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# Episode 4: Thought leadership and PPC as a B2B revenue driver with Protolabs' Peter Richards

Dom Hawes

Group CEO, Selbey Anderson

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5 July, 2022

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# Episode 4: Thought leadership and PPC as a B2B revenue driver with Protolabs' Peter Richards

[Dom Hawes](https://selbeyanderson.com/insights/author/dom-hawes) Group CEO, Selbey Anderson

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5 July, 2022

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##### In this episode, Peter Richards talks with openness about the challenges of a thought-leadership strategy, how to change direction "mid flight", how B2B businesses can use paid search and so much more. We touch on audience mapping, design engineering, procurement, and innovation, as well as the role of ABM, community management, organisation, and the webinars that facilitate it.

In this episode, Peter Richards talks with openness about the challenges of a thought-leadership strategy, how to change direction "mid flight", how B2B businesses can use paid search and so much more.

We touch on audience mapping, design engineering, procurement, and innovation, as well as the role of ABM, community management, organisation, and the webinars that facilitate it.

Tuning in, you'll discover what purposeful communication looks like at Protolabs, within and beyond the company, and why feeding back to the team is a hugely essential part of every process.

### Dom Hawes

 Group CEO, Selbey Anderson <https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominichawes/>

Dom leads group development at Selbey Anderson and has been in the marketing business for over 25 years. He started his professional career after serving six years in the British Army and spent his early career in agency before moving in-house and into general management.

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