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Before creator marketing became the thing every B2B brand wanted to talk about, Chris Cunningham was already doing it. As one of the original four behind ClickUp, Chris helped build one of the fastest-growing project management companies in the world by looking outside of B2B for inspiration. Influencers, creators, viral social content, consumer marketing tactics. That approach has helped ClickUp generate more than 2 billion views across social. Will McTighe knows a thing or two about earning attention, too. He’s built a LinkedIn audience of more than 400,000 and helped 600+ B2B founders become influential voices in their industries. Now they’re getting together every week to talk about where B2B marketing goes next. B2B Marketing Weekly breaks down the trends, creators, platforms, campaigns, and ideas getting attention right now, with one question in mind: what should B2B marketers actually do with this? Because copying every viral trend is a terrible strategy. Ignoring what’s happening outside the B2B bubble might be even worse. Chris and Will separate the opportunities from the traps and show how B2B brands can borrow from consumer and creator playbooks without becoming the brand trying way too hard to be cool on the internet. New episodes every week.

Episodes

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    B2B Broadway Theatre, Butthole Logos and Viral Tweeting

    Ramp made a Broadway musical about paying bills. Meta’s Alexandr Wang is posting about AI logos that look like buttholes. And somewhere in the middle of all this, B2B marketers are supposed to figure out what actually gets attention and drives business. This week, Chris Cunningham and Will McTighe get into Ramp’s Bill Pay: The Musical. It has Billy Porter, Billy Zane, original songs, and an actual playwright. It’s a huge swing for a finance company, but Chris has a question: what happens after the curtain closes? If people remember the celebrities and forget Ramp, was it worth it? They talk about the clips, livestream, and follow-up that could turn one big event into something much bigger. Then, three Patreon leaders leave for OpenAI. Chris and Will try to work out what OpenAI might be building for creators, how creators could make money from it, and why marketers should pay attention when a new place to spend ad dollars opens up. These are possibilities, not announced product features, and they’re just as curious as everyone else. They also get into Alexandr Wang’s very online approach to promoting Meta’s AI product. His posts about suspiciously butthole-shaped AI logos are funny, but they’re doing something useful too: getting people to recognize him, talk about the product, and actually try it. What can B2B founders learn from that without handing their X account to someone who writes like a press release? Finally, they talk Suno, custom jingles, and the temptation to jump on a new ad format before everyone else finds it. The takeaway: test the interesting stuff while it’s still interesting, but ask for proof before believing someone’s screenshot of incredible results.

About

Before creator marketing became the thing every B2B brand wanted to talk about, Chris Cunningham was already doing it. As one of the original four behind ClickUp, Chris helped build one of the fastest-growing project management companies in the world by looking outside of B2B for inspiration. Influencers, creators, viral social content, consumer marketing tactics. That approach has helped ClickUp generate more than 2 billion views across social. Will McTighe knows a thing or two about earning attention, too. He’s built a LinkedIn audience of more than 400,000 and helped 600+ B2B founders become influential voices in their industries. Now they’re getting together every week to talk about where B2B marketing goes next. B2B Marketing Weekly breaks down the trends, creators, platforms, campaigns, and ideas getting attention right now, with one question in mind: what should B2B marketers actually do with this? Because copying every viral trend is a terrible strategy. Ignoring what’s happening outside the B2B bubble might be even worse. Chris and Will separate the opportunities from the traps and show how B2B brands can borrow from consumer and creator playbooks without becoming the brand trying way too hard to be cool on the internet. New episodes every week.