#195 Spotlighting Marketing as the New Primary Revenue Driver ft. Gretchen Hoffman

Gretchen Hoffman is a revenue-driven marketing leader that understands the importance of transforming marketing into a revenue engine. In this episode, Gretchen joins me for a conversation on why having a revenue focus is so important and how marketing may soon surpass sales as the new primary revenue driver. Tune in as we talk about how to align and integrate sales and marketing around their common goal, how to increase revenue contribution from your install base by improving your customer experience, and how to plan your marketing programs for strong revenue growth in 2021.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Guide to High-Performance Marketing: https://bit.ly/3pKaxjT

[Video] Learn The D3 Methodology for Maximizing Revenue: https://bit.ly/3m2gt5q

#194 Recipes for ABM Success ft. Lisa Horner

Lisa Horner has been leading AppFolio’s go-to-market strategy for targeting and engaging key accounts, and, in this episode, she shares her recipes for ABM success. Tune in as we talk about how to approach ABM as you consider adding it to your 2021 marketing roadmap, key tactics for successful account engagement and activation, advice for those just getting started on the journey to ABM, and more.

# 193 Building a Full-Fledged Demand Center ft. Steve Barnard

Steve Barnard is a true agent of change that knows and understands the importance of driving demand and growing revenue. Throughout his career, Steve has specialized in transforming marketing functions into robust demand centers. Tune in to this episode as Steve shares his recipe for evolving marketing into a centralized demand center, how to align your marketing team more closely with sales in order to become more revenue-centric, and how to make an impact in your organization as a new marketing leader.

Check out The D3 Methodology here: https://bit.ly/2E7n2TP

Tune in to DemandGen TV here: demandgen.tv

#192 A Conversation with One of the World’s Most Influential CMOs ft. Alicia Tillman

Alicia Tillman, one of the world’s most influential CMOs, was responsible for reimagining SAP’s brand and leading the major technology company into a new era. In this episode, Alicia shares how she managed to get the whole company onboard with the rebrand, how she developed both an internal and external narrative that was widely supported, and how she aligned SAP’s rebrand with creating more value for customers while making the world a better place.

#191 The Future of Revenue Depends on You and Adobe ft. Stephen Frieder

With everything that has happened this year, we’ve seen first-hand how important marketing really is when it comes to delivering digital experiences and supporting revenue growth. Stephen Frieder, President of the Americas at Adobe, joins the podcast to dive into why marketing’s contribution is more important than ever, especially during the COVID era. Tune in as Stephen and David talk about how far Marketo has come since the acquisition by Adobe almost two years ago, what B2B marketers can learn from B2C marketers, and what’s on the roadmap for Adobe as they continue to support marketers in crafting end-to-end experiences.

#189 Proving Marketing’s Contribution with Analytics and Reporting ft. Mary Bermel

Mary Bermel, VP of Global Marketing Operations and Analytics at LogMeIn, has played a huge part in developing the measurement framework that allows her marketing team to prove their effectiveness and contribution to the organization. In this podcast episode, Mary shares her approach to getting started with marketing analytics and reporting, how to establish KPIs and identify important marketing goals, important tools and key roles needed for getting analytics right, and more.

#188 How This CMO Finds and Trains Highly Successful Marketers ft. Nicolas Draca

Nicolas Draca has lead many marketing teams during his time as a marketing leader and has trained and coached many of today’s highly-successful marketers. In this episode, Nicolas shares his playbook for onboarding and supporting new talent and growing a team. Listen as Nicolas highlights how to set goals for new team members, how to empower people to take risks and solve problems, and, ultimately, how to build a passionate team of successful marketers.

#187 How to Evaluate and Select New MarTech Tools ft. Jennifer McAdams

Jennifer McAdams, Vice President of Demand Generation and Field Marketing at Progress, shares her process for evaluating and selecting new MarTech tools. Tune in as Jennifer shares where her passion for technology comes from, which tools comprise her tech stack, and how she vets technology vendors.

Check out the Progress Stackies submission here: https://resources.demandgen.com/demandgen-radio-podcast/progress-stackies-awards

To see how Progress is pulling together their virtual events, here is a link to their digital showcase: https://www.progress.com/campaigns/digital-experience-showcase

Tune in to DemandGen TV at demandgen.tv

#186 How the CMO Role is Evolving ft. Judy Ash

Judy Ash, CMO of Certent, joins the podcast to shed light on what it’s really like to be head of marketing in today’s modern marketing era. Judy shares how the CMO role is evolving and becoming more technical, but at the same time more rewarding than ever. Listen as we talk about the role and responsibilities of the modern CMO and what it takes to be a successful marketing leader.

#185 First Year as CMO ft. Julie Knight

Julie Knight took over as the Chief Marketing Officer of Unit4 just over a year ago and has been leading many major initiatives since. In this episode, she shares what that first year has been like and what it takes to drive change as a new CMO. Tune in as we talk about how marketing has evolved during the COVID era, where to start when appointed as a new head of marketing, and what it takes to rebrand a company.