Between a Funnel and ABM

Between a Funnel & the ABM Pyramid: The Case for Hybrid Marketing

Scott Dieckgraefe Insight

Historically, B2B sales and marketing strategy has been based on the funnel model: awareness constitutes the wide end of the funnel, gradually narrowing down to consideration, then intent, then, finally, conversion (a sale). However, the digital age has seen the increased adoption of account-based marketing (ABM), an approach in which sales and marketing teams work together to identify and target …

Positive or Negative News

PR Lessons: When Is Bad Publicity Good For A Company?

Scott Dieckgraefe Insight

By Scott Dieckgraefe, Studio/D Founder and President It’s often been stated that, “there’s no such thing as bad publicity,” and a recently released study appears to  back-up this claim. Seth Arenstein (an author with PR News) cited an Onclusive study in June 2022 that found negative portrayals of brands actually drove greater website traffic than positive stories, seeming to affirm …