GTM 34: "Community Is the New Google" with Kathleen Booth

Kathleen Booth is the SVP of Marketing and member of experience at Pavilion, The modern union for go-to-market leaders. Prior to her time at Pavilion, she founded Quintain Marketing a full service marketing agency that she sold after over 10 years of operating.

Kathleen has held a multitude of Marketing Leadership roles at VC backed B2B Tech companies. She continues to serve as an advisor to early stage SaaS companies and B2B startups.

Kathleen shares a ton of tactical advice on B2B leadership, including how to show up in your community, how to properly draw lines when founding a company, and her biggest learnigs from her exit after operating Quinatain Marketing for 11 years.

What You Will Learn:

• Best ways to overcome your Imposter Syndrome.
• How to leverage your community in order to elevate your career and drive pipeline.
• How to better understand your company's objectives.
• An in-depth explanation of Kathleen's entrepreneurial journey and the importance of drawing lines in the sand when starting out.

Highlights:
(6:20) The mission behind Pavilion and how Kathleen first kicked off her role with the team.

(8:09) Strategies to overcome Imposter Syndrome.

(12:33) Tips & tricks for managing a board.

(15:47) Why community is more important than ever.

(21:17) Who should be showing up in your community to drive actual revenue and demand.

(27:45) Incentivizing your team to show up in the community.

(31:11) Kathleen’s experience building and selling her company.

(40:50) Tactical advice to founders who haven’t yet found product-market fit.

(44:27) The importance of investing in your personal brand.

Guest Speaker Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleenslatterybooth/ 
Pavilion's Website: https://www.joinpavilion.com

Host Speaker Links:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ssbarker/
Newsletter: thegtmnewsletter.substack.com/

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