Let’s face it, today’s purchase process is more complex than ever because buyers are more informed and self-directed.
And with 95% of buyers being out of market at any given time*, how do you ensure you’re balancing your brand AND demand efforts?
That’s why we specialize in BrandDemand Marketing, a holistic planning and activation approach that helps clients better align their Marketing, Sales and Customer Service disciplines to successfully deliver balanced brand and demand strategies and tactics based on the way buyers make purchase decisions.
That means you can speed purchase decisions for those ready to buy now and hit your short-term goals, retain and reward those loyal purchasers, and simultaneously nurture those not yet ready to buy, building trust and engagement.
In other words, Accelerating BrandDemand™.
*The B2B Playbook, Demand Generation Budget Allocation | Creation vs. Capture, 2024.
The GAIN Marketing Maturity Model is a framework we use to help organizations assess and guide their readiness for the development of their branding, nurturing, sales and customer service strategies — what we think of as BrandDemand strategic planning. It comprises four key stages, each representing an increasing level of maturity in the organization’s Marketing efforts.
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GAMEPLAN is our proprietary, rigorous framework designed to help guide client organizations smoothly through BrandDemand strategic planning. This framework includes practical checks and balances to ensure that an organization's Marketing, Sales and Customer Service disciplines are aligned and engaged on mutual business goals that reflect customer needs and purchase journeys.
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Our Team
Gayle Novak
Chief Brand Strategist,
Partner
Gayle Novak
Chief Brand Strategist,
Partner
Rich Dettmer
Chief Demand Strategist, Partner
Rich Dettmer
Chief Demand Strategist, Partner
Ron Klingensmith
Chief Creative Strategist,
Partner
Ron Klingensmith
Chief Creative Strategist,
Partner
Matt Finizio
Creative Strategist, Partner
Matt Finizio
Creative Strategist, Partner
Mike Bueltmann
Partner
Mike Bueltmann
Partner
Julia Parisot
VP Growth
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We keep up with the trends, but we’re never trendy. We continue learning, advancing our knowledge, anticipating how change will change our business — but always grounding it in strategy versus shiny new toys.
We’re people working in a people business. Technology continues to push the boundaries of how we work, but it can’t replace the value of what happens when we connect person to person — exchanging ideas, building partnerships, nurturing friendships and birthing new solutions that get results.
Treating everyone with respect. Taking pride in a job done well. Having integrity and ethics always as our guiding force. Sweating the little details just as much as the bigger deliverables. These all seem so obvious. But it doesn’t hurt to remind ourselves. And so we do, every day.
One thing you’ll notice about our values is that they’re all action-oriented. They go beyond lofty ideals, representing how we support each other and our clients daily. These values define our work ethic and reflect the types of long-term relationships we seek to foster.
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