Melissa Rosenthal (CEO at Outlever and Ex-CCO at at ClickUp) thinks most B2B companies won’t survive the next few years. In this episode, we talk about why cold emails don’t work anymore, why content is getting worse, and how smart companies are building brands people actually care about.
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0:00 – 0:50 Intro
0:51 – 2:58 Are we in the era of B2B commoditization?
2:59 – 4:43 Why most B2B companies shouldn’t exist
4:44 – 7:56 You’ve got a great product and money in the bank - now what?
7:57 – 11:33 Building a media company inside your company
11:34 – 16:00 Creativity in B2B - how to not be boring
16:01 – 19:50 The future of content, websites, and SEO
19:51 – 21:30 Why marketing is in an identity crisis
21:31 – 26:20 Outbound is dead. Here’s what works instead
26:21 – 30:13 What “brand” actually means (and how to build one from scratch)
30:14 – 33:50 What B2B can learn from B2C (but shouldn’t copy blindly)
33:51 – 40:43 Quickfire round
Click here to view the episode transcript.
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