Chief Marketing Officer
The marketing professional of the future — especially in B2B companies — will be increasingly hybrid, data-driven and directly linked to sales results, without losing brand and relationship sensitivity. Below, we highlight the main approaches and activities that this profile needs to master:
1
B2B Brand Strategy and Positioning
Create a clear, reliable positioning that translates the company's competitive edge into business language.
Ensure consistency between speech and delivery (website, presentations, proposals, social media, customer service).
Translate technical attributes into understandable, customer-centric value propositions.
2
Lead Generation and Qualification
Develop and operate Inbound Marketing strategies with a nutrition rule, using relevant content to attract, educate and qualify leads.
Master the use of CRM, marketing automation and business intelligence tools (e.g.: RD Station, HubSpot, Apollo.io, LinkedIn Sales Navigator).
Create campaigns and content focused on sales funnel (TOFU, MOFU, BOFU) and conversion in SQLs.
3
Monitoring the Commercial Cycle
Support the sales team with impactful scripts, emails, videos and presentations.
Build specific content trails by ICP (ideal customer profile) and journey.
Be an active part of the Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategy to accelerate strategic business.
4
Market Intelligence and Strategic Content
Monitor competition, trends and performance data to adjust the commercial proposal and channels.
Develop rich content (e-books, whitepapers, webinars, videos) that reinforces brand authority and generates leads.
Create narratives focused on customer education, reducing the sales cycle.
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Multichannel Expansion and Distribution
Think of content as an asset: the same insight can become a post, article, video, ad and email.
Bridging the gap between institutional and commercial content, using social networks (especially LinkedIn) to generate connection and attractiveness.
Work with paid media for B2B performance (lead gen via Meta, Google, LinkedIn).
6
Relationship with Internal and External Stakeholders
Align marketing with sales, product, service and CS to create a unified growth machine.
Develop commercial and institutional activation kits that facilitate the work of external teams or representatives.
7
Tools and Soft Skills increasingly essential
Tools: CRM, automation, BI, CMS, video and presentation tools.
Skills: analytical thinking, clear communication, commercial empathy, business acumen, storytelling and strategic design.
In short, the B2B marketer of the future will be:
"A creative strategist with technical mastery and commercial responsibility."
It will be the arm that unites positioning with acquisition, discourse with performance, and perception with conversion.