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

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.

Train on common objection patterns

Build a shared objection-handling library and run practice sessions based on real call data so your team improves together.

How to conduct interviews

Bad interviews produce polite answers that confirm what you already believe. Good interviews surface uncomfortable truths that change your strategy. The difference is in how you ask.

Pop-ups and remarketing

Capture visitors before they leave with exit intent, scroll triggers, and timed pop-ups. Use LinkedIn and Meta lead forms to recapture those who did not convert.

Set up the customer success workspace

Create a dedicated CS view with upcoming renewals, recent tickets, and account activity. One screen that tells your CS team who needs attention today.

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.

How to capture everything without losing it

Ideas, tasks, and commitments appear during meetings, in conversations, while driving. Most of them disappear. One capture habit so nothing falls through and your brain can stop trying to remember.

Dominate one channel before adding the next

Focus beats diversification. Scale one channel until it stops working efficiently, then add one more. Always have a backup channel started, but put 80% of effort into your primary channel.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Measure price sensitivity

Understand how much your customers are willing to pay so you can price with confidence.

Analyse click-through by audience segment

Break down click-through rates by segment to discover which audiences respond best and where your creative needs reworking.

Cold outreach - value add

Start conversations with cold leads by leading with value instead of a meeting request.

Post-meeting nurture

Keep deals moving forward when prospects need time to think or consult their team.

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.

Reduce time-to-book

Shorten the gap between first touch and booked meeting by removing friction at every step of the journey.

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.

Communicate price changes

Plan and execute price increases with clear messaging and a thoughtful rollout that retains customers and positions the change positively.

Test reminder timing and copy

Experiment with when reminders go out and what they say to find the combination that gets the most people to show up.

Build default reports

Use HubSpot's pre-built reports for email, landing pages, forms, social, and ads. Know what's working without building anything from scratch.

Lifecycle stages

Define the stages a contact moves through from subscriber to customer, map the exact handover points where marketing passes leads to sales, and configure automation that updates lifecycle stages without manual work.

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.

Products and price book setup

Create your product catalogue, define pricing tiers, and configure line items so quotes and invoices pull accurate data automatically.

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.

Design the call flow

Map the discovery call from opening to next steps so every conversation follows a consistent path that builds toward a clear outcome.

Quotes and proposals

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

Scale winning channels

Apply a structured approach to scaling what works: do more of it, make it better, then add new variations to extend your reach.

Account setup for sales reps

Configure your personal workspace so HubSpot works for how you sell. Set working hours, notification preferences, connect your email and calendar, and set up snippets and templates you'll use daily.

Meeting setup

Choose meeting types, set durations and buffers, place links where intent is highest. Make booking frictionless so ready leads do not drop off.

How to protect your focus when everything competes for it

Deep work keeps getting interrupted by Slack, email, and quick questions. Practical steps to design an environment where your best hours go to your most important work.

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.

A/B test ad formats systematically

Compare image, video, carousel, and text formats across segments to find which earns the most clicks from each audience.

Reprioritise backlog by impact and effort

Re-score your experiment backlog each quarter using updated data so you always run the highest-leverage tests first.

Connect your tools

Link your email inbox, calendar, and key integrations (Slack, Google Workspace, accounting). One-time setup that makes everything downstream work.

Test packaging variations

Find the combination of features and pricing tiers that makes choosing your product feel obvious.

Scheduling and booking

Calendar ping-pong kills momentum. Booking tools let prospects pick a time instantly so meetings actually happen.

Prune inactive contacts

Remove or re-segment contacts who have not engaged in 90 or more days to protect your sender reputation and keep your data clean.

How to install Tag Manager and GA4

Install Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics 4 correctly. Get the right foundations in place before tracking any events or conversions.

Create your custom properties

Define the fields your business actually needs on contacts, companies, and deals. Understand why the same-looking property on a contact and a company are separate objects with separate data.

How to plan a week that actually happens

You start Monday with good intentions and end Friday wondering where the time went. A weekly planning ritual that matches your energy to your priorities so the important work actually happens.

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.

Bidding strategy

Choose the right bidding strategy for your goals, set target CPA or ROAS, and configure bid adjustments by device, location, and audience.

Identify the highest-leverage metric

Use the compound model to calculate which single metric improvement will generate the biggest revenue impact this quarter, so you focus where it matters most.

Track expansion revenue monthly

Monitor expansion MRR as a standalone metric, identify which accounts are growing fastest, and spot trends early.

Monthly planning

Spreading effort across everything means making progress on nothing. Learn how to pick one metric to focus on each month, select initiatives that will actually move it, and create the conditions for step-change improvement rather than incremental tweaks. Walk away with a clear focus and a short list of initiatives that matter.

Confirmation and reminders

Send confirmation immediately with what to expect. Remind at 24 hours and 1 hour. Each touchpoint reduces no-shows.

Forms and surveys

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

Optimise scheduling page conversion

Improve the booking page itself with fewer steps, a clearer value proposition, and social proof so more visitors actually schedule.

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.

ICP and persona

Vague targeting wastes budget and confuses your team. Get specific about which companies to pursue and who within them actually makes buying decisions so every growth activity has a clear target.

Forms that convert

Place forms where intent is highest. Choose fields that balance data quality against conversion rate. Make every form work harder.

Content download follow-up

Move content subscribers from passive readers to active prospects ready to talk.

For heads of growth

See the full funnel from first touch to closed revenue, identify where leads leak between marketing and sales, and track the metrics that connect activity to outcomes.

Create and send quotes

Walk through the full quoting process: associate a deal, choose a template, add line items, customise sections, review, and share the quote as a link, email, or PDF.

Shorten proposal turnaround time

Streamline your process so proposals go out within 24 hours of the qualifying call while the prospect is still engaged.

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.

The Growth OS (Operating system) explained

If you're joining a team that runs this operating system, you need to understand how it works without reading every chapter. This is the short version: what to expect from each cadence, how decisions get made, and how to contribute from day one.

Reallocate budget based on CAC by channel

Shift your spend toward channels with the lowest cost per acquisition and away from those producing diminishing returns.

Creating strong hypotheses

Most experiments fail before they start because the hypothesis is vague or untestable. Learn how to write hypotheses that are specific enough to prove or disprove and tied to metrics that matter.

Connect your email sending domain

Authenticate your domain for marketing emails. Without this, emails land in spam and you can't send at scale.

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.

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 close your week and improve your system

Every week creates clutter: loose tasks, unanswered messages, and half-finished thoughts. A Friday firebreak ritual to clear the decks, score your progress, and set up next week.

How to identify expansion opportunities

Spot upsell and cross-sell opportunities from usage patterns, customer feedback, and lifecycle signals before customers even ask for more.

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.

How to monitor customer health

Track engagement, usage, and sentiment to identify at-risk customers before they churn so you can intervene early with targeted outreach.

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.

Test systematically and apply learnings

A/B test one element at a time on highest-traffic pages. Start with headlines (biggest impact), then proof, then CTA. Apply winning patterns across similar pages without re-testing everything.

Set up marketing contacts

Define which contacts count as marketing contacts (and which don't). This controls your billing and who receives campaigns.

Service reporting

Build dashboards that track ticket volume, resolution time, SLA compliance, and customer satisfaction so you can spot service issues early.

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.

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.

Creative and design

Good creative gets clicks. Design tools help you produce professional visuals without waiting on designers for every asset.

New connection - outbound

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

Configure line items and pricing rules

Set up how products attach to deals: default quantities, discount rules, and recurring vs. one-time pricing. The structure that makes quoting fast and consistent.

Analyse show rate trends

Track show rates over time and by lead source to identify which prospects are most likely to attend and where the drop-off happens.

Improve onboarding completion rate

Find where new customers drop off during onboarding and redesign those steps so more people reach first value faster.

Advertising platforms

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

SLA configuration

Define SLA policies for response and resolution times, configure escalation rules, and set up alerts so your team never misses a deadline.

Scale winning experiments across channels

Take validated wins from one channel and systematically test whether they work in others to multiply the impact of what already works.

How to design your outreach strategy

Map the right prospects, message, and channels before sending a single email. Make every touch land in the inbox of someone ready to talk.

Social media management

Consistency on social takes time you don't have. Management tools help you stay visible without living inside the platforms.

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 build your target lead list

Find and qualify leads with precision so you can spend less time prospecting. Focus more time on closing actual conversations that matter.

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.

Test pricing presentation formats

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

Refine scoring criteria

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

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.

Campaign Manager setup

Set up your LinkedIn Campaign Manager account, connect your company page, install the Insight Tag, and configure conversion tracking.

Revisit positioning as market shifts

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

Configure invoices and subscriptions

Set up invoice templates, recurring billing for retainer clients, and automated payment reminders.

Import and clean your data

Get your contacts, companies, and deals into HubSpot cleanly. Deduplicate, map properties, and set naming conventions before anything else touches the data.

Prospecting

Find and verify contact data, enrich leads with company information, and build targeted lists for outreach.

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.

Collaboration tools

Where your team communicates shapes how decisions get made. Good collaboration tools make information easy to find and keep conversations focused.

Configure line items and quotes

Link products to deals, generate branded quotes with e-signature, and connect payment collection so you close deals without leaving the CRM.

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.

Community platforms

Your best customers want to connect with each other. Community tools create spaces where users help users and loyalty grows.

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