As the new CMO at Pendo, Joe Chernov says that he “inherited something really special.” He joined us during his first week on the job to discuss everything he’s excited about both in the new role and going on at the company. He discussed the challenges facing marketers today and how to best set up the people you work with to be as successful as possible.   3 Takeaways: Building a bigger surface area of contact can help create a better relationship with the persona you’re targeting Marketers today are paying for the sins of marketers past CMOs have to distill for CEOs the distinction between the medium and the message and, regardless of medium, deliver a way to get a message or product to customers that will change their lives --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Lomit Patel is the Vice President of Growth at IMVU, and he’s also the author of the new book, Lean AI, which is part of Eric Ries' "The Lean Startup" series. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Lomit joins us to share his experiences using AI to create more efficiency on his growth and marketing teams, and why he thinks now was the right time to write this book to help other young businesses see the power of AI.  3 Takeaways: Using AI to gather data allows creative teams to interpret and build off of it  By implementing computers and AI, you can increase efficiency and reduce costs Lean AI is a way for start-ups to reduce the risk for potential VCs and investors --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

How much content has your company generated? And where does it all live? Could you find it if you wanted to? Well, you could if you were using Algolia’s products. Having a powerful search engine is critical to bringing to light content that will help build your company’s brand and credibility. Ashley Stirrup knows this, and as the CMO of Algolia, he’s helping to make sure that other companies know it, too. He talks about the power of search, the importance of building credibility and so much more on this episode of Marketing Trends.  3 Takeaways: You have to build credibility in order to build trust and create sales Having a powerful search engine provides an opportunity to promote and make available content that would otherwise disappear into the dark hole of the internet  You need to figure out how to build campaigns that touch different customers in different ways --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Building up your brand is important for any organization. But how do you define your brand, and what do other people think of you? Sometimes, the answers to those two questions don’t match up and it’s at that point that Craig Dekshenieks, the Director, Content & Marketing Operations at Aderant, says that hard choices need to be made. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Craig explains why discovering outside perceptions should be a key factor in your marketing strategy. Plus, he talks about why content needs to do more than just spread your brand message and he talks about the future of marketing.  3 Takeaways: How others perceive you is just as important as how you perceive yourself You need to create content that converts The ability to measure hard-to-measure things will be what defines the future of marketing --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing. 

Henrique Saboia didn’t always know he loved marketing, but when he discovered his passion for bringing products to market, talking to customers and delivering a message, there was no turning back. After stints at Cisco Systems, Twitter and Lyft, Henrique landed at Kiva, where he currently serves as the Vice President of Growth. On this episode of Marketing Trends, he explains what his goals are as a marketer and how the work he is doing at Kiva is helping to bring about a virtuous cycle of lending and doing good all around the world, especially with women and in underserved communities. --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

When you think of online advertisements, what comes to mind? Pop up ads? Pre-roll ads that run before your Youtube videos? Maybe a huge banner ad that runs across your favorite website? These are the typical, easy, go-to ads many companies are leaning toward. But according to James Avery, the CEO of Adzerk, there’s a better way — one that will lead to more return on investment and will be important in a third-party-cookieless world. He explains it all on this episode of Marketing Trends.  3 Takeaways:   Marketing to developers and engineers is all about authenticity APIs and first-party advertising provide the opportunity to generate more ROI than traditional banner-ad marketing The removal of third-party cookies will create a higher premium on first-party publisher data   --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Most of us spend an awful lot of time at work, and as a result, there has recently been a movement to make workplaces into places you actually want to be. Whether that’s in the form of in-office activities, having the best tech available at all times, or having access to healthy and filling food, companies that want to recruit and retain top talent are focusing on creating the best environment possible. One of the companies that are helping create those environments is SnackNation, and on this episode of Marketing Trends, the co-founder and CMO, Andy Mackensen joined us to explain how he’s growing his business and leading by example by creating what Entrepreneur Magazine called one of the “top company cultures.” Plus, he dives into the marketing strategies he’s used in order to get as close to the customer as possible.  3 Takeaways:   You have to “eat your own dog food” — so if you’re selling healthy snacks and a great working experience, you have to cultivate those things in your own company as well You have to create content beyond your core product in order to connect with and deliver value to your customers If you want true insights on how to grow, get as close to your customer as possible   --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Having the time of your life in beautiful, exotic locales doesn’t seem like a very hard thing to sell, does it? Well, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds, and few know that better than John Chernesky, the Senior Vice President of Sales & Trade Marketing at Princess Cruises & Cunard Line. On this episode of Marketing Trends, John takes us through why it’s so important to sell stories and appeal to people’s emotions when marketing. Plus he discusses some of the biggest wins and surprising trends he’s seen in his years in the cruise industry.  3 Takeaways: Telling stories is the best way to convince people to travel with you   You have to be able to explain a product or experience in order to sell it, so it’s worth the investment to allow key influencers or partners to experience what you want them to sell Personalization in marketing is still a work in progress   --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Do you remember Yellowbook? If you do, it’s probably because of the work that Gordon Henry did while he was CMO of the company. During his tenure, he helped the company from $500M to $2B in revenues and he took the company into the digital world pushing from doing less than $10M to nearly $250M in online business. Clearly, he’s got some marketing chops and he’s using them now as the Chief Strategy Officer at Thryv, Inc. Today, Gordon is focused on helping small businesses grow and succeed and on this episode of Marketing Trends, he explains how Thryv is making that possible.  3 Takeaways: Small businesses have to find ways to compete with the big organizations which are leading the way in marketing and ease-of-doing-business People still need leads, but they need those leads to be filtered and connected through software Cost per lead is the most important metric a small business should focus on, and you have to be willing to advertise in ways other than just what’s most popular --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Most of the time a marketer is trying to convince you that their product or service will make your life better or solve some problems you have. Sometimes the problems are big, sometimes they’re small, and sometimes, especially if you Craig Henrickson they are industry-impacting. Craig is the Vice President of Marketing for Kinestral Technologies and he is helping to introduce and sell smart glass technology that will change the way construction is done. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Craig explains how you go about selling something to an industry that is historically stubborn and resistant to change, plus he tells some stories from his past at Bose and iRobot. 3 Takeaways: When trying to sell something, like smart glass, you have to be able to answer questions about product utility and why it matters to the individual(s) you’re selling to There are certain personas you deal with in your customer base, but you can’t focus solely on the ones with the most buying power — each persona is important The customer journey is important because customer referrals are what keep you going --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Jeanne Hopkins is the CMO of Lola.com, and whether she’s marketing her company’s business travel prowess, stepping into the podcast game or baking the best chocolate chip cookies, she has consistently been able to find success. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Jeanne talks about her somewhat circuitous journey to marketing, how she works toward ensuring customer success, and why she believes podcasting is a marketing opportunity too good to be overlooked. 3 Takeaways:   Business travel is a key area where companies can positively affect employee experience Strategically using SEO and the competition can lead to the conversion of otherwise unlikely customers Podcasts are under-utilized marketing tools   --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

On this special episode of Marketing Trends, Mission producer Hilary Giorgi and Mission audio engineer Matt Powell joined host Ian Faison to discuss their thoughts on the ads they saw during the Super Bowl. What did we like, what were we confused by and what were some of the major themes and trends that we noticed? Stay tuned to find out!  3 Takeaways: Nostalgia played a major role in many of the most memorable ads There is a tendency to try to do too much in a Super Bowl ad, and that can sometimes muddle the message Just because people are talking about you doesn’t mean you’ve succeeded --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Sydney Sloan didn’t fall into marketing accidentally. She always wanted to be in the field and she has been finding success as a marketer ever since graduating from USC. Currently, Sydney is the CMO of SalesLoft, a rapidly-growing start-up, which is constantly changing and challenging itself to keep reaching new heights. One of the main ways she’s helped that happen is by introducing marketing automation. She talks about that process as well as why it’s so important to focus on the customer journey, and much more.  3 Takeaways: The entire company should be aligned on your go-to-market strategy Peer-review sites and speaking directly to customers is an excellent way to reengage and gather potential material for future products and campaigns The CMO should have full visibility of and involvement in how campaigns are impacting the pipeline --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

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 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   --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

If you’re a longtime listener of Marketing Trends, you know that we have always been big fans of LEGO and its marketing journey. So we were thrilled to welcome to the show Michael Moynihan, the Vice President of Marketing at LEGO. We picked his brain about how LEGO was able to take its marketing strategy to a whole new stratosphere thanks to things like digital experiences and entertainment properties. But the success did not come overnight. It was a long trip to that stratosphere, and Michael was there for it all, so he has a lot of wisdom to share.   3 Takeaways: Digital platforms can work as an accelerant to drive interest in a physical product Lego is not an entertainment company, it is a building company and any entertainment properties surrounding Lego have to be released with a strong story in a way that celebrates the brand Partnerships have to be sustainable and create value for all parties involved --- Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world’s number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing.  To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

There are any number of ways to approach marketing. How Stu Heinecke does it, though, is unique. Stu is the author of How To Get A Meeting with Anyone and a Wall Street Journal cartoonist and he started his own company using what he called contact marketing. By using cartoons in direct mailing campaigns, Stu proved that people connected to and responded to those mailers, and when he used that method to find clients, he walked away with a 100% conversion rate — unheard of in the direct mail world. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Stu tells his story and discusses his books, explains how marketing has evolved through the years. 3 Takeaways:   Cartoons offer an opportunity to sell something in one frame The challenge of connecting comes down to humanizing the interaction Creating value and breaking through to someone is all about providing relevance   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Some people believe that it can be lonely to be a marketer in Silicon Valley — the land of product and technology and data and innovation. In that world, marketing can fall by the wayside or seen as an afterthought. But for Mike Marcellin, the CMO of Juniper Networks, Silicon Valley is a great place to be a marketer and somewhere where you can combine data and analytics to build a marketing strategy. He explains all of that and more on this episode of Marketing Trends. 3 Takeaways:   Investing in data and analytics early on helped Mike build credibility Marketing is a blend of creativity and analytics Other CMOs are an important source of inspiration and idea-generation   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.    

Getting buy-in is critical for any kind of marketing campaign. From the leadership to the sales team, everyone has to be on the same page when you’re about to implement a new strategy or marketing tactic. This is true for account-based marketing as well, and few know that better than Eric Spett, the CEO of Terminus. On this episode, recorded live at Sirius Decisions in Austin, he discusses his start in the marketing world and finding an opportunity to bring ABM to more companies with Terminus.   3 Takeaways: When stepping into an emerging market, you have to find a balance of listening to what customers want and need and innovating and guiding customers toward the future The value of marketing is determined by sales. If the sales team isn’t bought in on an idea, the likelihood of success falls Using ABM correctly is about having a singular focus until you have mastered one strategy, then you can move on to the next --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Sarah Bird knows a thing or two about search engine optimization. As the CEO of Moz, it’s the main thing her company focuses on and for good reason. SEO is one of the most important tools in a marketer’s toolkit, but Sarah believes that few really understand how hard it is to become good at SEO and tap into its full potential. On this episode, Sarah explains some common misconceptions about SEO and gets us excited about the future of search. 3 Takeaways: There is a fundamental lack of understanding about how much work goes into a great longterm SEO strategy Local searching is easier to commercialize than broader or national search In order to get ahead in your career, search out problems and try to unlock new ways to solve them --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

There is a misconception that content marketing can’t be part of a huge marketing campaign. At least, that’s what Cathy McPhillips has seen. But, as the Vice President of Marketing at the Content Marketing Institute, she’s trying to show agencies and marketers everywhere that you can integrate content marketing into your campaigns. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Cathy talks about how that’s possible and gives examples from the real world to show how companies like REI, Lowes, and Patagonia were able to turn their content marketing activities into revenue generators. --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Frazier Miller says his first love was product management, which allowed him to focus on the customer. He brought that love with him as he moved up the corporate ladder and he taps into it frequently when devising strategy as the CMO of Wrike. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Frazier discusses why he thinks that focusing on product fit is such an effective marketing strategy, plus he explains what it means to work in a high-velocity business.  --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Anantha Narasimhan is Program Director of Global Marketing for Unified Governance & Integration at IBM. Throughout his career in sales, analytics, and marketing at leading technology companies, he has learned the importance of horizontal and vertical alignment for success and the power of friendly competition. On this episode, Ananth describes his journey into marketing and the keys to his success at IBM, so far. He discusses the importance of team-building and generating momentum to achieve big wins. --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

With more than 30+ years of marketing experience and plenty of stories to go around, we were so excited to welcome back Michael Mendenhall, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, TriNet for another episode on Marketing Trends! In case you missed it, here’s our first episode with Michael. On this episode with Michael, we dig deeper into Michael’s story bank and talk all things asset synergy, longer/shorter-term content, and much more! 3 Key Takeaways: - The synergy of company assets should be leveraged in your marketing. - Think about the larger narrative when creating shorter-term narratives with the marketing campaigns that are being created. -  Content shouldn’t be clutter for consumers, be mindful and succinct in your content. --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Today's episode features an interview with Jud Mackrill, CMO of the Carson Group. On this episode, Jud talks about marketing in the financial services industry, how theology school prepared him for a career in marketing is best CMO advice and much more.  3 Takeaways:   There is an emerging frontier of marketing that combines technology with human connection Never forget the human in the middle of your business interactions Doing brand transformations is one of the most meanigful parts of being a marketer   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Artificial intelligence is a technology that is exciting to some and frightening to others. So how should marketers react to this new and potentially revolutionary technology? According to Vijay Chittoor, Co-Founder and CEO of Blueshift, AI has the power to help marketers scale their decisions and increase their influence, if leveraged correctly.   In this interview, Vijay talks about the best ways for marketers to utilize AI, why they should take a customer-centric rather than a channel-centric approach, and much more.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/34A4kLO  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/vijaychittoor  Twitter: twitter.com/vijaycs42  Blueshift Website: blueshift.com/   3 Key Takeaways: - Marketers should take a customer-centric rather than a channel-centric approach to marketing. - AI enables marketers to take a customer-centric approach and to scale their decisions across channels and formats. - The most common mistake marketers make when it comes to AI is not focusing enough on collecting great data and integrating all the datasets they have.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Live from Dreamforce 2019, Marketing Trends had the opportunity to do a live recording with Sydney Sloan, CMO of SalesLoft, Keith Messick, CMO of Dialpad, and Nick King, VP CX Marketing at Cisco. ​On this episode of Marketing Trends, we get into marketing against competitors, how to think about branding, best practices for engaging with customers, and much more.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/2OlxqcK Keith’s LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2GTSjYx Sydney’s LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/34orNjR Nick’s LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2OoYU1m   3 Key Takeaways: - It’s easy to use similar marketing talk as your competitor. It’s harder to go a different path and standout. - Brand consistency is really understanding what your brand stands for and investing heavily in that. - Implementing your customer’s voice and promoting their problems and how they were solved is very valuable.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

What separates great brands from the pack? According to Mayur Gupta, CMO of Freshly, it is their ability to quickly iterate and learn. He has used this approach to build brands and grow companies like Spotify and Kimberly-Clark. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Mayur explains this approach and how marketers can implement it into their work.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/34hc5Gd  Mayur’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/inspiremartech/  Mayur’s Twitter: twitter.com/inspiremartech  Website: https://www.freshly.com/   3 Key Takeaways: - Speed is the most important differentiator for a brand. - Marketers need to have an experimentation mindset where success is determined by how quickly they can iterate and learn. - “A purpose-driven brand amplifies the tangible and measurable growth of the business.”   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Many brick-and-mortar retailers have struggled to succeed in the 21st century with the rise of e-commerce competitors. But a few marketers have managed to turn their physical retail presence into an asset, rather than a liability.  One such innovator is Jeannine D’Addario. As Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Guitar Center, Jeannine has overseen an increased emphasis on Guitar Center locations as places of learning and education. On this episode of Marketing Trends, she tells us how building these customer experiences have helped Guitar Center succeed in the marketplace.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/2Yy1Qw9  Jeannine’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jeannine-davis-d-addario-6789437/  Jeannine’s Twitter: twitter.com/jdaddario  Guitar Center Website: guitarcenter.com/   3 Key Takeaways: - Physical retail succeeds when it is an experience, not just a place to shop. - Education is a great way to bring people into the pipeline and begin the customer journey. - Brand consistency is crucial. You have to know your values and make your retail strategy an extension of them.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Marketing automation has been around for a little while now, but few marketers fully optimize how they use this crucial technology. On this episode, we sat down with Casey Cheshire, Founder & CMO of Cheshire Impact to learn how to optimize a marketing automation strategy, best practices for aligning with sales, and much more. Casey is also the author of "Marketing Automation Unleashed: The Strategic Path for B2B Growth," a book that digs even deeper into these topics.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/2DFBTAX   Casey’s Book: https://amzn.to/2rs8k38  Casey’s LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2rxKZNe  Casey’s Twitter: http://bit.ly/2QXwXPG  Cheshire Impact’s Website: http://bit.ly/33oUEmA    3 Key Takeaways: - Don’t think of your prospects as transactions. - Take a step back every now and then and think about the bigger picture of what your marketing, marketing automation, and overall strategy are. - Make sure your sales team and marketing team are aligned on a common vocabulary.     --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

According to Alex Weinstein, SVP of Growth at Grubhub, standout marketers all have something in common: A focus on ‘the bigger thing,’ or in other words, the core objectives and principles of the business.  On this episode of Marketing Trends, Alex tells us how to achieve this focus, and what kinds of impact it drives. He also talks about incrementality, aligning incentives, and much more.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/2soiG4r  Alex’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alexweinstein/  Alex’s Twitter: twitter.com/alexweinstein  Grubhub Website: https://www.grubhub.com/   3 Key Takeaways: - Marketers need to consider incrementality, or what would have happened had they not taken a given action. - Great marketing leaders need to create a culture where failure in the pursuit of experimentation is tolerated. - For marketers to be effective, they can’t just be concerned about their own budgets. They need to be focused on ‘the bigger thing.’   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

With more than seven years of experience in direct patient care, Kathy English knows a thing or two about finding and resolving pain points. Now, as CMO of Vocera, a healthcare technology company, she’s solving pain points of a different type. On this episode, Kathy talks about how to find, diagnose, and resolve pain points, her best advice for a first time CMO, and much more.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/2D8L24O   Kathy’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kathydenglish Kathy’s Twitter: twitter.com/englishkathy Vocera Website: vocera.com   3 Key Takeaways: - Marketers should start by addressing pain points, not promoting a product or technology. - Customer stories resonate because they allow prospects to see positive outcomes. - Great marketers stay focused on the mission of their brand.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Few processes hold as much promise as the idea of agile marketing. It has the potential to improve efficiency and effectiveness for marketing teams of all sizes. To find out more about this revolutionary system, we spoke with Jascha Kaykas-Wolff.  Jascha is the CMO of Mozilla and has previously served as the CMO of BitTorrent and the founder of Growthverse. On this episode, he talks about agile marketing, open-source, his best advice for a CMO, and much more.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/2NZ5M5c  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kaykas/  Twitter: twitter.com/kaykas  Mozilla Website: mozilla.org/en-US/   3 Key Takeaways: - To get ahead in your career as a marketer, be clear about what you do and how you help others. - Agile marketing is all about determining priorities and working on those priorities more efficiently. - To be effective, CMOs can’t just understand marketing, they have to understand the underlying dynamics of the business.   Are you at Dreamforce 2019 this week? Come join us for a live episode this Tuesday, November 19th at 5:30 pm at the Pied Piper Bar in the Palace Hotel. Find more details and RSVP here: https://www2.pardot.com/event/1119/marketing-trends-live  --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Transformation takes time. But time isn’t a luxury that marketing leaders can always afford. When Aditi Javeri Gokhale first stepped into the CMO role of Northwestern Mutual, she had just a few short months to define a new direction.  On this episode of Marketing Trends, she talks about how she was able to enact rapid change and move her marketing organization in a more productive direction. Aditi also talks about delivering personalized content, innovating in the financial services sector, and much more.   Links: Full Links, Notes, & Quotes: http://bit.ly/33Mn4YM  Aditi’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aditi-javeri-gokhale-5166718/ Aditi’s Twitter: twitter.com/aditigokhale_  Northwestern Mutual: northwesternmutual.com/   3 Key Takeaways: - Successful marketing needs to do more than spread brand awareness. That awareness needs to lead to action. - In today’s data-rich environment, marketing content should be tailored to the particular situation of its audience. - Having good data is not enough. The difference between successful marketers and others is the ability to draw insights and execute on the insights drawn from that data.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

With the number of technologies and disciplines involved in marketing, it is easier than ever for marketing professionals to specialize. But for a marketer to become a leader, they need to widen their scope and understand how to interface with every aspect of marketing, according to Alecha Stackle. Alecha is the SVP & CMO of RealPage, and has more than two decades of marketing experience with companies like Thompson Reuters and Dell. On this episode, Alecha talks about how to become a complete marketer, how to identify content that works, and how to engineer a more effective customer journey.   Links: Full Notes & Quotes: http://bit.ly/2NEViYK  Alecha’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alechastackle/ Alecha’s Twitter: twitter.com/alechastackle RealPage: realpage.com/   3 Key Takeaways: - Marketers need to find a way to get a wide exposure to different functions, departments, technologies, and experiences in order to become effective marketing leaders. - Market forces have made it more important than ever to create a complete and thoughtful customer journey. - New CMOs can’t do everything on their agenda. They should be careful about what they promise and focus on those things that will have the largest impact.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Jon Miller could be doing anything. A successful entrepreneur who sold his first startup for nearly $5 billion, he doesn’t have to work if he doesn’t want to. And yet Jon has returned to the task of innovating the field of marketing with his last startup, Engagio.  What is it about marketing innovation that keeps Jon coming back for more? On this episode, Jon answers that questions, and talks about the process of category creation, the future of marketing innovation, and much more.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/2qp7G5Y LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jonmiller2 Twitter: twitter.com/jonmiller Website: www.engagio.com   3 Key Takeaways: - Marketers don’t necessarily need to be involved in a social cause to find meaning in their work. They can find meaning in facilitating value-creating transactions. - More than most other functions, marketers need to earn respect and prove their impact. - According to Jon, two of the biggest marketing trends of the future will be a return to storytelling and the CMO taking full ownership of the customer experience.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

They say who you know is as important as what you know, and that’s as true for marketers as it is for anyone else. So how can marketers go about creating world-class networks? To find out, we talked to Karen Wickre, author of Taking the Work Out of Networking: Your Guide to Making and Keeping Great Connections. Karen has an extensive background in both networking and marketing, having served as the Editorial Director at Twitter and the Senior Media Liaison for global communications and public affairs at Google On this episode of Marketing Trends, Karen shares insights from her book, talks about best practices for networking, and also shares some insights about content marketing and marketing leadership.   Links: Full Notes, Links, & Quotes: http://bit.ly/2WHMlkj  Karen’s Twitter: twitter.com/kvox Karen’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/karenwickre/ Taking the Work Out of Networking: http://bit.ly/2r4npHI   3 Key Takeaways: - Your network is your currency. If you don’t have connections you won’t achieve success, even if you are personally brilliant. - Networking isn’t just about making direct connections for yourself, it’s also about connecting others who can help each other. - Deep connections are important, but “keeping in light touch” is also a crucial component of any networking strategy.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Every business has customers. But what makes a brand truly powerful is not having customers, but having fans. So how does a brand acquire fans? To find out, we talked to Eric Solomon, Fractional CMO at Blackbird. Eric has a PhD in psychology and a long track record of helping brands connect with their audiences. On this episode, Eric also talks about customer-centricity, building a community, and best practices for great storytelling.   Links: Full Notes & Quotes: http://bit.ly/2JucYDR  Eric’s LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2oT257z BlackBird: http://bit.ly/2Bxe5ht   3 Key Takeaways: - Brands need to be focused on the long term. They can’t lose sight of long-term relationships just for the sake of hitting short-term metrics. - You can’t keep the same strategy and just move it to a new channel. For example, digital video required a completely new strategy from television advertising. - Most brands do not aim to simply be a platform. They aim to be synonymous with what they are selling ie. Spotify aims to be synonymous with sound.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

As marketers, we strive to speak to consumers’ deepest desires and values. But how can we do that if we don’t even know what those values are? On today’s episode of Marketing Trends, we spoke to someone who is trying to discover and measure those values. Amelia Dunlop is the Chief Experience Officer for Deloitte Digital and the leader of the US Customer Strategy and Applied Design practice for Deloitte Consulting. On this episode, she explains how marketers can tap into consumers’ values to create more human experiences, earning long-term loyalty and trust in the process.   Links: Full Notes & Quotes: http://bit.ly/3225Gxo  Amelia’s LinkedIn:  http://bit.ly/2oSPFMZ Amelia’s Twitter: http://bit.ly/32PGNGk Deloitte Digital: http://bit.ly/2Pd0lRc   3 Key Takeaways: - Companies create human experiences when they treat those they come into contact with as real people, rather than just customers or potential customers. - Those who create the most human experiences also tend to create the most innovative ideas. - Human values come down to four essential elements: achievement, belonging, curiosity, and control.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Taking on a larger and older competitor can be intimidating. They have more people, money, and resources to throw at you and try to knock you out. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. With the right strategy and execution, newer entrants can out-compete and eclipse their larger competitors. On this episode of Marketing Trends, we talked to Daniel Rodriguez to find out how. Daniel is the Head of Marketing at Alyce. Previously, he served as the VP of Seismic, where he helped it eclipse, and eventually acquire, the previous market leader. In this interview with host Lauren Vaccarello, Daniel also talks about ABM, the importance of consistency, and how to approach new channels.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/2MVnWV9  Daniel’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drodriguez4/  Daniel’s Twitter: twitter.com/dlrdaniel  Website: alyce.com/   3 Key Takeaways: - When implementing an ABM strategy, it’s not enough to target the right accounts. You need to create an experience that wows your target audience. - All marketers should think of themselves as innovators or fast-followers when it comes to finding and exploiting new channels. - Consistency is key. It’s easy to get bored with your messaging when you create it and hear it every day, but your target market hears it far less.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Marketers have many skills and insights that can be valuable to companies at every level of their organization, and not just within the marketing team. So how do marketers make the leap from being marketing leaders to becoming organizational leaders? To find out, we spoke with Katie Bullard, President of DiscoverOrg. Katie started out as CMO at DiscoverOrg, before quickly transitioning to Chief Growth Officer and eventually to President. On this episode, Katie also discusses why product marketing needs to be rethought, how she evaluates new channels, what to do to be successful as a new CMO, and much more.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/2pmBEqR  Katie’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/katiebullard/  DiscoverOrg Website: discoverorg.com/   3 Key Takeaways: - Product and marketing are inextricably linked because new products need to meet customer needs that can be identified by marketing. - As a new CMO it’s important to get quick wins, but also to be realistic and honest that everything is not going to happen right away. - Focus on having really great relationships with your peers and establishing open communications between marketing and other departments.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Rewards programs can shape consumer behavior, increase customer loyalty, grow revenue, and improve customer satisfaction. But effectively implementing a successful rewards program is much easier said than done. To find out more about the best practices in this important field, we spoke with Leslie McNamara, Managing Director & CMO of Citi Retail Services. On this episode, she talks about why payment and rewards programs are so effective, how to effectively plan and execute them, what the future will hold for such programs, and much more.   Links: Full Notes & Quotes: http://bit.ly/2qG63AN Leslie’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lesliemcnamara  Citi Retail Services: citiretailservices.com/   3 Key Takeaways: - Customer payment and customer loyalty programs allow you to make in-person shopping a more data-rich environment and help you be more effective with your targeting and promotions. - Integrating your in-person and online shopping experiences is essential for an effective payment and rewards system, and will create a more cohesive brand experience. - Sales reps form the front lines and determine much of how your brand will be perceived. They need to be highly educated when it comes to payment and loyalty programs.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

The right analyst report can make a product marketer’s career. So how can a marketer make sure that analyst relations is something that works in their favor? To find out, we brought in Andrew Lochart Senior Director of Product Marketing at Unisys. Andrew has helped numerous organizations grow exponentially with his product marketing and analyst relations know-how. In two years with Unisys, he has led eight major product launches and developed 12 major campaigns, driving $1.5B in pipeline. On this episode, he shares some of his keys for taking analyst relations to the next level.   Links: Full Notes & Quotes: http://bit.ly/2N5vF1C Andrew’s LinkedIn:  http://bit.ly/2P9QxaD Andrew’s Twitter: http://bit.ly/2qznbIp Unisys: http://bit.ly/2Jf2IiJ   3 Key Takeaways: - Transparency within marketing is the key to success. Know what you're good at, what you’re bad at, and be honest about it. - Hitting the upper-right corner of the “magic quadrant” should be a symptom of success, not your primary aim. - When it comes to marketing, the relationship you have with your analysts is every bit as important as the relationship you have with the consumers.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Amazon is becoming an ever-larger part of the distribution and marketing strategies for more and more brands. So how can brands optimize their presence on this e-commerce giant? To find out, we talked to Kiri Masters, founder of Bobsled Marketing, a digital agency committed to helping brands of all sizes grow and protect their Amazon marketplace channels. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Kiri talks all things Amazon. She shares which brands should and shouldn’t be selling through Amazon, what the latest update and trends are with the platform, how to think about developing an effective Amazon strategy, and much more.   Links: Full Notes & Quotes: http://bit.ly/2JaZPiO  Kiri’s LinkedIn:  http://bit.ly/2qsTatV Kiri’s Twitter: http://bit.ly/2nUlEvw Bobsled Marketing: http://bit.ly/31yHrqE   3 Key Takeaways: - To successfully scale on Amazon, you must have a team approach to it, not just a single Amazon pro. - Brands need to take a realistic look at whether their product has strong enough customer relationships to warrant a direct-to-consumer approach or whether they should consider distribution on Amazon. - Amazon isn’t just a distribution platform, it’s also a search-engine where consumers go to look for physical products.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Many advertising agencies believe that sexy is what sells in today's marketplace, but Travis Chambers, Chief Media Hacker and Founder of Chamber.Media, takes a different approach. He believes that understanding and relating to the audience is what makes a good advertising campaign: "We all want to be working on the cool, sexy thing." Travis says. "But I've seen some of the stuff that's not very sexy do really well. It's all about performance". On this episode of Marketing Trends, Travis sits down with Ian Faison to discuss his philosophy about what makes a marketing campaign great and how Chamber.Media differentiates itself from the competition. Travis discusses virality and social media, and also how to integrate these new forms of marketing with more traditional campaigns.   Links: Full Notes & Quotes: http://bit.ly/2qqELhO Travis’s LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2MrQ4yD Travis’s Twitter: http://bit.ly/2VTZar6 Chamber.Media: http://bit.ly/33HGVrx   3 Key Takeaways: - Marketing is not always about what is sexy; it’s about connecting with and relating to the audience. - Social ads are a great way to reach your target audience, but they’re not the only way and should be used in the context of a wider campaign. - The biggest challenge in marketing is making people care about ads. Emotion is the key to accomplishing this.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

This episode of Marketing Trends features a CMO roundtable with Meagen Eisenberg, Harsh Jawharkar, and Thomas Butta of TripActions, Atlassian, and SignalFx, respectively. They discuss how to succeed as a new CMO, the future of SaaS marketing, how to work with a board of advisors, and much more.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/32ux206 Meagen’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/meageneisenberg Harsh’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/harsh/  Tom’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tombutta/ TripActions Website: tripactions.com/ Atlassian Website: atlassian.com/  SignalFx Website: signalfx.com/   3 Key Takeaways: - When starting as a new CMO, don’t come in with an agenda or preconceived notions about what you should do. Be open to suggestions and feedback. - In a SaaS environment, it’s crucial to be tightly aligned with your CFO so you can plan, understand, and justify acquisition strategies. - Whether joining them or forming them, advisory boards are a great way to gain exposure and form a community.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Rebranding is never easy, even under the best circumstances. And Nick Ragone was not facing easy circumstances. When he took over as the CMO of Ascension, he was tasked with taking dozens of individual healthcare providers and bringing them all under a single brand to form the largest non-profit health system in the United States. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Nick tells us how he pulled this off and what it taught him about branding and marketing leadership.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/33HOpe2  Nick’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nick-ragone-383989/  Nick’s Twitter: twitter.com/nickragone2  Ascension Website: healthcare.ascension.org/   3 Key Takeaways: - If you’re going to rebrand, it needs to start internally first. It can take years to build that internal buy-in, but it's absolutely necessary. - Great marketing needs to have pull-through. It can’t just be creative for creativity’s sake; it needs to present a solution to a legitimate market need. - “A brand is a promise. A great brand is a promise kept.”   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Ryan Carlson is Chief Marketing Officer at Okta. As the head of Okta's Marketing team, he oversees Product Marketing, Corporate Marketing, Demand Generation, Sales Development and Pipeline Strategy and Operations. Amidst all those demands, what does he make his primary focus? Getting the world to know, love, and share the Okta story. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Ryan talks about how to tell an effective brand and product story, how to bring customer insights into your organization, why you should build a team of mentors, and much more.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/32kAf2n Ryan’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ryancarlson Ryan’s Twitter: twitter.com/ryantcarlson Okta Website: okta.com   3 Key Takeaways: - A marketing leader’s job is not only to carry an organization’s message to the outside world, but also to carry the attitudes, needs, and responses of the market back to the organization. - Successful brands shouldn’t be afraid to express a strong viewpoint. That viewpoint should be true to who the brand is and relate to their core messaging. - When working with analysts and influencers, it’s better to get started right away. Effective analyst relations programs take a while to bear fruit.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Square might have started as a simple point of sale app for business owners, but in recent years it has grown to be so much more. With an incredible range of products that offer business solutions of all kinds, Square has been infiltrating new markets every day.  There are many reasons Square has been so successful, and one of them is excellent marketing. As the Global Head of Marketing for Square, Lauren Weinberg has had a lot to do with that.  Most marketers will tell you that storytelling is one of, if not the most important aspects of a good marketing campaign. Lauren and Square take that belief to heart and insert meaningful and impactful stories into everything they do. And the goal is always the same: “Everyone's here to make tools and services to make it easier for small business owners to succeed,” Lauren says. “It just really is in the DNA of everything that we do.” On this episode of Marketing Trends, Lauren explains that ethos to Mission CEO Chad Grills and dives into the details of how her team injects storytelling into their marketing campaigns. On social, in editorial, and even through a new video series and a foray into podcasting, Lauren is leading an expansion of marketing at Square and she’s excited to share it all.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/33wdF7i  Lauren’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/laurenweinberg13 Lauren’s Twitter: twitter.com/WeinbergLauren Square Website: squareup.com/us/en   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

When Rebecca Corlis first started building her marketing team at Owl Labs, she realized that the first type of employees she needed were generalists. The marketing needs of her company changed so much from day to day that he needed people who could learn quickly and answer the call no matter what was thrown their way. Rebecca is also a generalist herself. Having worked in a variety of capacities and industries, she has built up skills that span a variety of roles. On this episode of Marketing Trends, Rebecca talks about how to become a generalist, and also how to find and hire them.   Links: Full Links, Quotes, & Notes: http://bit.ly/2VxCU68  Rebecca’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rebeccacorliss/ Rebecca’s Twitter: twitter.com/repcor Owl Labs: owllabs.com/   3 Key Takeaways: - Early in a company’s lifecycle, it’s important to hire generalists who can adapt to changing circumstances. - Grit and adaptability are key attributes in becoming an effective generalist. - It’s also crucial to find a great mentor who can teach you and who believes in you.   --- Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.