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THE GEO Guide for B2B CMOs: How to Get Found, Cited, Trusted, and Chosen in AI Search

A practical working guide for B2B CMOs who want to build visibility and trust in AI-generated answers.

June 27, 2026
23 minutes
Drew Neisser
Read Insight
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Book Insights

Strategy Is What You Say No To: A No-Bullsh*t Guide for CMOs

August 23, 2026
6 mins

Strategy is not a collection of goals, tactics, or positioning statements. No Bullsh*t Strategy author Alex M. H. Smith frames it as a meaningful choice about creating value customers want and cannot obtain elsewhere. For CMOs, that perspective connects market insight and communication with the product, operating model, and deliberate tradeoffs that make differentiation real.

Book Insights
GTM Strategy
Leadership
Brand & Positioning
Read Insight
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Insights for CMOs

Stop Reporting Vanity Metrics: Build a Marketing Index the C-Suite Trusts

August 18, 2026
6 mins

A trusted marketing dashboard connects market presence, brand strength, and pipeline health instead of reducing performance to isolated vanity metrics. Seven-time CMO Grant Johnson explains how baselines, trend lines, executive alignment, and a focused index can reveal momentum. The result is a more complete, defensible view of marketing’s contribution to sustainable customer growth and revenue.

Insights for CMOs
Leadership
Sales & Marketing Alignment
Pipeline
Brand & Positioning
Read Insight
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Drew's Takes

How Can Enterprise CMOs Move From AI Guardrails To AI Growth?

August 17, 2026
5 min read

Enterprise AI governance is necessary, but CMOs need more than avoidance training if they want marketing teams to learn, grow, and compete.

Drew's Takes
AI & GenAI
Leadership
Org Design
MarTech
Read Insight
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Insights for CMOs

Still Dabbling With GenAI? Turn Experiments Into Business Impact

August 16, 2026
7 mins

GenAI creates business impact when experimentation develops into an operating capability rather than remaining a collection of disconnected tools. Forrester analyst Lisa Gately explains why AI literacy, change management, workflow integration, cross-functional coordination, and outcome-based measurement matter. The opportunity extends beyond faster content production to better planning, precision, customer understanding, and organizational learning across marketing.

Insights for CMOs
AI & GenAI
Leadership
Org Design
MarTech
Read Insight
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Insights for CMOs

Should AI Agents Appear on the Marketing Org Chart?

August 15, 2026
6 min read

As AI agents take on real marketing work, CMOs need to rethink workflows, operating models, and accountability before redrawing the org chart.

Insights for CMOs
AI & GenAI
Org Design
Leadership
MarTech
Read Insight
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Book Insights

How Can B2B CMOs Become AI-Empowered Leaders Instead of AI Tool Collectors?

August 14, 2026
8 min read

Geoff Woods’ AI-driven leadership ideas give B2B CMOs a practical path to become AI-empowered leaders, not just collectors of tools and prompts.

Book Insights
AI & GenAI
Leadership
Org Design
CMO Career
Read Insight
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Insights for CMOs

Why Is “AI Strategy” the Wrong Question for B2B CMOs?

August 13, 2026
6 min read

AI is not the objective. B2B CMOs need to start with business outcomes, then decide where AI can accelerate growth, efficiency, and operating leverage.

Insights for CMOs
AI & GenAI
Leadership
Org Design
MarTech
Read Insight
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Insights for CMOs

3 AI-Powered Workflows That Deliver Fast ROI

August 12, 2026
7 min read

Jeff Pedowitz shares three practical AI-powered workflows that are already helping B2B marketing teams generate leads, save time, and improve operational discipline.

Insights for CMOs
AI & GenAI
MarTech
Demand Gen
Org Design
Read Insight
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Insights for CMOs

How Can B2B CMOs Improve Revenue and Decrease MarTech Spend?

August 11, 2026
6 min read

B2B CMOs can improve revenue impact by cutting martech complexity, reducing platform tax, and refocusing spend on pipeline-generating programs.

Insights for CMOs
MarTech
Demand Gen
GTM Strategy
AI & GenAI
Read Insight
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