Andrei Zinkevich

Fullfunnel.io

I live and breathe B2B marketing since 2006. 

Before launching Fullfunnel.io, I spent 8 years in the enterprise segment working for Kimberly Clark and Biosphere Corporation.

What makes Fullfunnel.io different?

1. Ins and outs of selling to enterprise

Coming from the mid-market and enterprise world, I know all the ins and outs of selling to these segments: the research and evaluation processes, decision-making procedures inside the buying committee and the approval workflows. 

We’ve been there, done that, and know how to generate opportunities with these segments and influence the decision-making processes.

2. Niche experience

While we could help many B2B business, since 2007 we focus exclusively on two verticals: high-value B2B tech (enterprise SaaS, blockchain technology, hardware) and service-based companies (software development, consulting, cybersecurity, DevOps as a service, etc). 

We were and still are “in the trenches”, know the lowdown of these businesses, so you’ll get access to 30+ years of our combined experience and knowledge. 

3. Knowledge transfer and in-house operations

We believe that the real growth can only be driven in-house. You need to have people who are in the trenches every day, talking to customers, experiencing the sales hurdles, refining the messages and positioning.

We join your team as external marketing advisors, provide consistent support and training including step-by-step playbooks, templates, marketing and sales dashboards, tech stack and process maps.

As a result, you get an evergreen in-house growth engine.

Co-founder

Trenches - B2B marketing community

Trenches — a community created by B2B marketers for B2B marketers who are in the trenches every day getting their hands dirty in growing B2B companies with high ACV and long sales cycles. 

We talk about ABM (account-based marketing), marketing-sourced pipeline, demand generation, lead nurturing, GTM strategy, buyer’s journey, and all other hot topics that are ignored in the sales communities. 

Community is FOREVER FREE.

Founder

Split Tech City

Split Tech City is a community for tech companies that operate, live, plan to launch a business or simply love the Mediterranean seaside. 

Whether you want to find a local tech partner, access the tech talent pool, relocate to Split, or find a job in the tech space, Split Tech City is for you. 

Learn more and sign up for upcoming events here: https://en.split-techcity.com

Strategic Advisor

Full-Funnel B2B Marketing Podcast

The System B2B Marketing Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Andrei Zinkevich. 

Every week with B2B marketing professionals we dive deeply into topics as a B2B marketing strategy, full-funnel marketing, inbound lead generation, lead nurturing, sales and marketing alignment, sales and marketing automation, content marketing and account-based marketing (ABM). 

Our goal is to help B2B marketers, founders, CMO, and head of growth teams implement system B2B marketing and increase their sales pipeline, scale revenue, and customer growth.

Visit our podcast page: https://getleado.com/the-system-b2b-marketing-show/ and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes (for iOS users) or on Stitcher (for Android).

Host

ROIplan

ROIPlan's mission is to empower B2B marketing teams and help them to create revenue-driven marketing plans. 

I started my career as a sales rep and, after five years in sales, switched to marketing. Another eight years, I worked as a CMO and B2B marketing consultant with 50+ B2B Companies from Europe and North America.

Every company I joined, I saw the same problem: 

Stakeholders and B2B sales teams didn't believe marketing and didn't believe in marketing. They didn't see the marketing impact on revenue.

One of the biggest problems is that marketers don't know how to present a marketing plan for executives and sales teams. Board members don't see a direct positive impact on revenue and decline plan and budget.

Besides this, there are lots of challenges that marketers face when working on marketing plans:

- Find history and the reports of the experiments in the past
- Allocate marketing budget in the most efficient way
- Prepare executive reports that show the ROI of the campaigns
- Orchestrate and align marketing campaigns with the sales team
- Prioritize experiments and focus on those that might generate the highest possible ROI
- Align non-lead generation campaigns with business goals and evaluate success criteria
- Managing lots of Google Sheets and project management tools to plan, present and execute a marketing plan

All this led to the idea of creating a marketing planning software that will simplify marketers preparing revenue-driving plans and get executive approval.

-> Create revenue-driving marketing plans and get executive approval in ROIplan:
-> Identify the top priority campaigns and experiments
-> Allocate your marketing budget most efficiently by channels and experiments
-> See what experiments generated the highest ROI in the past and what performed poorly
-> Get your campaigns and budget approved by the supervisor or your client 

Try ROIplan for free by clicking the image below.

Co-Founder

B2B Marketers & Founders

Are you skilled B2B marketer or Founder? Do you agree with 2 principles

1) Quality over quantity
2) Strategy and process before tactics and growth hacks?

If you've answered "Yes" to all 2 questions, you’ve got into the right place. 

WHOM YOU'LL GET ACQUAINTED WITH?

You'll get acquainted with other awesome and skilled B2B Marketers & Founders from the whole world who love to learn, share and grow. 

Amongst them Sujan Patel, Ben lee, Gilles De Clerck, Stapho Thienpont, Guillaume Moubeche, Juraj Zamborsky, and many others.

There are no "internet marketing" and "funnel gurus" who teach you about "money making machine" or "get rich quick" schemes. Only real business.

Ad.Wize

I help middle&enterprise businesses to launch my flagship consulting methodology called "Integrated marketing system". This system consists of 7 phases, creates steady streams of target leads and helps to retain existing customers. 

As well I help FMCG manufacturers with distribution development, entering new markets and increasing sales.

My background:

+ 11 years in marketing&sales 
+ Working with customers from 13 countries
+ My consulting methodology is working in 19 different markets
+ I've worked and helped with distribution development 12 FMCG manufacturers from whole Europe 

My Specialities:

• Integrated Marketing
• Business Growth
• Lead Generation
• Inbound marketing
• Distribution development

Want to work with me? Shoot me an email at andrei@getleado.com.

Founder & CEO

Biosphere Corporation

In 2012 I became a national key account manager and was responsible for increasing sales and customer growth.

Key Account Manager (National Chains)

Via GmbH

I became a marketing director of VIA GmbH company and was responsible for account-based marketing and acquiring big distributors and the biggest supermarket chains of Ukraine. As well, I was responsible for helping European manufacturers to enter the Ukrainian market and increase sales there.

Marketing Director

Kimberly-Clark

I’ve started my marketing career in 2006 as a sales rep at Kimberly Clark Corporation. I was promoted to area sales manager, regional sales manager, and regional trade marketing coordinator and then switched to marketing in 2011

Area Sales Manager and trade marketing coordinator

Co-founder @Fullfunnel.io| ABM & full-funnel marketing for B2B tech companies with high ACV and long sales cycle

We transform B2B Tech and Service-based companies from siloed sales and marketing to full-funnel account-based marketing and demand generation. 

We help your team develop an ABM strategy, launch pilot programs, operationalize and scale the programs without ramping up budget or depending on external agencies.

Here is how.

1. ABM STRATEGY.

We go together through a 3-week initial strategy sprint that includes: 

- Deep assessment of current marketing and sales processes
- Challenges both teams face and the root reasons behind them
- Revenue and channel analysis to identify focus markets and ICP for the ABM campaigns
- Custom ABM strategy development including detailed:
- Marketing and sales alignment with ICP, strategy and playbooks

2. LAUNCH PILOT ABM PROGRAM.

Within a single quarter, we’ll work with a pilot team to implement a minimal viable full-funnel program, without pausing existing processes. The pilot team usually consists of one marketer and one sales development rep.  

When we hit the target KPIs, we move to the operationalization and scaling stage.

3.DEVELOPING FULL-FUNNEL ABM FUNCTION.

At this stage we combine ABM with demand generation function to create a holistic model that creates awareness, generates demand and activates accounts that are already engaged across the full funnel.

SPRINTS INCLUDE:

-> Account-Based Marketing

-> LinkedIn demand generation and social selling

-> GTM strategy

-> Sales enablement

-> Demand generation and accounts warm-up

Why Work With FullFunnel.io?

1. 30+ years of niche experience

We were and still are “in the trenches”, know the lowdown of these businesses, so you’ll get access to 30+ years of our combined experience and knowledge.

2. Knowledge transfer.

Your team gets consistent support and training, including step-by-step playbooks, templates, marketing and sales dashboards, tech stack, and process maps.

3. Revenue alignment.

We align marketing and sales teams around revenue, ideal customer profile, target accounts and lead scoring criteria which helps to consistently hit your revenue quota and operate as one Revenue Operations team.

OUR CASE STUDIES INCLUDE

- $300k from a pilot ABM campaign with a software development company

- 9 qualified sales opportunities and 3 new contracts, 10x ACV from an account-based demand generation campaign with AdTech development company

- 7 sales-qualified opportunities from a pilot ABM campaign in the Nordics region with a cloud solutions vendor

- 76% response rate, 36% accounts engaged, 5 opportunities from a pilot ABM campaign

At Fullfunnel.io we are growing B2B companies with long and complex sales cycles since 2006.

We were and still are “in trenches”, know the lowdown of these businesses, and bring to the table our 30+ years of combined experience and knowledge. 

I live and breathe B2B marketing since 2006. 

Before launching Fullfunnel.io, I spent 8 years in the enterprise segment working for Kimberly Clark and Biosphere Corporation.

What makes Fullfunnel.io different?

1. Ins and outs of selling to enterprise

Coming from the mid-market and enterprise world, I know all the ins and outs of selling to these segments: the research and evaluation processes, decision-making procedures inside the buying committee and the approval workflows. 

We’ve been there, done that, and know how to generate opportunities with these segments and influence the decision-making processes.

2. Niche experience

While we could help many B2B business, since 2007 we focus exclusively on two verticals: high-value B2B tech (enterprise SaaS, blockchain technology, hardware) and service-based companies (software development, consulting, cybersecurity, DevOps as a service, etc). 

We were and still are “in the trenches”, know the lowdown of these businesses, so you’ll get access to 30+ years of our combined experience and knowledge. 

3. Knowledge transfer and in-house operations

We believe that the real growth can only be driven in-house. You need to have people who are in the trenches every day, talking to customers, experiencing the sales hurdles, refining the messages and positioning.

We join your team as external marketing advisors, provide consistent support and training including step-by-step playbooks, templates, marketing and sales dashboards, tech stack and process maps.

As a result, you get an evergreen in-house growth engine.

No VP of Sales said: "I expect marketing to orchestrate our engagement playbooks". Yet this is what often happens with ABM:

Marketing:

- Creates multiple sales playbooks & engagement sequences
- Designs timeline
- Add best practices

Then, marketing shares with sales 87-pages deck and asks to implement.
One month later: "Sales doesn't use our playbooks and content".

This year I've interviewed 9 enterprise B2B Saas VP of Sales to dive deeper into the challenges they want to solve with ABM and get marketing hands-on help (check our roundup: https://lnkd.in/dXi5M6wc)

Here are 5 core areas:

1. AWARENESS AMONG STRATEGIC ACCOUNTS.

Awareness is not created by running more ads, drip personalized nurturing and outbound cadences.

Awareness is not created by creating more AI content nobody is going to read.

Awareness is created through the engagement with ICP ecocystem:

-High-quality thought leadership program with SMEs and executives
-Top-notch events
-Collaborations and direct engagement with the target accounts.
-Constant engagement with the communities and thought leaders

2.  CHANGE MANAGEMENT CONTENT.

Modern B2B buyers don't need one more "How to cut your costs" whitepaper. Modern buyers want to see:

-Industry trends and stats
-Concrete practical examples and best practices: dashboards, workflows, templates
-How to challenge an internal inertia and status quo

In most cases, sales don't use marketing content because it doesn't fall in any of these categories. 

3.  COMPLETE ACCOUNT ENGAGEMENT.

Most organizations use lead handoff as a default function:

MQL generated -> assign to SDR.
Webinar signed up -> Assign to SDR

In 2026 to cut through the noise you need to have a holistic visibility:

- Who engaged with what content and ads
- What were historical interactions
- When was a spike in high-intent page visits
- Which events buying committee members has attended

This way sales move from desperate pitching to meaningful 1-1 account planning.

4. BUYER ENABLEMENT.

You don't win deals with fancy pitch decks. You win when your Champion can sell your product at the next internal meeting.

Sales can create business cases showing challenges, cost of inaction, and recommended solutions.

But they need marketing's help with:

- Product screenshots that address specific buyer questions
- Relevant customer testimonials and references
- Data snapshots

We dive deeper here: https://lnkd.in/d2QqTTeh

5. CLEAR MESSAGING.

Nothing frustrates sales more than prospects asking: "But what exactly does your product do?"

Anthony Pierri and Rob Kaminski have tons of great templates on how to fix it.

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Tomorrow we'll go live with Vladimir Blagojević to share simple solutions to fix marketing and sales collaboration.

Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/duEsttZ2

B2B marketing plans often fail because of one reason: 
Lack of clarity.


Bad plans include vague activities that are usually misunderstood by leadership and sales.

Brand awareness is not about running ads for ungated content.

ABM is not about making a wish list of accounts, running display ads and automated emails.

Lead nurturing is not about setting up an automated sequence of emails to push the discovery call.

But yet most plans just mention these programs without any clarification.

If sales and leadership don't support these plans, it's not because they don't get marketing.

It's because they:

-Don't see the impact of these programs on the bottom line
-Don't expect it to be a cross-functional motion and expect marketing to run everything without sales involvement.

Good marketing plans are:

1. BALANCED.

-80%: always-on programs that work historically
-10%: short-term cross-functional campaigns co-created with sales
-10%: experiments

2. DETAILED AND FOCUSED

All programs have clear:

-Detailed timeline
-Goals and expectations
-Success and failure criteria
-Resources involvement
-Leading and lagging indicators to track program efficiency
-Forecast
-Weekly planning and review meetings (see an example: https://lnkd.in/dN_hMyfQ)
-Campaign visual outline (or deck) to show how it impacts the pipeline and revenue

Our template: https://lnkd.in/dSmufFht

3. INTERCONNECTED AND CROSS-FUNCTIONAL.

Every program impacts another, avoiding siloed execution.

Thought leadership ads to strategic accounts generate 1st-party engagement signals sales use for further engagement.

Webinars are tailored to a specific use case, buyer persona, and subset of accounts. They repurpose thought leadership content, and are repurposed later as market research.

4. INFLUENCING THE ENTIRE BUYER JOURNEY.

Marketing plans shouldn't be "brand awareness vs demand capture", "new pipeline vs expansion". 

If you focus on brand only, your sales process will struggle. We saw several MarTech companies generating buzz around them but struggling to convert brand into demand.

If you focus on demand capture, you'll miss the majority of the market.

Good marketing plans generate revenue while creating future pipeline, growing share of wallet, and preventing churn.

5. BACKED BY DATA.

Marketing plans based on gut feelings or broad data always fail.

Plans that include revenue trends and sales pipeline velocity across markets, segments, use cases (clusters) help to make smart bets.
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This Wednesday, we've invited to Full-Funnel Live the head of marketing at Aligned, Ashley Lewin, to share her approach to marketing planning with GTM focus cycles.

Save your spot here: https://lnkd.in/dCS6t6MK

Here is our buyer enablement cheat sheet:
https://lnkd.in/dVhSwK5i

GUIDES

-Account-based content: How to influence accounts at different stages of their buyer journey
-Buyer Enablement: How to help your B2B buyers to BUY from you
-How to match touchpoints with different buyer journey stages and use personalization to nurture target accounts
-How to Use a Mutual Action Plan
-How to Write, Think, and Talk like an Executive (to Get Big Deals Done)

TEMPLATES

-Business case template (feat. Nate Nasralla)
-Mutual action plan (feat. Gal Aga)

STACK

- Aligned: digital rooms & content hubs: https://lnkd.in/d9g84yq9
- Granola: AI-notetaking and summaries of the calls without joining the calls
- Claude: Extracting customer quotes and anecdotes about the challenges, goals and needs

Let me know which resource was the most helpful and which one you'd like us to add.

The fundamental enterprise marketing mismatch: engaging accounts with 2-week personalized cadences while the enterprise sales cycle is 9–12 months...

At FullFunnel.io, our typical sales cycle is 9-12 months with 80-100 touchpoints across the buying committee (way beyond 12 emails over two weeks) :)

Our buyer's journey typically starts when they see our LinkedIn thought leadership content. 

Other touchpoints are happening later through:

- Weekly newsletter diving into ABM and GTM strategy
- Live weekly podcast where buyers can ask questions
- Quarterly webinars
- Content hubs tailored to specific challenges and solutions (launching pilot ABM, initiating change management, etc)
- 1-1 conversations on LinkedIn
- Content co-creation

Before we generate a sales opportunity, we help our buyers to:

- Identify the root reasons for their challenges and the solutions in strategy sessions
- Build a business case to get stakeholder buy-in
- Design pilot programs with clear metrics, resources and timeline

It's not ad-hoc and not optional. This is how the enterprise buyer journey is happening.

The trap I see most B2B companies fall down is focusing on the volume and scalability instead of focusing on future pipeline creation and thorough account development to land enterprise deals.

They try to replicate what works for SMB / low-size deals:

- Developing target lists from ZoomInfo / Apollo / Clay
- Set up personalized outreach sequences Outreach / lemlist
- Run air cover to the same set of accounts

The SMB playbook is optimized for fast pipeline creation with minimal human involvement.

While enterprise playbook requires:

- In-depth account research and thorough account mapping
- Constant engagement with 5+ buying committee members across the entire sales cycle (9-12 months): power users, champions, stakeholders
- Personalized activities and content per account

You can't fix it with technology.

You can fix it only with setting up cross-functional teams that are focused on continuous account development and quarter milestone metrics for 12-month sales cycle:

Q1: X engaged buyers, initial conversations, account penetration
Q2: Discovery calls
Q3: Business case creation
Q4: Sales opportunities

Horizontal sales are killing marketing in B2B tech companies. Here is what I repeatedly observe:

The sales team has a horizontal setup:
Team A (horizontal hunters) finds new logos across ANY industry, ANY product
Team B (solution architects acting as account executives) closes the deals

The idea is simple: maximum coverage and scalable setup optimized for volume.

The reality? 

A $250K+ product with 10+ distinct use cases trying to sell to everyone is like a lottery man moving around the city trying to sell lottery tickets.

This setup makes marketing doomed by default.

Marketing is supposed to create a generic content masked as "industry thought leadership", prepare "one-size-fits-all" messaging and run campaigns nobody engages with.

And when marketing suggests changing the approach, "we know our business better" meets "I don't think put anything that is not a typical lead gen_is what we need".

We are in 2026 where generic marketing and sales are cracking like peanuts.
Nobody is going to read your "Why you need to buy this..." PDF.

We must stop this harmful thinking that our buyers are not aware of their challenges and potential solutions. Generic content and messaging was neutraly perceived a decade ago, but today it hurts your brand.

My honest take:

You can't run a good B2B marketing with a horizontal sales structure optimized for volume. You can't create compelling narratives when your ICP is "anyone who might need our product."

The fix isn't working harder. It's making hard choices:

Prioritizing use cases
Defining verticals where these use cases have strongest demand
Develop account qualification characteristics
Define primary buyer persona
Forming dedicated (even if small) cross-functional teams that own those accounts end-to-end: from awareness creation to expansion
Update your messaging and create content that appeals to the interests of that buyer persona and is created by a subject-matter expert, not Chatgpt

We are now in an era where volume is available for everybody, enabled AI. But I firmly believe that in this period the growth will come from things that are considered non-scalable:

-Expert content tailored to a specific ICP
-Great distribution
-Manual engagement with the target buyers
-Clear messaging

Justin Rowe

Impactable - B2B Linkedin Ads Agency

Impactable is dedicated to helping B2B brands grow through LinkedIn advertising, multi-channel demand generation, and data-driven insights. Acquired by a data-centric investor in 2021, we leverage our LinkedIn Ads expertise to drive consistent, scalable growth for over 150 clients in the B2B space.

Key Capabilities:
LinkedIn Ads: We specialize in LinkedIn Ads management and create campaigns tailored to each client’s goals. We use LinkedIn’s precise targeting to reach decision-makers and convert leads.

Demand Generation: Our approach combines LinkedIn with Google Ads, Facebook, and programmatic channels, building a cohesive marketing ecosystem that accelerates the buyer’s journey and enhances engagement.

Website Visitor Identification: Our proprietary tech uncovers high-intent website visitors, providing insights for personalized retargeting and follow-ups.

Automated Lead Gen: Our automated LinkedIn outreach solution captures ICP-fit prospects, generating qualified leads with efficient workflows.

Custom SaaS Tools: We continuously expand our tech stack, providing clients with tools that streamline digital advertising and lead generation.

Results & Impact:
Client Growth: Increased qualified leads and conversion rates, driving revenue growth across 150+ brands.

Optimization: Leveraged A/B testing, segmentation, and data-driven adjustments to deliver up to 30% higher ROI on multi-channel campaigns.

Advanced Reporting: Developed custom reporting for clear insights into campaign performance, ensuring clients see measurable results.

Impactable builds efficient, results-focused marketing ecosystems for scaling B2B brands, blending strategy, technology, and insights to achieve long-term growth.

Other capabilities include website visitor identification, automated LinkedIn lead generation, and a few SAAS tools we are working on.

Chief Executive Officer

Linknlearn - Acquired by Impactable in 2021

Linknlearn was started as a Linkedin lead generation agency and then was acquired in 2021. We served over 1,000+ clients before the sale. 

We started out as a scrappy freelance team and then grow to an agency with a global reach. 

After the acquisition, I've stayed on as part-owner and CEO as we pivot into Linkedin ads, data, and a more comprehensive multi-channel marketing approach.

Potbelly Sandwich Works

I am currently the Managing Owner of 4 Potbelly Sandwich Shops in Louisville KY, and IN.

Restaurant Owner of 4 Locations

Founder/CMO @ Impactable - B2B LinkedIn Ads Agency | Acquired in 2021 | 2x Acquisitions in 2024 | Making things up as I go

From Restaurant Hustle to LinkedIn Agency Founder → Acquired → Now Scaling the #1 LinkedIn Ads Agency

I went from serving tables to serving over 1,000 clients in 30+ countries - and building an agency that was acquired in an all-cash buyout.

Starting in the restaurant industry, I had a hunger for something more (pun intended). I turned to LinkedIn to document my journey and connect with people. That content led to job offers, investor conversations, and even a deal to co-launch a restaurant franchise.

I saw the power of LinkedIn firsthand and started helping others. That side hustle turned into Linknlearn, a global lead gen agency built entirely through Upwork and LinkedIn outreach. I became the #1 ranked LinkedIn expert on Upwork, launched a $500 website, and scaled the agency internationally.

In 2021, we were acquired. We pivoted to LinkedIn Ads, launched new tech tools, and Impactable was born.

Today, I lead Impactable — a LinkedIn-Centric B2B Marketing Agency and creators of DemandSense, our proprietary LinkedIn Ads platform. We’ve been recognized by LinkedIn, invited to speak at their Indie Agency Summit, and continue working toward deeper partnerships with their team.

💡 What I’m Focused On Now

👉 Helping B2B brands scale with LinkedIn + Google + Programmatic full-funnel campaigns
👉 Working with clients spending $5K–$200K/month in ad budget to scale high-value pipelines
👉 Building smarter offers, audiences, and funnels through our 90-Day Validation Sprints
👉 Empowering internal marketers with DemandSense: ad scheduling, audience testing, and signal tracking for LinkedIn Ads

🧰 Resources (Free & Paid)

🎯 Free Strategy Resources & Templates
→ linktr.ee/justin_rowe

🛠 LinkedIn Ads Toolset (DemandSense)
→ https://impactable.com/dgp-linkedin-ads-tools/


🎥 LinkedIn Ads + B2B Demand Gen on YouTube
→ https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCATGD6P27kWXDVuaAZeZBuQ/videos

📈 LinkedIn Ads Agency (Done-for-You)
→ https://impactable.com/

💬 Want to Collaborate?

→ Send me a DM if you want to:

Test your audience + offer fit on LinkedIn

Migrate from Google to multichannel demand gen

Build a scalable paid strategy with a trusted partner

Impactable is a Linkedin Ads Agency that specializes in Linkedin Marketing for B2B companies. We were acquired in 2021 by a data-heavy investor and made a strong pivot into Linkedin advertising. Impactable now manages over 150+ B2B brands with Linkedin advertising being our core focus. 

Other capabilities include website visitor identification, automated Linkedin lead generation, and a few saas tools we are working on.

It’s November. Targets for next year are going up.
Your marketing budget probably isn’t.

If leadership just asked you to grow pipeline by 30% without growing spend, you are not getting there with “more cold.”

You get there by squeezing every drop out of the warm audiences and first party data you already paid for.

Here is how I’d use the last 4-5 weeks of the year 👇

1️⃣ Map the warm demand you already have
Before you touch budgets, answer:

“If I had to show sales the top 50–100 warm accounts to go all‑in on this quarter… could I?”

-Open a doc and list:
-Open opps (especially mid/late that went quiet in the last 60–90 days)
-Closed‑lost for timing/budget, not bad fit
-Accounts on pricing / demo / comparison / integration pages in the last 30 days
-Trials or freemium users with strong usage
-Engaged subscribers, webinar attendees
-Companies that keep showing up across content + LinkedIn


Rough tier it:
Tier A = high fit, high intent
Tier B = high fit, medium intent
Tier C = medium fit, earlier stage

That’s your warm universe. You already paid for it.

2️⃣ Rebalance from “more cold” to “better warm”
Most ad accounts right now:

-60–80% of spend on cold
-Warm retargeting underfunded or on autopilot
-Success defined as CPL and lead volume

If you need more pipeline on a flat budget, that math does not work.

For the rest of Q4 I’d:
-Push 30–40% of paid budget into Tier A + B
-Protect branded search so competitors don’t close the deals you warmed up
-Judge cold by how many new warm accounts it creates, not just cheap leads

Cold fills tomorrow’s warm pool.
Warm protects CAC today.

3️⃣ Give warm audiences something better than a generic ad
Tier A/B don’t need another “who we are” explainer.

They need:
-Proof
-Clarity
-Help making the internal case


Think:

-Thought‑leader ads from you/your execs: “How we’d use the next 90 days if we were in your seat”
-Short videos that call out CAC / pipeline pressure and show a concrete path
-Landing pages that assume they’re evaluating, not discovering you for the first time

By January, a warm account should feel:
“Of course we’re seeing you, and of course this is relevant right now.”

If you want the structured, in‑depth version of this (warm‑audience mapping, budget models, creative examples, reporting that survives CFO scrutiny), that’s exactly what I break down in my new on‑demand CXL course on building a warm‑audience‑first B2B ecosystem that actually lowers CAC.

You can find the link to this course and other useful resources in my profile resource link (i'll include in comments too). 

But even if you never touch the course, using the rest of this year to:

-Map your warm demand
-Rebalance spend
-Upgrade what warm accounts see

…will put you in a much better spot when Q1 hits.

You can find the link to the CXL course here - https://lnkd.in/gQWzYwYb

Founder & CEO @ Impactable | B2B LinkedIn Ads Partners | Paid Ads + Demand Gen + AI + Audiences + Automation + Strategy |

Vector’s ghost mascot isn’t just a quirky idea. 
It’s proof that emotion drives every purchase, even in B2B.

When I spoke with Jess Cook, Head of Marketing at Vector, she told me the ghost mascot wasn’t created by marketing. 

It came straight from their CEO, Joshua Perk 👻.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵.

Before a single marketing hire, Joshua and COO Nick Masters had already built a brand that felt human with bold colors, personality, and a tone that stood out from the industry’s usual gray.

Jess knew instantly that was a brand she wanted to help grow.

Because it’s rare to see a B2B company act like a consumer brand, focusing on connection and likability first.

And that’s exactly why it works.

Be the brand people actually 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 to root for.

#B2BMarketing #BrandBuilding #MarketingStrategy #BrandPersonality #Impactable

Quick note: I’m starting to document my AI experiments publicly.

I’m tired of half-baked AI posts and flashy n8n templates that look cool but do nothing. 

I want to show what actually works in B2B: the messy data, the ingestion hacks, the governance, and the small, repeatable experiments that actually move the needle.

Right now we’re building three agents at Impactable: 
1. LinkedIn Ads Expert Agent
2. Company Support Agent
3. Copywriting Agent

Not an expert here but I believe I'm getting a lot more clarity where the most practical applications of AI are for most orgs and what makes sense for us. 

I'm guessing this could be helpful for others looking to understand what's possible and what might make sense for you/your org. 

I’ll be posting regular updates as we build, test, and break things (and oh will things get broken lol).

by Justin Rowe, Founder at Impactable No this is not going to be one of those "comment AI agent" and I send you a useless but cool looking n8n templat

Open article: Building our First Real AI Agent - (And Where You Could Start) by Justin Rowe • 10 min read

Building our First Real AI Agent - (And Where You Could Start)

B2B Marketing isn’t about algorithms or ad types. 
It’s about people.

Before running a LinkedIn ads agency, I ran restaurants. And I learned quickly that if you want to build something great, it starts with people.

You need to create an environment where good people can thrive. 

You need to understand what motivates them, how they work, and what they need to succeed.

That same principle applies to marketing. 
You’re still serving people, just in a different way.

When you understand your audience deeply, you create content that feels natural to them. 

And if it works organically, it deserves to be amplified with ads.

It’s simple: 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲-𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Build for people first, and everything else follows.

Website LinkedIn Ads Agency: https://lnkd.in/guEafPKk
B2B Strategies and Guides: https://lnkd.in/gB-WQ82f
Impactable YouTube Channel: https://lnkd.in/emYVDn_T

#Leadership #B2BMarketing #PeopleFirst #LinkedInAds #Impactable

More traffic 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 the answer.
𝗢𝘄𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀.

We’re entering an era where privacy laws limit what you can 𝘴𝘦𝘦… but they don’t limit what you can 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥.

Your website visitors used to leave a trail of data you could use to personalize, retarget, and convert.

Now? 
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Which is why we’re seeing a shift from “collect everything” to “create assets so good, people 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 to identify themselves.”

So the question becomes:
What are you offering that’s 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 an email address?

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗗𝗙𝘀.

Start building:
📘 Playbooks they’ll bookmark
📩 Newsletters they’ll forward
🧠 Resources they’ll remember

The brands that win will be the ones who stop 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 for data and 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 with content that leads to connection.

What’s the top value asset you’re using to build your owned audience?
Drop it below 👇

Website LinkedIn Ads Agency: https://lnkd.in/guEafPKk
B2B Strategies and Guides: https://lnkd.in/gB-WQ82f
Impactable YouTube Channel: https://lnkd.in/emYVDn_T

#FirstPartyData #AudienceBuilding #B2BMarketing #LeadGeneration #Impactable #OwnYourAudience

In the age of AI, the most valuable thing your brand can own is its original thinking.

In a recent live chat with Jess Cook, Head of Marketing at Vector, she shared a concept that really stuck with me: 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗣.

In a world where anyone can produce a blog post or social clip with a few prompts, the question becomes:
What are the things only 𝘺𝘰𝘶 can say?

What insights, experiences, or opinions are so rooted in your brand and expertise that no one else could copy them even if they tried?

That’s your moat.

Your 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗣 is what separates you from the noise, and the smartest brands are building around it.

𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

#B2BMarketing #ContentStrategy #ThoughtLeadership #AIinMarketing #Impactable

Most marketers treat LinkedIn Ads like a standalone growth engine. But here’s the truth:

🚨 LinkedIn Ads work best when fueled by other channels. 🚨

If you’re only focusing on LinkedIn cold outreach, you’re missing a massive opportunity. 

LinkedIn retargeting is one of the best ways to convert traffic from Google Ads, SEO, and organic sources.

Instead of just dumping more budget into LinkedIn, try this:
✔ Scale up paid search to bring in high-intent traffic
✔ Tighten your Google Ads targeting for better quality leads
✔ Treat your channels like an ecosystem, not silos

The best LinkedIn Ads strategy? A balanced, multi-channel approach.

Are you using LinkedIn Ads in isolation or as part of a bigger system?

Website LinkedIn Ads Agency: https://lnkd.in/guEafPKk
B2B Strategies and Guides: https://lnkd.in/gB-WQ82f
Impactable YouTube Channel: https://lnkd.in/emYVDn_T

How to get the most out of your LinkedIn ads - Scheduling, rotating, and avoiding LinkedIn min daily spend limitations

We leverage a pretty cool tool for this - DemandSense.

Ad scheduling
Ad rotating
Better reporting
Demographic breakdowns
Insights
And more....

Are you currently using any scheduling tool for LinkedIn ads?

Did you know 50% or more of your budget might be spent between 10 pm and 3 am if you don't use a scheduling tool?

Yes, there is a solution for this problem - link in the comments. 

#linkedinads

The best marketers don’t always start in marketing.

When I sat down with Selim Maalouf, Director of Marketing at HarvestROI, we talked about how his journey into marketing was anything but traditional.

He started as an industrial engineer, designing robotic and packaging solutions for seven years before realizing his creative side needed an outlet. 

That’s when he pivoted into marketing.

What gave him an edge? Subject matter expertise.

He already understood the industrial audience, the products, and the challenges, so creating meaningful content didn’t require endless back-and-forth with SMEs.

Over time, that blend of technical knowledge and marketing skill made him both a strong strategist and a HubSpot expert.

Selim’s story is a reminder that the best marketers often come from unexpected places.

Your background is your superpower. Use it to make your marketing sharper, smarter, and more human.

Website LinkedIn Ads Agency: https://lnkd.in/guEafPKk
B2B Strategies and Guides: https://lnkd.in/gB-WQ82f
Impactable YouTube Channel: https://lnkd.in/emYVDn_T


#MarketingCareers #B2BMarketing #Leadership #HubSpot #Impactable

How precise does your b2b marketing data get?

Lately, I've been exploring technographic data – a tool that’s reshaping how I approach marketing personalization.

Technographic data refers to information that describes a company's current technology stack, including the software, platforms, tools, and technologies they use to run their business.

This data can reveal insights into a company's operations, technological capabilities, preferences, potential needs, and challenges.

For instance, knowing a company uses WordPress not only tells us about their web platform choice, but can also indicate specific challenges they face, from security concerns to customization issues.

Rather than a generic pitch, you can address their unique situation with a solution that fits perfectly.

👉 This level of personalized outreach doesn't just get attention; it positions you as an expert.

You're already halfway through the door by demonstrating an understanding of their tools and challenges, shifting from a cold outreach to a meaningful conversation starter.

#DigitalMarketing #TechnographicData #Personalization #MarketingStrategy

It takes 30-45 days to see ROI when you retarget your cold layer with programmatic ads.

Since you’re relying on other sources to bring quality cold traffic to your TOFU, your programmatic ads help to warm up/nurture an already warm audience that’s shown some level of intent

That’s when you’ll see a good view to conversions... but there’s one problem. 

The programmatic ads overstate the results because the placement is so good that it takes credit for a lot of conversions

For example, you might think that everyone who booked a call from the ads came from the programmatic ads

Programmatic ads have so much distribution that you can almost guarantee that it’ll be part of the journey

To accurately track programmatic ads, track the noticeable lifts (e.g. 13% lift in call bookings)

Everything else should be the same because programmatic ads make other campaigns more effective by nurturing/warming up the cold layer much faster.

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Start with $2,000 per month on display ads, native programmatic, and CTV, and see people get saturated with our ads.

Just because someone sees one ad doesn’t mean that all the programmatic ads convert.

Website LinkedIn Ads Agency: https://lnkd.in/guEafPKk
B2B Strategies and Guides: https://lnkd.in/gB-WQ82f
Impactable YouTube Channel: https://lnkd.in/emYVDn_T

#paidads #programmaticadvertising #entrepreneurship #marketing #b2b

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