the week before you post. Warm the algorithm with daily chats, meaningful comments, a cleaner network, and new recommendations.

Create custom and attribution reports

Combine multiple data sources to answer the questions defaults can't. Funnel reports and attribution reports that show where revenue actually comes from.

Visitor identification

See which companies visit your website, even if they don't fill out a form. Prioritise outreach based on buying signals.

Design the marketing-to-sales handoff

Configure what happens when a lead arrives from marketing: how reps get notified, how leads are assigned, and what the first sales task should be.

Project kickoff

Introductions, tool access, timeline confirmation, and communication setup. Sets the foundation for everything that follows.

Run quarterly health score reviews

Review account health trends across your portfolio each quarter, adjust scoring weights, and catch at-risk accounts before they churn.

Feed research into experiment backlog

Turn what you hear in interviews into ideas you can test across your copy, your ads, your content, and your product.

Improve your visuals

Images and videos determine whether ads get noticed in feed. Test formats systematically: single images versus carousels versus videos, and match visual type to segment and awareness stage.

Improve discovery-to-qualified ratio

Find out why qualified meetings sometimes do not convert and close the gaps in your discovery process.

Forms and surveys

Every lead starts with a form submission. Good form tools balance conversion with data quality so you capture the right information.

Positioning

Your prospects compare you to alternatives whether you like it or not. Control that comparison by deliberately choosing your category and articulating why you win against the options they are already considering.

How to set up cold outreach tools

Lock in domain, DNS, inbox warm-up, and sending volumes before writing a single email. Protect deliverability from day one with proper setup.

Commerce reporting

Build dashboards that track quote-to-close rates, payment collection speed, and revenue by product line so you can spot issues before they hit cash flow.

How to write an about page that builds trust

Tell your story in a way that establishes expertise, demonstrates values, and shows why buyers should choose you over competitors in the market.

Documentation

Knowledge that's written down compounds. Document your processes and decisions so your team builds on what's already been figured out.

Define post-close follow-up

Create the touchpoints after signing that reinforce the buyer's decision, set expectations for onboarding, and start the relationship well.

Improve your calls-to-action

Match CTA to segment readiness. Hot traffic wants "Book demo now", cold traffic wants "Get the guide". Asking for too much too soon kills conversion. Asking for too little from ready buyers wastes opportunities.

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