Your brand is invisible to the AI that’s choosing your competitor

The CIO didn’t Google you. She asked ChatGPT. And you weren’t in the answer. This is not a hypothetical. Research from 6sense suggests that a large majority of B2B buyers now use a large language model during their buying journey – not as a novelty, but as a primary research tool. They ask it who…

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The Real Reason Market Development Funds Go to Waste

Every year, technology vendors set aside Market Development Funds (MDF) for the partners who sell on their behalf. It’s one of the most underused levers in the South African channel, not because the funds aren’t real, but because too much of it gets spent on activity that never gets seen, never gets proven, and never…

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Trust before the pitch: why influence beats visibility in B2B tech marketing

Forbes’ 2026 World’s Most Influential CMOs list made a distinction worth sitting with. The report draws a hard line between visibility and influence – noting that showing up everywhere, posting daily, dominating the trade press, might win attention, but it rarely moves a balance sheet. Visibility and influence look similar from a distance. They are…

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