Pipeline Visionaries

This episode features an interview with Rich Donahue, CMO of Ibotta, Ibotta is a cash back rewards platform that has delivered more than $1.1 billion in cumulative rewards to its users, It offers cash back on purchases on more than 2,700 leading brands and retail partners. Rich leads all marketing initiatives to welcome advertisers, publishers, and retail partners into the Ibotta Performance Network. He’s a natural storyteller, relationship builder, and digital strategist.On this episode Rich shares his insights into influencer marketing, why it's important to partner with the right people to get your key message across, and why creating opportunities for customers to save money is beneficial for your business.---“You have to trust that you're hitting the audience the right way and you're getting your message there the right way. We want to be the right message, we want to be with the right partners and that's true of any influencer, right? As long as you have the right partner it's probably going to be a really good partnership".---Episode Timestamps:*(02:42) - Rich’s role at Ibotta*(03:56) - Segment: Trust Tree*(06:57) - The benefits of customers savings*(09:07) - Segment: The Playbook*(18:22) - Reasons influencers impact your business growth*(29:44) - Amplifying your website*(34:48) - Segment: Quick Hits---SponsorDemand Gen Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.---LinksConnect with Rich on LinkedInConnect with Ian on LinkedInLearn more about Ibottawww.caspianstudios.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode features an interview with Palmer Houchins VP of Brand Marketing and Communications at G2, the largest and most trusted software marketplace, helping 60 million people every year make smarter software decisions based on authentic peer reviews. Palmer previously served as a senior marketing leader, and G2 customer at Mailchimp. He was also the VP of Marketing at CallRail, where he lead demand generation, brand, communications, content, and customer marketing teams. On this episode Palmer shares his insights into why your brand is your organizational glue, the consumerization of B2B marketing, and how transparency gains consumer trust. ---“We’re going to go to market with both a seller and buyer campaign, and this is where the brand becomes sort of a glue, we make sure that the way that we’re presenting ourselves is cohesive.”---Episode Timestamps:*(03:13 - Palmer’s role at G2*(03:58) - Segment: Trust Tree*(14:49) - The consumerization of B2B marketing*(26:01) - Segment: The Playbook*(25:50) - How transparency gains consumer trust*(28:38) - Why brand is your organizational glue*(30:36) - The Dust Up *(32:09) - Segment: Quick Hits---SponsorDemand Gen Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.LinksConnect with Palmer on LinkedInConnect with Ian on LinkedInLearn more about G2www.caspianstudios.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode features an interview with Ryan Bonnici, CMO at Gympass. Gympass is a complete corporate wellbeing platform that ignites every journey to feel good. Gympass is reinventing wellbeing, making it engaging and accessible. Ryan is a globally renowned marketing leader and has twice been included in Forbes’ ‘World’s Most Influential CMOs’.On this episode Ryan shares his insights into why investing in content is essential, ways to drive revenue and demand, and the importance of your distribution strategy.---“I think at the end of the day, the most important thing with your content investments is to invest in creating really good content.” - Ryan Bonnici CMO, Gympass---Episode Timestamps:*(02:57) - Ryan’s role at Gympass*(05:54) - Segment: Trust Tree*(15:15) - Segment: The Playbook*(16:38) - Ways to do paid marketing right*(19:25) - The importance of your distribution strategy*(21:50) - What content you should invest in *(24:42) - Building roads that lead back to your website*(30:18) - Segment: Quick Hits---SponsorDemand Gen Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.---  LinksConnect with Ryan on LinkedInConnect with Ian on LinkedInLearn more about Gympasswww.caspianstudios.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode features an interview with Micheline Nijmeh, CMO at JFrog. JFrog is redefining the way developers are building, securing, managing, and distributing software updates. Micheline brings over 20 years of technology marketing experience -  leading and implementing successful global marketing strategies at high-growth software companies. On this episode Micheline shares her insights into why organic marketing pulls in better quality leads, the importance of educating your customer, and why your website is the face your company.---There's an old saying, the content is king and there's a reason for it. Organic search is all about content, same with paid search, but organic much more so, and the nurture you’re building to get them to engage with you. - Micheline Nijmeh, CMO, JFrog---Episode Timestamps:*(03:01) - Micheline’s role at JFrog*(03:24) - Segment: Trust Tree*(10:16) - Segment: The Playbook*(10:43) - Balancing organic over paid *(15:03) - Why organic draws in better quality leads *(25:23) - Why your website is the face of your company*(28:16) - Segment: The Dust Up*(30:15) - Segment: Quick Hits---SponsorDemand Gen Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.---LinksConnect with Micheline on LinkedInConnect with Ian on LinkedInLearn more about JFrogwww.caspianstudios.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode features an interview with Cindy Knezevich, Senior Vice President of Brand and Communications at Salesloft, the leading sales engagement platform that helps sellers and sales teams drive more revenue. Cindy has spent the majority of her career in marketing leadership roles growing and transforming Sales-as-a-Service companies. She’s overseen Salesloft’s rebrand in 2021, as well as the highly successful relaunch of the company’s website in 2020.On this episode Cindy shares her insights into the power of brand and demand gen alignment, why customers are the most significant constituency, and the importance of brand consistency. ---Brand is who you are, product marketing and demand gen is what you do. And so those two things work really well together when they’re aligned, when they’re not aligned, it can be pretty painful.  - Cindy Knezevich, SVP of Brand and Communications, Salesloft---Episode Timestamps:*(02:12) - Cindy’s role at Salesloft*(02:59) - Segment: Trust Tree*(06:08) - Creating a successful brand campaign*(15:03) - The importance of brand consitency *(16:10) - Segment: The Playbook*(23:20) - The role community plays with your brand *(26:28) - Making big bets as it relates to brand*(29:26) - Segment: Quick Hits---SponsorDemand Gen Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.---LinksConnect with Cindy on LinkedInConnect with Ian on LinkedInLearn more about Salesloftwww.caspianstudios.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode features an interview with Dan Verley, SVP of Sales, Workplace Technologies and Services at Canon Solutions America. Canon provides integrated systems technology that comprise one of the strongest solutions portfolios in the document management industry. Dan has a highly diverse skillset with more than 34 years of proven experience successfully leading both sales and operations.On this episode  Dan shares his insights into achieving sales and marketing alignment, why having curated content that is easily digestible is important, and why marketing is an invaluable tool when paired with the needs of the organization.---"Marketing is an invaluable tool and partner. When done well and when paired well, and we all consider the needs of the organization and what role we each play, it’s really a powerful tandem when you go to market if things are aligned."- Dan Verley, SVP of Sales, Canon Solutions America---Episode Timestamps:*(02:13) - Dan’s role at Canon*(02:55) - Segment: Trust Tree*(08:21) - Why marketing is invaluable*(10:27) - Segment: The Playbook*(12:37) - Reasons to have curtated content*(18:58) - The significance of your website*(21:19) - Segment: The Dust Up*(23:49) - Segment: Quick Hits---SponsorDemand Gen Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.---LinksConnect with Dan on LinkedInConnect with Ian on LinkedInLearn more about Canon Solutions Americawww.caspianstudios.com  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode features an interview with Marie Hillion, Head of Marketing at Livestorm. Livestorm is an end-to-end video engagement platform enabling organizations to create on-demand, live, or pre-recorded events at scale from your browser. Marie joined Livestorm in 2020, where her team developed Livestorm’s content strategy and visibility across Europe and North America. On this episode, Marie shares her insights into boosting your video engagement score, adapting your marketing strategy to the mindsets of the region you’re targeting, and why it's important to keep your recurring audience engaged. ---“Adapt and try to not have the same approach, not only the language but also try to adapt to the mindsets of the region, the countries that you’re going to enter in and you’re going to target.” - Marie Hillion, Head of Marketing, Livestorm ---Episode Timestamps:*(03:12) - Marie’s role at Livestorm*(04:40) - Segment: Trust Tree*(09:27) - Segment: The Playbook*(11:51) - Translating your content*(15:18) - Boosting your video engagement score*(18:27) - Keeping your recurring audience engaged *(21:08) - Segment: The Dust Up*(23:45) - Segment: Quick Hits---SponsorDemand Gen Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.---LinksConnect with Marie on LinkedInConnect with Ian on LinkedInLearn more about Livestormwww.caspianstudios.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode features an interview with Chris Lynch, CMO of Mindtickle, the market-leading sales readiness platform, helping revenue leaders at world-class companies. Chris has a proven track record leading and growing both direct-to-consumer and B2B marketing organizations.   On this episode, Chris shares his insights into how emotions drive purchasing decisions, why customers respond well to strong storytelling, and why it's important to understand the consumer from a data standpoint.---“People respond well to strong storytelling, no matter if you’re in a consumer context or you’re in a B2B context because even in B2B, there are people making decisions.” - Chris Lynch, CMO of Mindtickle---Episode Timestamps:*(02:49) - Chris’s role at Mindtickle*(07:11) - Why emotions drive purchasing decisions*(08:13) - Segment: Trust Tree*(14:03) - Segment: The Playbook*(25:42) - Figuring out your brand story*(31:36) - Rebranding your website*(37:15) - Segment: The Dust Up*(38:45) - Segment: Quick Hits---SponsorDemand Gen Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.---LinksConnect with Chris on LinkedInConnect with Ian on LinkedInLearn more about MindTicklewww.caspianstudios.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This episode features an interview with Dylan Steele, CMO of Coalition, the leading provider of cyber insurance and security, combining comprehensive insurance and proactive cybersecurity tools to help businesses manage and mitigate cyber risk. Dylan is an accomplished marketing executive with experience leading marketing efforts for high-growth technology companies.On this episode Dylan shares his insights into the benefits of data-driven B2B, why sales enablement matters, and why mapping the customer journey is important.---“Data can get you really helpful insights and tell you if you’re way off base, but sometimes magic is figuring out the combination of what your customer says they want and what’s aligned to their value, how much you have to shift their perception and change their mindset of what your product can be and can do and then find the sweet spot.” - Dylan Steele, CMO of Coalition Inc.---Episode Timestamps:*(02:04) - Dylan’s role at Coalition*(03:08) - Segment: Trust Tree*(08:28) - The cybersecurity landscape in marketing*(17:29) - Segment: The Playbook*(24:30) - The sales enablement playbook*(29:57) - Segment: The Dust Up*(34:03) - Data insights into your customer*(34:03) - Segment: Quick Hits---SponsorDemand Gen Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.LinksConnect with Dylan on LinkedInConnect with Ian on LinkedInLearn more about Coalitionwww.caspianstudios.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Every week on Demand Gen Visionaries we sit down with marketing leaders from some of the world’s largest and fastest-growing companies to uncover the demand gen strategies that have been fundamental to their skyrocketing success.In each episode, we ask our marketing-leader guests which three areas of investment are most important to their demand gen initiatives. Tune into this special mini-series to hear the budget items our CMO guests can’t live without!Find parts one, two, three, four, five & six---Part seven of this special mini-series features 9 CMOs and marketing leaders from some of the world's fastest-growing companies, including:*(03:51) Suzanne Konkle - CMO, Deloitte*(05:14) Randy Frisch - Chief Evangelist Content Experience, Uberflip*(10:50) Daniel Incandela - CMO, Reachdesk*(14:18) Maura McCormick Rivera - CMO, Qualified*(18:02) Meagen Eisenberg - CMO, TripActions *(21:36) Jamie Gier - CMO, Ceros*(24:16) Daniel Rodriguez - CMO, Simplr *(26:24) Anna Kostroun - CMO, NewRocket*(29:31) Micha Hershman - VP of Marketing, Envoy---SponsorDemand Gen Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for Demand Gen pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.---LinksFollow Ian on TwitterConnect with Ian on LinkedInCaspian Studios Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.