
FINITE: B2B Marketing Podcast for Tech, Software & SaaS #178 - The New B2B Influence Model: How to Drive Growth Through Genuine Advocacy with Andy Lambert, Principal Product Manager at Adobe
Dec 15, 2025
Andy Lambert, a former entrepreneur and now Principal Product Manager at Adobe, dives into the evolving world of B2B marketing. He discusses the shift from traditional influencers to personality-led growth, emphasizing genuine advocacy over mere audience size. Andy shares hard-earned lessons from his time at ContentCal, including a costly paid media mistake and the success of community partnerships. He highlights the importance of long-term creator relationships and how Adobe integrates their products into creators' workflows for authentic marketing.
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Founder Journey From Startup To Adobe
- Andy Lambert founded ContentCal, grew it to ~30,000 users across 120 countries, and sold it to Adobe.
- He now product-manages Adobe Express, learning how startup growth contrasts with building a household brand.
Personality-Led Growth Beats Mass Paid Reach
- Personality-led growth matters more as AI makes content abundant and audiences crave authenticity.
- Andy shifted from paid-heavy tactics to authentic founder-led presence to build trust.
Costly Paid-Media Mistake
- ContentCal spent heavily on Google and a paid Facebook Live which delivered almost no results.
- That experience taught Andy that buying audience reach without brand or advocacy fails in B2B.

