s to the promise of a turkey sandwich, but she found success thanks to a drive and intellect that separated her from others. Today, Alison is the Vice President of Marketing for Google Cloud and the work she and Google are doing has an impact across the industry. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Alison talks about how she looks at hard problems, what kind of marketing strategy she’s focusing on at Google Cloud, and why she believes the partnership between the CMO and CIO is critical to achieving business success.

3 Takeaways:

Focus on customer personas and figure out how to communicate to the ones you need

The partnership between the CMO and CIO is critical

Know what problem your solving and who to ask to help you solve it

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Alison Wagonfeld might have gotten her start in marketing thanks to the promise of a turkey sandwich, but she found success thanks to a drive and intellect that separated her from others. Today, Alison is the Vice President of Marketing for Google Cloud and the work she and Google are doing has an impact across the industry. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Alison talks about how she looks at hard problems, what kind of marketing strategy she’s focusing on at Google Cloud, and why she believes the partnership between the CMO and CIO is critica