Tom Hunt

$3.6m ARR. $0 raised. I have no idea what I'm doing.

Jan 2014.

I'm walking home from a depressing New Year's trip to Oslo with an ex. girlfriend.

It's raining in East London.

I made a decision:

I would replace my management consulting salary (£42,000) by the end of the year.

I had no idea from where, but that was the goal...

I just about hit it and left the corporate world.

And I haven't been back since.

Fast forward a decade and I've:

- Tried and failed with 17 businesses
- Invested in 11
- Learnt a LOT

The one that is finally working is called Fame:

- We have a weird culture (in a good way)
- We start and grow podcasts for B2B businesses
- We are fully remote and have 75 full-time team members

I live for our awesome team at Fame, building businesses and great marketing.

I post about them here 🤗

Founder & CEO

We start and grow the world's most profitable B2B podcasts.

Clients include:

👉 IDEO
👉 Workday
👉 HighRadius
👉 People.ai
👉 Zendesk
👉 Bevy
👉 Circle
👉 Suzy
👉 Mazars
👉 LeanData
👉 CXL
👉 Ramp
👉 Alibaba
👉 Signify
👉 eToro

We don't review CVs.

We don't use an ATS.

We don't ask for cover letters.

And we barely spend money on job ads.


Here's our hiring process:

1. Candidates come inbound
2. We review their LinkedIn profile
3. They do a short test task
4. First interview: competency-based
5. Final interview: values-based

That's it.


No six-round marathons
No "upload your resume then retype it"
No AI scanning for keywords


Just people looking at real work and having conversations.

HR SaaS businesses told everyone that hiring needs to be complex.

It doesn't.


You don't need expensive software to find good people.

Agree?

$4.5m ARR. $0 raised. I have no idea what I’m doing.

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I cancelled a 1-1 with someone on my team.


Why?

- They were thriving
- Their OKRs were progressing well
- I had nothing meaningful to contribute

So why have the meeting?

Why waste their time because I'm insecure about doing my job?


It's called macro-management.

HINT: the opposite of micro-management.


Here’s how it works:

- They work where they want
- You provide the insight, tools and resources
- You remove barriers, blockers and distractions
- They decide the "how"
- You trust them

Put simply:

You enable.
You assist.

Then you stay in your lane...

Not theirs.

Agree?

We hired a project manager for $7 per hour in 2022.

Now he's earning $40K a year.

That's higher than 98% of earners in the Philippines.


We made him a deal:

"Where you are right now limits what we can pay you because you don't generate enough value. But the more problems you can solve for us, the more we can pay you."

E.g. we hired him for what he could become, not what he was.


He got a payrise in year 2, then in year 3, he takes on another role.

Now he's:

- Project manager
- Video editor

Maybe more in the future.


The best hires have the right attitude toward growth.

Skill gaps close with time and effort.

Character gaps rarely close.

No one is clapping when you get the second resignation email of the day.

No one is clapping at 6:37am on a Saturday as you’re combing through the P&L.

No one is clapping when it’s your 17th decision of the day.

No one is clapping when you're the only person around to reply to the angry customer.

No one is clapping when payroll looms and the bank balance isn’t where it should be.

No one is clapping when you can’t think of anything else on a Sunday afternoon.



There’s a lot of hype around starting a business these days…

I’m not sure it’s for everyone.

Most people chase salaries and titles.
Smart people choose who they work with.

Specifically: their manager.

Here's why:

A bad manager...
- Drains your energy
- Protects their position
- Watches your every move

A great manager...
- Explains why things work
- Protects you from politics
- Supports your development


The truth?

You may spend more time with your manager than your spouse.

Choose wisely.

Fame bootstrapped to $4.5M ARR by charging LESS.

Plus we:

- Spend less than 2% of revenue on ads
- Have a 1 person sales team
- Raised $0

How?

By focusing on the one metric everyone ignores...

Retention.


1️⃣ Strong inbound engine

Outbound and ads cost more, both to book a sales call, but also in the skill (and therefore cost) of the person who needs to run the call.

Instead:

- SEO
- Personal brand
- Bottom of the funnel Google Ads


2️⃣ Charge less

E.g. the Amazon model.

The more you charge, the more likely you will be cut when the CFO and CEO review the monthly P&L.


3️⃣ Objective performance metrics

We used to track client happiness, now we track client objectives.

Happy clients churn, successful clients don't.


4️⃣ Build a retention culture

The team laugh everytime I say "retention is the foundation of growth" because I say it so much.

Hire, fire and promote based on retention.



The formula:

1️⃣ Strong inbound engine
2️⃣ Charge less
3️⃣ Track objective performance metrics
4️⃣ Build a culture of retention

And please, say it after me:

Retention is the foundation of growth.

As soon as I met Cristian and Alexandru in person, I knew I had to go.

They are the first reason I'm hosting a panel at Tekpon AI Summit 2025 in Bucharest.


The second reason is that I've spent the last 5 years working in my bedroom (pretty much).

$4.5m ARR from behind a screen.

It's working.

But now it's time to crawl out of the cave, and into real life.


So if you're in Bucharest on November 25th, come say hi.

Let's talk AI.
Let's talk marketing.
Let's talk LinkedIn.

Just let's actually talk.

Be like Taylor Swift...


At least that's what I told the awesome people at the Turing x SYSTM Growth Summit yesterday.


Why?

She nailed The Fame Formula:

1. Make really good content in a specific niche
2. Be seen around other famous people in the niche

First she did it with country, and now she does it with pop music.


It's also what we need to do in B2B.

B2B buyers are only in the market 3% of the time. We need to get them to know, like and trust us during the other 97% of the time.

How?

Two steps:

1. Content Format
2. Content Positioning


1. Content Format

You've got three options:

Social: Easiest to grow, lowest influence. Great for reach, but people scroll past quickly.

Email/Written: Middle ground. More intimate than social, easier to produce than podcasts.

Podcast: Hardest to grow, highest influence, best for repurposing. One episode can become 20 pieces of content.

If I was to start again, I would pick the social platform that I liked best, and start there.


2. Content Positioning

Two parts:

- The Niche

Be as narrow as possible.

If you sell email marketing software, don't start a marketing podcast, don't event start a email marketing podcast, start the open-rate podcast.

- The Edge

The thing a customer would tell their friends. What makes you different? What's your unique opinion?


That's The Fame Formula:

Pick your format.
Nail your positioning...

And be like Taylor.

If you can’t share an agenda for the meeting, we shouldn’t be meeting.

When Taplio was acquired by lemlist, they got:

- $2m upfront
- Another $6m for hitting growth targets


I asked him if it was time for beach and cocktails...

"Absolutely not."

Tibo starting sourcing young, hungry founders to build more products.

He now runs 5 products, each with difference technical founders, whilst he focuses on their growth and building his personal brand.

Now $6m ARR.


The next exit will be much bigger.

Find out how in this episode of Confessions of a B2B Entrepreneur below 👇

One of our team members' machines was compromised.

And a client found out about it.

Somehow their Slack log in was posted in a data dump, which was flagged to a client's security team.

We immediately took the compromised machine offline for deep cleaning and changed a load of other passwords.

In the end, no breach occurred, but it was a scare.

This would likely not have happened if we were using Keeper Security, Inc. 

It’s the highest-rated password manager in the world for a reason. 

It solves both the security and the productivity problem:

- Zero-Trust Security: Keeper built its entire platform on a zero-trust, zero-knowledge architecture so your business data is encrypted on your device before it ever reaches their servers

- Instant Access: The KeeperFill feature automatically enters usernames and complex passwords for you

Keeper is built to scale with your business (securely) from day one.

Check out their Cyber Week offer linked in the first comment 👇

#ad #keepersecurity #cyberweek

Brand partnership • $4.5m ARR. $0 raised. I have no idea what I’m doing.

Breaking B2B

B2B/SaaS SEO for revenue not vanity.

Try the weekly podcast, newsletter or apply to work with us: https://www.breakingb2b.com/

Founder & Host

WEB CHOICE

Co-Owner (Exited) 

Digital Marketing Specialist

Mighty Marketing Group

Head Of Sales

Head of Digital

Digital Solutions Manager

Business Development Manager

Web Choice UK Ltd

Head of New Business Development / Sales for Web Choice UK. 
Key job roles include: 

- New Business Development (Inbound Marketing, Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Networking, Researched Cold Calling, Canvassing, Working incoming Leads)
- Nurturing leads from initial point of contact right through to successful conversion
- Building High-End Proposal Documents 
- Pitching to and winning contracts for Blue Chip Companies
- Personally Responsible for Winning Substantial Contracts
- Account Management for Key Clients
- Helping clients to add real value to their business with a Tailored, Fresh and Innovative approach
- Tailoring Long-Term and Effective Web and Marketing Strategies 
- Working closely with the Sales, Design and Development team and continuing to deliver World Class Web Development, eCommerce, App Development and Digital Marketing Solutions.

Sales & Marketing Manager

Part of the leading Sales Team at Web Choice UK.
This role involved working with clients on an International Level to provide Highly Professional Responsive Website Design, Website Development and Online Marketing Solutions.

Job roles included:

- Generating Leads and Sales
- Client Account Management
- Working with a range of Microsoft products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.) 
- Preparing proposals and pitches
- Working closely with the design and development team

Business Development Executive

B2B SEO & Web Design For Revenue Not Vanity | DM To Discuss | Host @ Business Growth Show (Top 10 B2B Marketing Podcast, Cognism)

Your website struggling to drive a steady flow of qualified demos/leads?
Tired of losing leads to competitors ranking higher on Google/AI?
Frustrated your current agency isn't delivering results?

WE CAN FIX THAT.

OUR GROWTH STRATEGIES:

→ SEO to get top of Google & LLMs, bringing revenue-focused traffic and leads
→ Start driving pipeline from AI and Google organic as fast as 90 days
→ Web design that builds trust and drives leads and sales

BREAKING B2B - B2B MARKETING & DEMAND GENERATION PODCAST

Grow your b2b/SaaS company without the BS. Weekly top 2.5% podcast with actionable marketing tips to grow your revenue: www.breakingb2b.com

STILL NOT CONVINCED?

→ See our work, client results & starting rates here: www.breakingb2b.com

BOOK A CALL:

💻: www.breakingb2b.com
📧: Connect & DM Me
✉️: sam@samdunning.org

CORE SERVICES:

→ B2B SEO strategy and execution
→ Content marketing
→ Digital marketing for SaaS

WHY BREAKING B2B?

→ We focus on revenue, not vanity metrics
→ Our strategies are data-driven and results-oriented
→ We have a proven track record with B2B and SaaS companies
→ Our podcast (Breaking B2B) gives you free, valuable insights into B2B marketing

About time your website became your best (24/7) salesperson?
Get in touch today, and let's start growing your business.

P.S.
Agencies: We offer white-label SEO to help you deliver results on time and within budget.

Sam Dunning

Breaking B2B hit $138k MRR in 21 months. Here’s my 7 bets to break $200k ASAP in 2026:

1. Improve time to value.

One thing I hate about the SEO industry is pointless month long technical audits to collect cash.

We’ve just shrunk our onboarding flow to start executing on a game-plan one week from sign up.

Then we work on audits / reviews if needed whilst making progress to drive pipeline.

I still wanna speed this up.

2. SEO/AEO.

Gotta keep practising what we preach.

Showing top when high intent prospects search on Google and LLMs looking for a SaaS SEO agency.

3. Niche influencer partnerships.

Working with founders who have our ICP (SaaS marketing leaders and founders) to run their SEO engine.

Right now working with Adam Robinson @ RB2B and Adam Holmgren @ Fibbler.

We all share the full roadmap ups and downs here in public.

The trust this builds is unbeaten.

Looking to bring another founder with a strong following in our ICP onboard.

4. YouTube and podcast. 

Hardly any b2b companies are nailing YT.

We share our full playbooks weekly on SaaS SEO & AI search.

With top notch production from Samu and team.

Not only are this vids evergreen and searchable but we cut them up to publish here.

More and more prospects now mention they’ve seen our videos on sales calls.

Also interviewing SaaS mktg leaders on the Breaking B2B podcast to share how they drive growth today.

5. Founder brand.

I try to do the opposite of most SEO agencies. 

Memes.
Music videos.
SEO man skits.
Ask the public series.
Share our full SEO playbooks.

And a tonne more.

Get attention first then link back to our offer.

6. LinkedIn ads.

Making top organic posts thought leader ads and serving them to site traffic from all above activity.

Also targeting cold ICP.

Shout-out to George for running this engine for us. 

7. Deliver 5% extra.

We’re working to systematise an at least weekly value-add on top of our usual monthly works for every client.

Could be a loom video with CRO ideas, some free web dev, blog reccos or anything else to help drive growth.

My theory is this keep churn down and increases word of mouth recommendations.

Recently been blessed with folks mentioning we are recommended in Exit Five and other communities and wanna keep that building.

Cheers to an epic 2026!

Founder @ Breaking B2B | B2B SEO For Revenue Not Vanity | SaaS & B2B Teams Hire Us To Scale Organic Pipeline From Google & AI Search | DM To Discuss | Host @ Breaking B2B (Top 2.5% B2B Marketing Podcast)

RB2B and dozens more SaaS orgs drive signups & demos fast as 30 days with this simple SEO/AEO play: 

List out every competitor you have.

Make a dedicated page for each variation of:

competitor 1 vs competitor 2 vs you
competitor alternatives
competitor pricing
competitor reviews
 
Leverage customer research to share:

Why you
Where you’re a good fit
Where you’re not
Show product in action
Leverage customer results
A fair comparison of others

Why?

These pages are super low difficulty.

They rank FAST.

Plus the listicle articles get cited on AI overviews and ChatGPT.

Helping you control the narrative for your org.

Just like this example for Leadfeeder alternatives for Adam Robinson of RB2B.

Nobody searches this for fun.

They do it because they’re annoyed with their current vendors pricing, support, lack of features or they are comparing software to invest in.

Often low traffic keywords…

But super high sales intent to get those all important organic demos and signups flowing.

Watch and copy our full 34-minute SEO strategy for RB2B: https://lnkd.in/eiZfaXXq

Apply to work with us: https://lnkd.in/e7XuM6au

graphical user interface, text, application, email

Flew 1000+ miles to Budapest
(8 solid videos is the goal)

Met our YT producer Samu today.

Recorded some solid SaaS SEO video breakdowns at cool landmarks.

Went to a rooftop spa.

Had some great food.

Saw some great sights.

Now onto some podcast eps.

Blessed to be able to grow Breaking B2B and enjoy the process and partnerships. 

Great weekend!

If I was a CMO needing more demos by Q1 2026…I’d ignore all AI search tool hype and run this exact SEO & AEO play to scale inbound in 90 days:

1. Define your money keywords.

Map out every way a dream client could search for your solution when ready to speak to sales now.

At a high level in SaaS that’s:

“best X software/tools/platform”
“X for industry”
“competitor alternatives/pricing/reviews”
“competitor a vs competitor b”

And a variety of others.

We use Ahrefs to help here.

Ignore the top funnel traffic trap.

Prioritise lower search volume and low difficulty at the bottom of the sales funnel.

This is gonna rank and drive leads fast when done right.

2. Build & upgrade your money pages. 

Search your dream keywords on Google & LLMs and see what kind of content shows up or gets cited.

Is it a listicle article, landing page, jobs to be done article, or something else.

See if you have pages ranking page 1 but not top for a quick win with a refresh.

3. Blow ‘em out the water. 

Once you’ve researched what top-ranking pages are doing, figure out how to blow them out of the water. 

Leverage unique research, sales call Qs, plenty of social proof and feature ypur product as the painkiller and solution.

4. Most technical is a waste of time.

(Until you get to having 1000s of pages).

Sort any massive technical issues, but don’t obsess over technical SEO. Get your focus keyword in URL, meta data, H1 and sort some internal links. Not a tonne more needed. 

And you of course want quick loading times.

5. Earn that rep.

Build quality backlinks & brand mentions for $0. 

Get featured in podcasts and articles, and make sure they link back to your website. 

Earn top 3 placements & brand mentions from “Best X software” listicles for your category.

This gives you an insane boost in LLMs and the backlink helps classic organic search.

6. Speed is your advantage.

Quality matters, but speed is a competitive advantage. This is your superpower over the slow moving giants in your niche. 

7. Craft pages to convert. 

Design and UX backed by customer researched copy to resonate with ICPs makes a big difference. 

8. Great SEO is knowing good b2b marketing.

Leverage sales calls, CS calls, and customer research to make your content as relevant as possible to dream clients jobs to be done.

9. Keep improving. 

Publish fast, and revisit your content 3 months later to make improvements. 

10. It's part of the b2b ecosystem. 

Keep improving all your marketing efforts: YouTube, LinkedIn, Reddit etc. all improvements in brand awareness will lead to more successful SEO. Ecosystem thinking is the b2b winner. 

___

This takes learnings from running SEO for RB2B's Adam Robinson and dozens more B2B SaaS orgs.

Watch the full 34-minute video: https://lnkd.in/eev-8S3r

Tag a marketer who should peek this.

Fibbler just broke $500k ARR. Next stop $1.5M+ ARR in 2026. Adam engaged Breaking B2B to fire-up their SEO/AEO inbound engine. Here's our exact strategy for December:

THE GAME-PLAN.

Drive sign-ups quick as humanly possible from dream clients searching for linkedin revenue attribution tools, comparing vendors, frustrated with their current vendor or struggling with a problem Fibbler solve.
 
We are focusing on bottom funnel articles and high-DR link building. The pages we’re recommending target high-value competitors or category terms where Fibbler should be mentioned.

NET NEW CONTENT.

We'll craft net new listicle based articles for:

- dreamdata alternatives (70 searches/mo)
- factorsai alternatives (10 searches/mo)
- linkedin marketing tools (600 searches/mo)
- linkedin ads [analytics] tools (10 searches/mo)

All long form 2-2.5k+ words.

Listicles are SUPER powerful to show up in AI overviews, ChatGPT and google organic.

Most are low difficulty and can drive pipeline within 90 days.

Plus they help you control the narrative and are solid assets for your website (and AI search results).

We position Fibbler as #1 backed by why customers choose them, where they are a good fit, where they aren't,  show the product in action, leverage social proof + clear CTA. Then a fair comparison on other vendors.

LINK BUILDING.

DA50+ links earnt from niche relevant sites and external listicles going back to our homepage and our own listicle articles.

linkedin ads attribution tools x1
linkedin revenue attribution tools x2
linkedin ads attribution x1
fibbler x3

WANNA SCALE ORGANIC PIPELINE FOR YOUR B2B/SAAS?

Visit the Breaking B2B site to check our results, pricing and book a call.

Watch my 34-minute free AEO video course below 👇

I’m spending $6.5k on 48hrs in Budapest this Sunday…all in to fuel the media engine for Breaking B2B. Here’s why: 

THE THINKING.

I am all in on attention first from ICPs then linking back to our offer.

Most b2b and SaaS marketing is boring. 

Especially SEO.

After 21 months building this company in my home office…

It’s time to get out, meet more partners and customers and ramp up our mktg engine.

This will give us a tonne of footage plus we get to experience good sights and times in Hungary.

Originally planned around $3k 

But:

Flights
Hotels 
Transport 
Videographer (Ben) 
YouTube production (Samu)

And food, drinks & sights add up.

I’d much rather invest in these evergreen assets than chuck more in ads.

THE PLAN.

Fuel our media engine for the next 2 months.

AKA Breaking B2B YouTube and podcast.

Record 8 different videos in different spots.

4x solo episodes around what works today in SaaS SEO/AEO to drive pipeline.

3x live interviews with b2b marketers and founders. 

1X vlog of the whole journey and to see if we can fit it all in plus have fun at the same time and see Budapest.

All of which are sales assets to build awareness and proof we can deliver. 

Plus we can chop up for posts here.

WANNA FOLLOW ALONG?

Follow Breaking B2B YouTube and podcast over the next couple months too see the good, bad and ugly!

Where should we go next? 👇

Breaking B2B has just 2,500 YouTube subscribers...but drives some of our most qualified booked calls. Here's 5 reasons why it's huge for SEO, trust and inbound:

1. Thought process.

Very few b2b companies are nailing YouTube.

Many use it as a dumping ground for webinars, interviews, podcast and more (we used to).

This year we decided to double down on production and strategy and go YouTube first.

2. Strategy.

Ours is simple. Show up for everything around SaaS SEO.

Guides, walkthroughs, tips, case studies, break-downs and more.

Share all our secrets in a well edited video produced specifically for YT (we then add to audio podcast).

Add a CTA in first qtr and then at end.

Record a weekly episode.

3. The wins.

The amount of trust you build when someone watches a bunch of your vids from 10-20mins+ a time is unrivalled.

Folks can then either copy the advice, try do in-house, share with their current team...or a small amount will book a call with us.

Those that do, are usually pretty close to being ready to sign-up.

4. SEO wins.

Embedding relevant YT vids on articles and landing pages seems to give a boost.

The vids can get pulled up in LLMs.

They are evergreen (with the right strategy).

And can show in the video section on Google page 1 on-top of organic and paid results. 

5. The flywheel.

The beauty of starting with a solid thought out YT vid for what your ICP will be searching for means it has a tonne of replay value.

We often chop ours up for LinkedIn.

Promote on the Breaking B2B newsletter.

Push to audio podcast.

Get long form written post ideas.

And more.

___

Lemme know any Qs.

I'll drop Breaking B2B YT and podcast below 👇

The Only B2B Events Marketing Strategy You Need

Michael Kilcullen (VP Marketing @ Wiza) joins me on Breaking B2B podcast to share:

- Are events still worth it for B2B/SaaS companies
- Who are they a good and poor fit for
- What should you expect to invest (time and cash)
- How to prepare for them
- How to ensure they drive real pipeline not just badge scans
- What to do post event

Join 1000s of b2b legends tuning in weekly (463+ past eps): https://lnkd.in/eUTiCg5K

Fibbler hit $500K ARR in 15 months with Adams founder brand and ads...he's bringing on Breaking B2B to fire-up the SEO & AEO engine to scale to $1.5M ARR next yr. Here's our exact battle-plan for month 1:

BACKGROUND.

Fibbler have done solid work building a brand with LinkedIn organic and paid up to now.

We've come on-board to start driving sign-ups as quick as humanly possible from SEO and AEO.

We'll focus on going after dream clients searching directly for their solution, comparing options or looking to move from their incumbent vendor to begin.

As Fibbler are new to SEO and their are some giants in the ads attributions space we have our work cut out.

Lets dive in to how we'll make it happen.

EXISTING CONTENT UPDATE - QUICK WIN.

Their “best linkedin revenue attribution tools” listicle is a core bottom funnel page that performs well for some searches, but...

Ranks on page #2 for key searches in the USA (especially some “ads” searches)

Isn’t reliably getting picked up by AI search tools (ChatGPT, AI Overviews, etc.) for key queries.

The structure of this page is solid, but it needs depth + slightly more focus on “LinkedIn ads” (vs. just “LinkedIn revenue”). An on-page update in addition to some link building in the next batch as needed will be able to boost performance for this page. 

For searches where the page already performs well, the goal is pushing higher (positions 1-2).

Planned updates:
- Add 5 more tools
- Update comparison table
- Add ItemList schema for all tools covered
- Include more ad-related keywords from GSC throughout (meta texts, page title, etc.)
- Move DemandSense to the end (doesn’t offer attribution)

LISTICLE ARTICLES & EXTERNAL LISTICLE PLACEMENTS.

The cheat code right now for AI search visibility (ChatGPT, AI overviews etc).

Having listicles on Fibbler's site is the top priority (to control the narrative). Position us #1. Show the product in action and social proof, back the copy up with customer research on why they choose them. Make it easy to sign-up. Then a fair review of competitors below. 

Followed by getting placements in external listicles on other sites (specifically ones that are influencing AI outputs).

We'll get Fibbler listed in the top three positions in product listicles “X best software” on sites that are cited by AI search tools for commercial queries.

It's a win for AI search (brand mention) and classic SEO (niche relevant backlink).

4 X NET NEW PAGES.

We'll craft listicle articles for these low difficulty & high sales intent KWs:
- hockeystack alternatives (90 searches/mo)
- bizible alternatives (90 searches/mo)
- 2 more pages inc (likely alternatives to exhaust these)

BACKLINKS.

Along with all the above we'll also acquire:

2x DA50+ niche relevant backlinks.

___

Wanna see if we can scale your B2B/SaaS pipeline quick as 90 days w/ SEO?

Visit the Breaking B2B site to see our podcast, results, pricing or book a call.

Proud founder moment: Breaking B2B is actively getting recommended in Exit Five as a solid SaaS SEO/AEO agency 🙂

Check our results, pricing or book a call: https://lnkd.in/eT_F8zZB

graphical user interface, text, application

RIP LinkedIn organic 2026....This DEADLY TRIO feels unfair for driving highly qualified pipeline. SEO, YouTube and TL ads. Copy our exact playbook driving MRR growth at Breaking B2B:

The trust you build when these 3 work together feels unmatched. All before prospects jump on a call with your team.

1. SEO/AEO.

Work out what dream clients search when:

- needing your solution now
- frustrated with incumbent
- wanting to solve problems
- evaluating vendors

Prioritise high sales-intent and low difficulty.

Craft best in class articles, landing pages and product listicles depending on what ranks well for the search term.

Leverage customer research and social proof to make each a sales page for your solution.

Secure rankings in google and LLM visibility by earning backlinks and brand mentions on other sites talking about your niche/products.

e.g. we rank well for 'saas seo agency' 'b2b saas seo agency' 'best saas seo agencies' etc

This gets you mindshare and help you collect demand from high-sales intent buyers across Google organic and LLMs. 

2. YouTube.

Massively mis-used and neglected by B2B/SaaS orgs.

Work out your money keywords then craft solid videos for each that share the full strategy and show real proof of results of your product as the painkiller.

We share our full playbooks weekly on SaaS SEO & AI search.

As well as interviewing marketing leaders.

All with a YT first approach.

Vids are evergreen and searchable and we cut them up to cross-promote on here.

You can embed relevant vids onto landing pages, articles etc (can give an SEO boost).

Many folks we have come inbound mention seeing us on YT.

3. LINKEDIN TL ADS.

This needs someone from your org who's posting organically with a following of your ICP.

This piece of the puzzle links all the above together.

Organic posts sharing:

- how to's
- your pov
- why your org
- edutainement
- playbooks and guides
- proof you can deliver 

Adding a CTA l*nk into the post then running them as thought leader ads to ICPs from the traffic you get from the above channels.

AND.

Running these to other clients/customers/partners posting about your org.

This keeps you top of mind and drives trust with existing pipeline and colder prospects.

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I've just finished recording my best SaaS marketing strategies for 2026 (there's some weird ones in there we're seeing work).

Backed by working with RB2B, Adam Robinson and dozens more fast growth tech companies to fuel organic pipeline.

Wanna watch it?

Comment "SaaS" below 

and I'll send over as soon as its ready.

No gates, you'll get the video to watch right away.

Marketing leader: "Should we start with technical SEO or content?"
Me: "Neither. Forget SEO for a second."

Start with customer research. 

So many SEOs are optimizing before they know why.

Most of us in B2B SaaS are selling high ACV products/services.
Meaning you need to resonate with your ICP before anything else.
Nobody is waking up searching and spending $50,100,150k+

Start with:

- who is the dream client
- what are their expensive problems + JTBD
- how do they describe your solution
- what competitors do they normally evaluate
- why do they choose you over others
- what are your main differentiators
- a bunch more around the who/what/why/FAQs
- grab as much subject matter expertise as you can

Then once you have the research we typically jump into:

- Start where there's money AKA updates/refreshes with existing BOFU pages already on the site (article/landing page updates to rank fast)

- Pipeline focused new new content calendar (starting with fast ranking BOFU pages with lower difficulty e.g. competitor content or niche landing pages and BEST X SOFTWARE listicles etc)

- Light tech review (or heavy if its a 1000+ page site)

- Month 1 page + content creations/linkbuilding/external brand mention execution

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CMO: “I ain't waiting 12 months. How long til SEO/AEO drives pipeline”
Me: “It depends. Just kidding…most clients see demos in 90 days. Here’s how…”

Drive revenue from EXISTING bottom funnel content.

Start with the highest commercial value pages most likely to drive leads that are closest to top 3 organic spots (ahrefs > keyword opportunities > filter to commercial intent)

Look at competitor pages ranking top 3 organic right now for your money keywords, note down gaps on the page topic you can double down on that will make your page more helpful, trustworthy, useful and convincing to dream clients.

Update meta title w/ hook. Here’s one we use: SaaS SEO Agency [Crush 2026 MRR Goals]

Embed a YouTube video breakdown on the topic.

Add POV insights from expert on your team.

Weave in product screenshots/demo/GIFs examples.

Add relevant customer quotes, testimonials, reviews.

Add FAQs that address real harsh customer Qs and objections from sales & CS calls.

Add internal links from other relevant pages on the topic to and from the page.

Many of these pages updates can rank top of google organic and get AI visibility as quick as 1-2 months with the right approach.

Then once that's nailed...

Craft a net new MONEY keyword matrix.

Get with your sales and CS team.

Fire up a google sheet with 4 columns

- Our core offers
- Industries we serve best
- Competitors
- ICPs jobs to be done

Then you can build out long-tail niche keywords with solid buying intent behind them.

"best X software"
"X for [industry]"
"[competitor] alternatives/pricing/reviews"
"[competitor ] vs [competitor] vs [you]
"how to [crisp and expensive problem for ICP]"

Prioritise the low difficulty, high sales-intent ones to craft best in class pages for:

"[competitor] alternatives/pricing/reviews"
"[competitor ] vs [competitor] vs [you]

These can start driving demos and sign-ups 90 days from being published on both google organic and LLMs.

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In 139 seconds you'll learn the fastest way to scale your AEO/SEO authority. This strategy took Breaking B2B from 0 DR to driving pipeline in 90 days from launch on a new domain:

Step 1. 

Grab an SME from your team does a lot of press, podcast interviews, media coverages etc.

Step 2.

Longin to ahrefs or similar tool. Cut and paste their linkedin profile url. Hit backlinks tab. Filter to higher DR sites and find the niche relevant ones.

Step 3.

Make a list of the sites that only linked to your SMEs linkedin page.

Step 4.

Find out who wrote the article/page then connect on LinkedIn and send them a tailored loom video asking to add a backlink to one of your money keyword pages and mention your brand and category.

Step 5. 

Get an SEO win (solid backlink) and AI search win (brand mention)

Step 6. 

Repeat for all past media and future ones.

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I recorded a 34 minute breakdown of the SEO/AEO strategy we're running for Adam Robinson & RB2B to scale sign-ups and revenue so you can copy it.

Watch or listen below 👇

CMO: We can’t share pricing. Board won’t approve.
Me: ChatGPT shares it regardless. Wanna control the narrative or risk 3rd parties sharing false info?

LLMs have put an end to hiding information on your website to force leads at all costs.

It’s long overdue in B2B/SaaS.

Share information buyers care about seeing on your website.

Or when your dream clients search for your company pricing or compare you against a bunch of competitors...

Your pricing could be shared by a disgruntled Reddit user along with a write-up to follow or from an out of date source.

The better way?

Share:

- Pricing
- Use cases
- Integrations
- Case studies 
- Industries you serve 

And beyond.

Leverage customer research to dive deep + share what your prospects could be searching for pain points, goals, jobs to get done and much more around the topic.

The more niche and specific the better.

Trust.
Visibility.
Qualified inbounds.

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PS. grab my 90 days to revenue SEO/AEO video & playbook (1,811 b2b marketing legends did already) 👇

F*ck marketing tactics in 2026. Nail the basics first. I spent 20 minutes sharing why many B2B/SaaS are behind on pipeline and the simple fix (over a beer):

Nobody wants to do customer research.

Nobody wants to review sales and CS calls.

Nobody wants to dig into CRM patterns.

Nobody wants to do the hard work to nail differentation.

And that's why it works.

Most simply don't bother.

Or worse, they guess.

I literally crafted Breaking B2B strapline based on what our ICP, marketing leaders, told me.

They were tired of getting vanity top funnel traffic and no pipeline.

"B2B/SaaS SEO for revenue NOT vanity" was born.

I get my insights from speaking to marketing leaders daily on the podcast, linkedin and sales calls.

If you don't know your dream clients expensive problems, goals and jobs to be done...

You're behind.

Luke joined me to share how to nail b2b marketing fundamentals before you dive into tactics.

Watch the full 20-minute video: https://lnkd.in/eC5GErip

PS. what do you think most B2B/SaaS companies get wrong? 👇

My editor spent 56hrs producing my ultimate AEO/SEO video guide for CMOs. RIP bullsh*t AI search advice not driving pipeline (data from working on RB2B, Proposify, EventsAir and dozens more SaaS SEO strats):

Who it’s for.

Marketing leaders tired of all the noise around AI search seeking evidence from what works today to drive organic pipeline.

What you’ll learn.

Spoiler: AEO is great bottom funnel SEO with some small brand additions that many were sleeping on historically. 

I’ll break everything down step by step so you can start doing it today.

What it’ll cost.

Zero. Everything will be shared just like my recent video breaking down our full strategy for Adam Robinsons SaaS, RB2B (check out the Breaking B2B YouTube or audio podcast)

Why trust me.

I literally ran this playbook for our company Breaking B2B and we were invisible on ChatGPT 4 months back.

It’s the exact strategy we are running today for dozens of B2B SaaS orgs to build mindshare and inbound pipe from search.

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Wanna see it first?

It goes live mid-week.

Comment “PIPELINE SEO”

and I’ll ping you a link to unlock it first.

The new way to do SEO.
(AI and classic organic)

Work out your money keyword.

Example here for B2B SaaS "best [category] software"

Understand what type of page you need to craft.

Usually a listicle based article for this type of keyword.

Leverage customer research in your content:

Why you.
Where you exceed.
Where you aren't a fit.
Plenty of social proof.
Show the product.
Clear CTAs.

Simple technical SEO:

Money keyword in URL, H1, meta data.
Internal links to and from relevant pages.
Clean UX, fixed CTA side bar for articles.

Earn brand mentions and placements:

Get featured top 3 placements in articles comparing your software:

This is huge for AI overviews mentions.
Mentions in ChatGPT.
Plus backlinks for classic Google organic.

Rinse and repeat for every way a dream client can search when:

Needing your solution today.
Wanting to solve a problem.
Frustrated with incumbent.
Comparing vendors.

This drives mindshare, demos and sign-ups for B2B SaaS.

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Recent win here for RB2B and Adam Robinson.

Grab 90 days to revenue SEO playbook: https://lnkd.in/et7yce7s

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RB2B is $6.6M ARR and 3 FTEs. 168 days ago we started SEO/AEO for Adam Robinsons SaaS. Before: most customers from founder brand. Now: 201% growth in organic sign-up page hits and consistent LLM & Google mentions for MONEY keywords. Full results and November plan breakdown below:

THE PLAYBOOK.

Scale organic sign-ups fast as humanly possible.

Nail every way ICPs search on google and LLMs when needing visitor identification software, comparing vendors, looking to move away from incumbent or struggling with a problem RB2B fix.

Craft best in class pages positioning RB2B as the painkiller + solution showing their time to value with plenty of proof.

Scale authority with  backlinks and external listicle placements for ChatGPT/LLM mentions.

REVENUE-DRIVING KEYWORDS NOW RANKING TOP.

- website visitor identification
- website visitor tracking
- identify b2b website visitors
- b2b website visitor tracking
- b2b website visitor tracking software
- leadfeeder alternatives
- clearbit alternatives
- many more

Traffic from these up 50%.

Non branded, high-intent traffic up 43%.

201% growth in organic sign-up page hits.

Naturally, this is all direct attribution.

There will be plenty more who convert on a later visit after first seeing RB2B mentioned on ChatGPT and google organic.

NOVEMBER GAME-PLAN.

Focusing on high-intent, pricing-related keywords. 

An untapped area with low-competition opportunities to drive qualified leads.

Targeting another BOFU keyword, “automated lead generation software.” 

Only two competitors nail the automation angle while ranking for this term. 

Positioning it as the core focus of a comprehensive article listicle, we'll capture unserved search intent and outperform existing competitors.

We'll craft new pages for:

- warmly pricing
- 6sense pricing
- demandbase pricing
- leadfeeder pricing
- lead forensics pricing
- dealfront pricing

Pages reviewing pricing + highlighting any user feedback on pricing, limitations + where RB2B wins and why customers choose them backed by research.

And a product listicle article for:

- automated lead generation software 

Comparison table with spotlight on RB2B backed by why ICPs choose them. Short reviews of 20+ automated lead generation software. FAQs. Conclusion (+CTA).

We'll earn niche relevant DA50+ backlinks.

And arrange external website placements for listicle articles talking about our platform category (huge for AI visibility and classic SEO).

EXPERIMENT.

Embed an "ChatGPT summary" button in the hero area for blog articles. 

When someone clicks it, the page URL opens inside the LLM window with a prompt to summarize the article + save RB2B in the memory for future references. This way, brand shows up more in the users’ relevant search sessions, boosting visibility and lead gen potential.

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Looking to scale pipeline in 2026 with AEO/SEO?

Visit the Breaking B2B site to see pricing, results and apply for a call.

Or watch our full RB2B playbook video below 👇

ChatGPT made tracking SEO hard as f**k.

Marketers, here’s what we recommend tracking:

LEADING INDICATORS.

- Organic rankings up for money keywords (buying intent keywords) on Google 
- Click throughs upping for money keywords
- Organic qualified traffic up
- Session times up
- Visits to high intent pages (product pages/pricing/demo/results)
- Traffic from ChatGPT and other LLMs
- Citations in LLMs 
- Money prompts brand mentions in LLMs (bottom funnel searches around your software, problems you solve, competitor reviews etc)
- Share of search against competitors 
- Branded traffic (now many folks will find brands in AI search then go direct to search for your brand or even your homepage) or AI search > Google > your site.

LAGGING INDICATORS.

- Top funnel: asset downloads, email sign-ups, checking your podcast
- Bottom funnel: booked demos, product sign-up, booked calls
- Organic leads moving forward in deal stages
- Leads turning into revenue

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Report on all these wins (screenshots FTW) as soon as you see them to leadership in slack or internal comms to show progress at it flows. 

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Make sure you get data from a mix of sources...

Adding “how did you hear about us?” on booking calendar/forms.

Asking "what was your full journey to booking time with us today?" again on sales calls.

Getting these notifications to flag up into slack.

Checking website analytics tools info.

Put all the pieces of the puzzle together.

And remember SEO/AEO works best as part of the b2b marketing ecosystem to build mindshare, brand and capture demand.

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