Mike Maynard

@SimonCalder Thank you for posting this story! I wasn't thrown out of Norway, but wasn't allow to travel by Norwegian Airlines yesterday. They were rude and arrogant, and I began to think I must have been wrong until I read your great article.

The European Commission in Brussels must instruct the Norwegians and Danes to follow the rules. Meanwhile, if you were the traveller who arrived in Oslo from Edinburgh on flight DY1641 on 22 February and was then wrongly thrown out, please get in touch. Norway owes you an apology

Tourist just arrived at Oslo with a valid UK passport is told: “You are expelled from Norway.” The extraordinary decision by Oslo airport police contravenes Schengen area rules on passports. Police at Copenhagen airport are also inventing their own rules. independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

@SouthernRailUK what's happening with trains from Chichester on Saturday 2nd Dec? Nothing on National Rail, but your website says you've not decided what the service will be. #confused

Liar, liar, our AI is on fire! napierb2b.com/2023/03/ok-we-… #ai #pr #generativeai

I've been watching the things Forrester has been saying about MQLs and SQLs with interest. o why are we counting individuals? Shouldn't we count the number of DMUs that we reach (i.e. the number of opportunities). napierb2b.com/2023/02/forres… #leads #leadgeneration #b2b

Case studies are hard to get in B2B. But they are important. Here is my take on what you need to do to successfully run a case study programme. napierb2b.com/2023/02/how-to… #casestudy #testimonial #b2b

The UK missed being declared as an economy in recession by literally the smallest margin possible today. However in the meantime you might want to check out our page about marketing in tough times (we probably need to rebrand it). napierb2b.com/b2b-marketing-…

@skipoleschris @TheRegister @skipoleschris and @TheRegister not just confined to US and APAC - I'm a BT customer in the UK and am having the same lack of AWS connectivity problems!

Hey @TheRegister you might want to look at BT - they appear to have disconnected all their broadband ISP customers from AWS in both US and Asia Pacific region! Problem been ongoing for a couple of hours now.

Delighted that my podcast interview with Dean Newlund of Mission Facilitators is now live. It's a great conversation digging into how you can ensure you are getting value from marketing and why marketing and sales should work more closely. mfileadership.com/podcast/mike-m…

As marketers, are we any good at our job? Maybe not, based on this research from The CMO Survey. One third of senior marketers don't believe they excel at testing and iterating campaigns. marketingprofs.com/charts/2022/47…

Exactly how good is your data? And does it really help? If you know me, you will know I am geekily fascinated by marketing data. I love it. But I'm also pragmatic. I understand the maths behind the numbers and sometimes you just can't rely on data. contentmarketinginstitute.com/articles/overs…

Yeah, we all know about intent data. Incredibly powerful, but it's hard to gather meaningful intent data, particularly if you have a specialist product. But intent is not just about data. It's about the intent of a prospect. martechseries.com/mts-insights/g… #PPC #b2b #intentdata

"When will I be famous?" Apparently Luke and Matt were ahead of their time as recent research from Nielson shows Brand Awareness to be marketers' top priority for 2022. marketingcharts.com/brand-related/…

Sorry, your audience doesn't want to watch your CEO's thought leadership videos. Let's be honest, there's always a bit of ego in marketing. And sometimes we do things that we know aren't going to work because the internal politics give us little option. marketingcharts.com/industries/bus…

"Americans still trust trade press" In a time when only 29% of Americans trust mainsteam news outlets, has the trade press kept the confidence of readers? Kelly Fletcher is confident that this is the case in her article on PR. entrepreneur.com/article/424576

Crush your first paid LinkedIn campaign with our on-demand webinar! Had a great time presenting this, and lots of interesting questions and feedback after the live session. You can now access the webinar on-demand. napierb2b.com/2022/05/a-napi… #PPC #LinkedInAdvertising

Check out the podcast interview I did with Matt Young, CEO of UserVoice to find out how they help B2B companies (particularly SaaS companies) understand the needs of their customers. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/int… #b2b #saas #customerfeedback

Awesome advice on personalisation... "Fewer communications, greater personalization" venturebeat.com/2022/04/04/les… #b2b #personalisation #keepitsimple

B2B buyers say they find video content most helpful when it educates them about a product/service. This is even more important than explaining solutions to problems. marketingprofs.com/charts/2022/47…

Running a newsletter? Read this guide and get more subscribers. Simples! moz.com/blog/drive-new… #newsletters #b2b

Some great insights from Demand Gen's B2B Content Preferences Survey Report... 1. B2B buyers placing a higher emphasis on trustworthiness 2. B2B buyers aren’t tiring of webinars 3. Research/survey reports, are key marketingcharts.com/cross-media-an…