Koka Sexton

TL;DR AI agents are the most overhyped and underutilized technology in B2B marketing right now. Everyone’s talking about them. Almost nobody is using them correctly. The difference between AI hype and AI leverage is simple: agents that replace thinking…

TL;DR Campaigns have end dates. Revenue systems don’t. The B2B companies winning in 2026 aren’t running better campaigns. They’re running fewer campaigns and building more systems. A revenue system is infrastructure: always-on demand generation, automated lead qualification, signal-based outreach…

TL;DR Publishing across 4 content properties without a quality system is a recipe for content landfill. I built a 3-layer quality machine that catches errors AI misses—at write time, during editing, and via automated weekly sweeps. Layer 1 enforces…

TL;DR I didn’t just use AI to write faster — I built an entire AI-native marketing operating system in 6 weeks The output: 30+ articles across 4 properties, 12 automated cron jobs, a 916-page knowledge vault, 1,220 social posts…

TL;DR: Building a social selling culture is not about mandates or tools. It is about leadership modeling, a clear framework, tracking signals instead of activity, and celebrating wins publicly. Here is the exact 90-day playbook for making signal-based selling…

TL;DR Most LinkedIn creators are stuck in a post-to-post cycle. They write, publish, wait, repeat. No compounding. No system. Just hoping the algorithm picks them up this time. A content flywheel turns each post into fuel for the next…

TL;DR Traditional lead scoring assigns arbitrary points to arbitrary actions. Buyer signals read actual intent from digital behavior—and they’re 3x more predictive of conversion. This post breaks down the 5 categories of buyer signals, how to capture them, and…

TL;DR I publish daily across 4 content properties with a team of… me. No writers, no editors on payroll, no agency retainer. Here’s the system. The 4 S’s of content operations: Source, Structure, Schedule, Sweep. Each one removes a…

TL;DR: A 60-day plan to build a social selling pipeline from zero. Days 1-15: define your lane, optimize your profile, and set up tracking. Days 16-30: publish 3-5 times per week and engage with five prospects daily. Days 31-45:…

TL;DR Social selling isn’t a funnel where you pour leads in and deals fall out. It’s a flywheel—slow to start, unstoppable once spinning. The reps who win aren’t the ones with the best pitch. They’re the ones who show…

TL;DR Signal-first GTM is winning. Teams using buyer intent signals see 31% MQL-to-SQL conversion vs. 12% for traditional scoring. AI-native stacks are replacing separate martech tools. The real leverage comes from MCP protocol and agent-based automation. A 15-minute signal…

TL;DR 75% of B2B buyers prefer rep-free purchasing. If your GTM assumes a demo is the gateway to revenue, you’re losing buyers who never enter your funnel. Buyers do 70% of their research before talking to a vendor. Your…

AI Search Optimization for B2B: Get Cited by ChatGPT & Perplexity TL;DR AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini) cite content based on entity authority, structure, and semantic relevance — not backlinks or domain authority. 75% of B2B buyers now…

TL;DR: A complete field guide for B2B teams implementing signal-based social selling. Covers the 5-step framework, the 5 signals to track, the 4 content pillars, the 3-touchpoint rule, and the 80/20 value-to-promotion balance. Everything your team needs to move…

Product-led growth had its decade. It was the right strategy for the right moment—low-friction signups, self-serve onboarding, viral adoption loops. For a while, it felt like the only growth motion that mattered. But something shifted. CAC kept climbing. Conversion…