The Silent Growth Killer in B2B Businesses Most businesses do not lose growth because of a lack of effort, they lose it in the gaps between departments. In fact, studies show that companies can lose a percentage of annual revenue due to sales and marketing...
Growth Strategy
Why Most Growth Engines Break (and How to Build One That Doesn’t)
When Growth Engines Stall Before They Scale Many organizations experience it: strong beginnings, smart strategies, then a gradual slowdown. The cause isn’t usually creativity or ambition — it’s structure. Forrester Research reports that more than 70% of growth...
Why Agencies Can’t Build Growth Engines
When you read about growth engines, you might imagine something that runs itself. Aligned teams, clear data, predictable revenue and outcomes you can plan for. Many companies turn to agencies to build this type of engine. On paper, that makes sense; agencies bring...
Build Your Go to Market Engine: From Chaos to Clarity
As a leader in manufacturing, you have likely felt the promise of growth, the pressure to scale and the realization that your marketing and sales machine looks more like a tangled mess than a well greased engine. Tools, hires, campaigns, product tweaks are all...
What Is a Growth Engine?
A CEO’s Guide for Manufacturers As the leader of a manufacturing organization, you are no stranger to the tension between meeting production targets and fueling long term growth. Machines hum, employees move parts, but growth often feels inconsistent. One quarter...
Revenue Growth Accelerator: How It Powers Scalable, Sustainable Business Success
In today’s fast digitized, hyper-competitive marketplace, growth isn’t optional, it’s essential. But growing revenue isn’t about doing more of what you’ve always done. Often, more leads, more campaigns, more sales activities without aligning all the levers results in...
Why Your Funnel Is Flat (And Revenue Isn’t Growing)
Today, some manufacturers are facing a common challenge: their sales funnel isn’t performing as expected. Despite investments in marketing, sales enablement, and operational improvements, growth still remains stagnant. The issue isn’t always visibility or effort, it’s...
Why Tech Alone Won’t Grow Revenue
The manufacturing sector has never had more access to digital tools: CRMs, automation platforms, dashboards, and AI. Yet despite heavy investment, too many companies still struggle to hit aggressive revenue targets. In an article for Industry Today, Stoke RGA CEO Jen...
From Random Acts to Revenue Systems
Most manufacturers are executing. Few are scaling. That’s not a lack of effort, it’s a lack of system. Many manufacturers are pushing hard for growth, but doing so with disconnected campaigns, siloed teams, and hope-as-a-strategy, progress stalls. The result?...
What Manufacturers Really Need to Drive Revenue Growth—And Sustain It
Manufacturers aren’t short on drive. But the path to sustained revenue growth requires more than effort. It takes clarity, focus, and alignment across every function. In last month’s post, we explored Three Barriers Blocking Scalable Growth for Midwest manufacturers:...
Three Barriers Blocking Scalable Growth, And How Midwest Manufacturers Can Break Through
Manufacturers aren’t short on effort. But effort alone doesn’t build momentum. We’ve worked alongside leadership teams across sectors: dairy, packaging, tech, who are doing a lot of the right things. They’re investing in marketing. Refining sales processes. Upgrading...
From Name Change to Growth Strategy: Jen Fietz on What Drives Stoke RGA
In a recent episode of Manufacturing Insights podcast hosted by NEWMA (Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance), Jen Fietz breaks down why we rebranded to Stoke RGA and what it really takes to drive sustainable, double-digit growth in today’s manufacturing...
Breaking the Growth Plateau: How Midwest Manufacturers Scale Smarter
Midwest manufacturing isn’t short on grit, experience, or capability. But when it comes to consistent, scalable growth, even the most capable leaders can find themselves stuck.You’ve invested in new tools and systems. You’ve restructured teams. You’ve refreshed the...











