Paul Crabtree

An IDM-qualified senior sales and marketing professional who has held board positions in various marketing agencies since 2005. Although he claims not to look old enough, the emerging silver locks tell a different story. As MD, founder and owner of Velo, his role is to lead the agency maintaining our quality standards to be the level that means we continue to be built on recommendation. He has a particular focus on new business, overseeing all our client relationships and leading our strategy function to make sure that our team has the skills and capabilities that our clients need, so we continue always craft great work to be proud of. Find him on LinkedIn here.

Paul Crabtree

B2B Campaigns // B2B Marketing // B2B Strategy

B2B Direct Mail is back. Did it ever go away? 

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Creative // Industrial

What makes a creative B2B ad? 

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Marketing // B2B Strategy

Your competitors may be unwittingly cutting off their noses to spite their face.

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Campaigns // B2B Marketing // B2B Strategy

B2B marketing to a niche is harder than it looks – and under-appreciated

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Paul Crabtree

Customer Experience // Industrial // Professional Services // Technology

How to calculate the footprint of your B2B website 

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // B2B Creative // B2B Strategy // Industrial // Professional Services // Technology

How to measure your B2B brand strength 

You might think your brand is powerful, but how can you be sure? Do you have a method for tracking it over time to effectively manage it? 

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Paul Crabtree

Work Practices & Wellbeing

Is well-being in an agency the responsibility of the company or the individual?

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // B2B Creative // B2B Storytelling // B2B Strategy // Industrial // Professional Services // Technology

2024’s B2B marketing trends for those targeting a niche

We’ve sifted through over 75 individual trend reports to find what is relevant for B2B marketers, so you don’t have to!

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // B2B Campaigns // B2B Content Marketing

Absolutely (Christmas) Crackers!

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Events // B2B Marketing // Industrial

What are the lessons for B2B marketers trying to create a new market for their product? Lessons from the BSRIA briefing on Air Quality. 

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Paul Crabtree

Paul Crabtree

ABM Programs // B2B Branding // B2B Campaigns // B2B Content Marketing // B2B Creative // B2B Insurance // B2B Storytelling // B2B Strategy // Industrial // Professional Services // Technology

How should marketers that target a niche adapt to Generation Z’s growing influence on B2B Buying?

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Marketing Agency Selection

Why is it called “winning” a new client when a good client-agency relationship is a partnership?

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Paul Crabtree

ABM Programs // B2B Campaigns // B2B Content Marketing // B2B Insurance // B2B Strategy // Professional Services // Technology

How do you build your list of prospective niche B2B companies for an ABM campaign?

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // B2B Content Marketing // B2B Creative // B2B Insurance // B2B Storytelling // B2B Strategy // Industrial // Professional Services // Technology

Building an ESG communication strategy for your business?

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Marketing Agency Selection

There is too much pressure on a client’s brief in a pitch process

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Content Marketing // B2B Creative // B2B Storytelling // B2B Strategy

What should you think about when building your B2B marketing strategy to target a niche?

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Marketing Agency Selection // B2B Strategy // Customer Experience

Is it time for recommendations to supersede pitches in the B2B buying process?

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // B2B Content Marketing // Industrial // Professional Services // Technology

Velo presents… Leftover Turkey Quiche

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Campaigns // B2B Creative // B2B Marketing // B2B Marketing Agency Selection // B2B Strategy

An agency selection scorecard for B2B marketers that target a niche

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Campaigns // B2B Content Marketing // B2B Storytelling // B2B Strategy

The cost of living crisis: implications for B2B marketing

The implications for B2B marketers and B2B marketing of recessions and the cost of living crisis.

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Marketing

B2B Agency of the Year finalist!

They say good things come in threes… We’ve just been shortlisted as B2B Agency of the Year in the UK Agency Awards – for the third consecutive year!

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // B2B Content Marketing // B2B Strategy // Industrial

How industrial b2b companies can attract more sales ready leads through more effective marketing

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // B2B Storytelling // B2B Strategy // Technology

B2B technology companies should include sustainability messaging as part of your brand positioning. But how?

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // Customer Advocacy // Customer Experience

Social media sharing is about the who, not the what: An advocate marketer’s perspective

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Campaigns // B2B Content Marketing // Customer Experience // Professional Services

5 Problems Facing Professional Services Companies When It Comes To Growth

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Paul Crabtree

ABM Programs // B2B Campaigns // Customer Experience // Technology

What are the top marketing challenges facing technology businesses and how to fix them?

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Paul Crabtree

Work Practices & Wellbeing

What I learned attending “Live Well at Velo”, our latest staff well-being event

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // B2B Content Marketing // Professional Services // Technology

Are changes in the HR space evolving the way products and services will be bought and sold forever?

Velo is recognising significant changes in how buyers research, select and procure B2B services and none-more so than around HR services where roles, responsibilities, priorities and challenges have changed completely in comparison to pre-covid times.

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // B2B Creative // B2B Storytelling // Creative Covenant

Brand and storytelling agency Creative Covenant is joining Velo. What does this mean for Velo’s clients?

More firepower with even deeper sector knowledge, to tell our client’s stories and to develop our team.

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Campaigns // MarTech

Want to know what the new Google Page Experience ranking algorithm means for you as a B2B marketer? Read on…

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Paul Crabtree

Work Practices & Wellbeing

How to be happy with hybrid

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // B2B Creative // B2B Storytelling

Creative thinking is at the core of B2B marketing. Never more so than now.

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Paul Crabtree

Industrial // Professional Services // Technology

Built by recommendation – why specialising in three core sectors makes Velo a trusted B2B marketing agency

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Paul Crabtree

Industrial // Professional Services // Technology

Being the best, not the biggest agency for our sectors

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Paul Crabtree

Work Practices & Wellbeing

Advice for Velo clients: how to navigate Covid-19 and be ready to spring back

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Paul Crabtree

Work Practices & Wellbeing

Lessons learnt from 10 years of working from home

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // Customer Advocacy

What Impact Can Good Customer Success Stories Have?

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Paul Crabtree

B2B Branding // Customer Advocacy

Preparing Successfully for a B2B Customer Success Video shoot

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Paul Crabtree

Industrial // Professional Services // Technology

How we create value for our clients

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Paul Crabtree

Introducing the Velo Voice

The Velo Voice has been a long time coming and has one obvious intention – to share the Velo team’s expertise!

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