Chris Davis

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A digital sales executive, Chris builds and leads teams across early-stage startups and established companies, helping them navigate complex markets to unlock new revenue opportunities. His approach is centered on identifying untapped potential, optimizing go-to-market strategies, and fostering collaboration across sales, marketing, and customer success teams. With experience across diverse sectors, including technology, media, and SaaS, Chris drives transformative growth with revenue increases often exceeding 40% YoY, as well as successful acquisitions (4x). With a strong track record of success, he leads companies through pivotal growth phases, from early-stage revenue generation to nine-figure exits.
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What CEOs Should Look for in a B2B Manufacturing CMO: Part 2

What CEOs Should Look for in a B2B Manufacturing CMO: Part 2

Tue, Sep 15, 2026 | Posted by Dawn Werry

In my previous post, we discussed the importance of hiring a CMO who understands the buying process. Someone who can identify the customer’s pain points and what they need to move forward at each stage of the buying process. Now, let’s consider the role of emotion in influencing the buyers’ decision and how that applies.

Appealing to Emotions

Although it’s easy to think otherwise, emotions play a role in both B2B and B2C marketing. And, yes, that even applies to industrial buyers! When industrial buyers won’t take a risk, that can be an emotional decision.

They don’t want to risk the consequences that come with a bad decision—being viewed poorly in their job, adding even more tasks to an already full workload, or even losing their job by going with the lesser-known alternative. After all, haven’t we all heard that “nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM?” 

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