Sector knowledge

By Claire James, head of client services and built environment specialist, Skout The construction industry is about to go through its most transformative phase for decades with the introduction of the Building Safety Act. These changes are driven by the still unfolding story of Grenfell, the public outcry, and the substandard building materials and practices […]

Social media has fast become a tool which many B2B businesses are turning to for brand exposure, lead generation, driving website traffic and even profile building. Yet, when it comes to selecting the appropriate platforms to engage with a B2B audience, Twitter and Linkedin reign supreme. More than 675 million professionals are using Linkedin to […]

Women have continuously dominated PR. According to a survey by the PR communications census 2018, women make up 66% of the PR workforce. This fabulous feminisation of PR has often been celebrated in fictional characters such as Sex and the City’s Samantha Jones and Absolutely Fabulous’ Edina Monsoon. Yet, as many try to hazard a […]

Prudential began to sell affordable insurance to the working classes in 1854. These so called ‘penny policies’ were sold by a ‘sizeable army of good men’, who stood out due to their precise understanding about doing business. By 1900, 10,000 Prudential agents had has sold insurance to one third of the population. The ‘Man from […]

Jane Hales went from forecasting the weather at the Met Office to forecasting countless predictions in the B2B and B2C marketing sectors. As one of several B2B PR agencies we often utilise research to inform or support client campaigns, and Jane is a great partner to have on board. We asked her where it all […]

By his own admission, Jonathan Rose ‘fell’ into B2B marketing quite a way into his career. He had no formal training or qualifications. This, possibly coupled with the fact he entered the profession at a management level, has meant he has always been a ‘marketing generalist’. Its not something he’s ashamed of and it hasn’t […]

As a B2B PR specialist agency, we work for clients in sectors as diverse as law, care, technology, data and food. It’s our understanding and knowledge across multiple B2B sectors that often attract clients to us in the first place. And once we’re part of their team, we continue to develop our knowledge and insights […]

The web is awash with brilliant B2B content, and well, some not so brilliant B2B content. And as the content universe grows each day, B2B marketers know they need to work at it. But how do they make content marketing work for them? Here is Skout’s A-Z of content marketing to guide marketing professionals through […]

Rob Jones is CEO of Qbase, one of the UK’s leading providers of data services – with a particular focus on extracting value from data in a marketing environment. I asked Rob what makes data so crucial to B2B marketing success. Tell me a little about your background I studied marketing at Uni, then went […]