Distribution is no longer about who spends the most on ads. In 2026, defensibility comes from channels you own and ecosystems that AI spam can’t flood. Email lists that buyers trust, partner platforms that carry your product, communities that people rely on, and events that buyers mark on their calendars — these are the levers that give GTM teams durable reach when everything else feels disposable.
How Credibility Becomes Your Strongest GTM Defense
Trust is the moat that closes deals faster. In a market flooded with AI-polished claims, buyers look for proof they can’t fake. Here’s how transparency, evidence, and consistency become your strongest GTM defense.
AI Moats: How to Build a Defensible GTM Strategy in 2026
AI copies tactics fast. This guide shows how to defend your GTM with real moats — trust, data loops, distribution, system design, and community.
The Quiet Vendor Playbook: Earning Credibility Without Owning the Customer
You’re not leading the pitch. You’re not listed in the contract. You might not even be introduced on the kickoff call. But if your product or service is driving the outcome, you still deserve a seat at the table. This is your playbook for staying credible, visible, and valuable, even when the partner owns the customer relationship.
How to Optimize Your Content for AI Search: Get Quoted, Get Seen, Drive Pipeline
The rules of inbound have changed… and your funnel didn’t get the memo! AI tools now decide what gets seen, what gets skipped, and who shows up when buyers start searching. If your content isn’t built for this new filter, it won’t just underperform, it’ll vanish.
How AI Search Is Rewriting the Rules of Inbound (And What to Do About It)
If You’re Not Built for AI, You’re Already Invisible When AI tools decide what shows up in the summary box, they’re not choosing based on Google search rankings. Only the content that’s easy to extract, clear to read, and built for machines to understand wins. Everything else stays in the shadows. Three different founders asked […]
ABM That Moves Buying Committees (Not Just Personas)
Most enterprise deals don’t collapse because your value proposition missed the mark. They collapse in rooms you never get to see, among stakeholders you never fully engaged.
Your champion loved the demo but can’t get finance to buy in. Legal is circling back on questions that were already answered. A new IT director demands extra security reviews. Before you know it, the opportunity goes dark.
That’s the reality of buying committees in B2B. It isn’t a linear path from MQL to closed won, but a maze of agendas, hierarchies and internal tug-of-war.
Beyond the AI Facade: How to Actually Scale Intimacy in ABM Without Breaking Your Stack
Scaling intimacy in Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is more than just leveraging AI; it requires a deep understanding of the target human behind the title. While personalization is everywhere, true connection is often missing.
Scaling Intimacy with AI: The ABM Paradox No One Talks About
Scaling Intimacy with AI? It’s harder than it sounds. Personalization at scale sounds great…until you see the broken backend that’s driving it. Let’s get one thing straight. ABM only works when your buyer feels like they were handpicked.And yet… here we are. Watching companies throw AI at the problem, hoping it’ll scale what was never […]
How do you build a shared ABM playbook across teams that actually works?
You don’t need another template. You need alignment, clarity, and plays that don’t fall apart the second a lead crosses into someone else’s pipeline column. This is how you build an ABM playbook that doesn’t just sit in Notion. Why do most shared ABM playbooks quietly fail? Because they’re made in silos. Or worse, as […]