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My informal personal blog, once called “Hovering Over the Back Button”, now, as I post on Tuesday’s it’s “Tuesday 2¢”, if you want to follow it every week, I’ve created a LinkedIn newsletter too.


  • Tuesday 2¢: This is a Loyalty Card

    Tuesday 2¢: This is a Loyalty Card

    In this week’s Tuesday 2¢ I get a loyalty card! What? Umm… yeah.. right. But trust me, this is a lesson for marketers and retail…

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  • Tuesday 2¢: Demographics are Dead

    Tuesday 2¢: Demographics are Dead

    “Research shows that grouping people by age and other labels doesn’t tell us much about who they are, what they have in common and how they will behave” – This week I’ve got a bit obsessed with “valuegraphics”.

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  • Tuesday 2 ¢: Personas, Roles, Hopes and Fears

    Tuesday 2 ¢: Personas, Roles, Hopes and Fears

    When thinking about the buyer of your B2B solution, it’s easy to get caught up in job titles and roles, often a poor indicator of buyer behavior. In this week’s Tuesday 2 cents I suggest we look beyond that.

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  • Tuesday 2 cents – Two Questions: Why?

    Tuesday 2 cents – Two Questions: Why?

    I’m no Simon Sinek, but in this week’s Tuesday 2¢ I suggest asking why and how doing this often will bring focus to your marketing.In many organisations marketing works on a hamster wheel, there is

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  • Tuesday 2 Cents: Differentiate and Disagree

    Tuesday 2 Cents: Differentiate and Disagree

    In B2B marketing it’s commercially safer to be different than joining the morass of B2Boring messaging, in this Tuesday 2 cents I look at how we do that, by disagreeing…

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  • Tuesday 2¢ – The Power of No

    Tuesday 2¢ – The Power of No

    One of the most powerful business words is “no”. Often representing the negative, the closed minded, the objection to change, but in this week’s Tuesday 2 cents I advocate the power of a purposeful and positive no.

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  • Tuesday 2¢: The Villain in Your B2B Brand Story

    Tuesday 2¢: The Villain in Your B2B Brand Story

    Inspired by Robert Rose and his advice that you need to find the villain is in your brand story, as every great story has a villain. And that got me thinking – who is the villain in B2B Marketing?

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  • 10 B2B Marketing Influencers You Might Not be Following

    10 B2B Marketing Influencers You Might Not be Following

    Don’t laugh, no I have not decided to fish in the social media lake with link bait, but influencer marketing is a hot topic, even in B2B and as an example here are 10 B2B marketing influencers I’ve recently started following on Twitter who you may not know.

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