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We publish perspectives on the marketing challenges that matter most to ambitious firms in niche industries. Strategy before the brief. Commercial proof. Positioning that holds up in a procurement room. If you lead marketing, growth, or business development in a specialist sector, this is where we think out loud.

Thinking that wins work

Perspectivesonthedecisionsmadebeforeyou'reintheroom.

Why every specialist firm sounds the same, and what the ones winning work do differently
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Why every specialist firm sounds the same, and what the ones winning work do differently

Open twenty specialist consultancy websites and you will read the same five words. This is the brand homogeneity problem in niche sectors, why it costs you shortlists and pricing power, and what genuine differentiation actually looks like.

14 July 2026
Why the work is already won or lost before the brief arrives
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Why the work is already won or lost before the brief arrives

Most specialist firms pour their best thinking into proposals and pitch responses. What they do not know is that by the time those documents land on a procurement director's desk, the decision is already largely made. Pre-brief marketing strategy is the practice of building commercial visibility during the months and years before a formal brief is issued. For B2B firms in specialist and niche sectors, whether professional services, infrastructure, environmental, pharma, or defence, it is the activity that determines whether your name appears on the mental shortlist decision-makers carry before any procurement process begins. Without it, even technically excellent firms compete for work they were never going to win.

22 June 2026

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