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Articles on strategy. Practical B2B growth notes from the KomsGro team.

Sales EnablementSep 26, 20268 min read

The Marketing Collateral Checklist: Everything B2B Teams Need in 2026

A practical marketing collateral checklist for founders and sales leaders: what to build, in what order, what each asset must include, and the ones you can skip.

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Sales EnablementSep 26, 20268 min read

12 B2B Sales Collateral Examples That Move Deals Forward

B2B sales collateral examples by funnel stage: the one-pager, case study, pitch deck and more, with what each must contain and the mistakes that kill them.

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GrowthSep 26, 20268 min read

B2B Organic Marketing Tools: The Stack for Small Teams in 2026

The B2B organic marketing tools worth paying for in 2026: research, content, automation, distribution and measurement, the ones I've retired, and the stack I'd run for a small team.

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OutboundSep 26, 20268 min read

What Is the Best Free Email Warmup Tool? The Honest 2026 Answer

The best free email warmup tool is the native warmup inside Instantly or Smartlead. How the standalone tools compare, what they really do, and who needs a paid one.

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OutboundSep 26, 20268 min read

Does Email Warmup Actually Work? The Honest 2026 Answer

Does email warmup actually work in 2026? What warmup really does, what changed with Google's sender rules, where the skeptics are right, and when you still need it.

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OutboundSep 26, 20268 min read

How Long Does It Take to Warm Up a New Email Address? (The Real Timeline)

How long it takes to warm up a new email address and domain in 2026: the 2 to 6 week timeline, what speeds it up, what delays it, and the checklist that tells you when you're ready.

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OutboundSep 26, 20268 min read

How Many Connections Can You Do a Day on LinkedIn? (2026 Limits)

How many connection requests you can send a day on LinkedIn in 2026: the real weekly limits, what triggers restrictions, how Sales Navigator changes the math, and a safe daily plan.

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OutboundSep 26, 20268 min read

How Many Mailboxes Per Domain? The Honest Math for Cold Email

How many mailboxes per domain for cold email: why 2 to 3 is the sweet spot, how many domains you actually need, and the scaling plan that keeps deliverability alive.

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GTM EngineeringSep 26, 20268 min read

GTM Engineering Stack: How to Build One from Scratch (2026 Blueprint)

How to build a GTM engineering stack: define the motion first, the six layers and the order to build them, what to spend at each stage, and build versus buy by layer.

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OutboundSep 26, 20268 min read

How to Increase Cold Email Reply Rate: What Actually Moves the Number

A diagnostic guide to increasing your cold email reply rate: which lever to fix based on where your funnel breaks, real benchmarks, and the moves that do nothing.

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OutboundSep 26, 20268 min read

Outbound Marketing ROI Formula (and the Numbers That Matter)

The outbound marketing ROI formula and why most teams compute it wrong: the five funnel metrics, attribution without a data team, benchmarks per channel, and a worked example.

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OutboundSep 26, 20268 min read

What Do You Do When Your LinkedIn Account Is Restricted? Step-by-Step Recovery

What to do when your LinkedIn account is restricted: what each restriction type means, the verification steps, the appeal process, and what to do about automation.

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OutboundSep 26, 20268 min read

Instantly vs Smartlead: Deliverability, Pricing and Which to Pick in 2026

Instantly vs Smartlead compared on deliverability, the details the dashboards don't show, pricing, and what teams say after six months, with the decision I'd make.

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OutboundSep 26, 20268 min read

9 Outbound Marketing Channels That Drive Real Growth in 2026

The 9 outbound marketing channels that still book meetings in 2026, with the tactics, benchmarks and mistakes behind each one, from a team that runs them for B2B clients every day.

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OutboundSep 26, 20268 min read

Outbound Marketing Examples: 12 Plays Companies Use to Book Meetings

Outbound marketing examples from the plays companies run to book meetings: cold email, LinkedIn touches, direct mail, retargeting and more, with what made each one work.

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