The Next CMO

In this episode of The Next CMO podcast, I speak to Domenic Colasante, the CEO of 2X. Founded in 2017, by 3 former B2B CMOs, 2X is a B2B-focused Marketing as a Service firm that enables marketing to operate with greater impact and at significantly lower cost. A pioneer in offshoring B2B marketing, 2X provides clients with world-class talent at labor rates of 30-50% less than US equivalents. 2X’s global headquarters are outside Philadelphia, PA, USA and delivery operations reside in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2X enables a client’s on-shore team to focus on strategy and planning, while off-shore teams focus on marketing execution including build, run, and optimize activity. With capabilities across marketing operations, digital campaigns, graphic design, content operations & writing, web management, research, analytics, and the full marketing technology stack, 2X enables our clients to adopt a global operating model and reimagine their marketing mix.

In this episode of The Next CMO podcast, I speak to Stephanie Danzi, the SVP and Global Head of Marketing for Tinder, the world’s most popular app for meeting new people that has been downloaded more than 530 million times. The app is available in 190 countries and 45+ languages. More than half of all members are 18-25 years old. In 2022, Tinder was named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. Stephanie leads brand strategy, product marketing, and creative for Tinder. Named a “CMO to Watch” by Business Insider in 2022, Stephanie is a uniquely well-rounded marketer who has the rare ability to blend brand strategy, creative excellence, and analytical rigor to drive business results. Prior to Tinder, Stephanie served as Head of Marketing for Match Group’s innovation hub +1 Labs, where she launched two top-charting dating apps: Ship, which reached 100K downloads faster than any other dating app, and Stir, the #1 dating app for single parents and one of the top 20 largest dating apps in the U.S. Passionate about solving consumer and business problems, Stephanie built her marketing acumen at PepsiCo, where she developed award-winning creative for Mtn Dew, including 2018’s most watched Super Bowl ad, and launched multiple products that grossed more than $100MM in retail sales in their first year.

In this episode of The Next CMO podcast, I speak to TJ Waldorf, the CMO of 1WorldSync, the leader in Product Content Orchestration. 1WorldSync simplifies the creation and distribution of impactful content that’s accurate, consistent and relevant everywhere commerce happens.

In this episode of The Next CMO podcast, I speak to Melissa Sargeant, CMO of AlphaSense, a market intelligence platform used by the world’s leading companies and financial institutions. Since 2011, our AI-based technology has helped professionals make smarter business decisions by delivering insights from an extensive universe of public and private content—including company filings, event transcripts, news, trade journals, expert calls, and equity research. Our platform is trusted by over 2,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 100. Headquartered in New York City, AlphaSense employs over 1,000 people across offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, Germany, and India.

In this episode of The Next CMO podcast, I speak to Khurrum Malik, the CMO of Integral Ad Science (IAS) and the science of attention and how it impacts your advertising strategy. IAS delivers the industry’s most actionable data to drive superior results for the world’s largest advertisers, publishers, and media platforms.Learn more about the IAS research study on attention here: https://integralads.com/insider/driving-outcomes-viewability-research/

In this episode of The Next CMO podcast, I speak to returning guest, Ana Villegas, the CMO of AffiniPay, the market leader in professional services payments serving legal, accounting, architectural, engineering and construction firms.Ana joined AffiniPay from National Instruments, where she also served as the CMO.AffiniPay has been recognized as one of Inc. 5000’s fastest growing companies for 10 years in a row. Each of its brands leads the market it serves with solutions purpose-built by industry including LawPay, ClientPay, CPACharge, and AffiniPay for Associations. AffiniPay’s solutions are trusted by more than 60,000 firms with more than 150 strategic partnerships and endorsements, including the American Bar Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

In this episode of The Next CMO podcast, Peter turns the host microphone to Rowan Tonkin, the CMO of Planful. Rowan interviews Peter and Plannuh co-founder, Scott Todaro, about the origin story of Plannuh and The Next CMO.We talk about the idea that sparked the creation of Plannuh, the role of “The Next CMO” book and thought leadership marketing in the Plannuh story, why Plannuh sold to Planful, and much more.

In this special 100th episode of The Next CMO podcast, we speak to David Meerman Scott, author of 12 bestselling books including "Fanocracy" and "The New Rules of Marketing & PR", David Meerman Scott is an internationally acclaimed business strategist, entrepreneur, advisor to emerging companies, and public speaker. He is the author of ten previous books, including "The New Rules of Marketing & PR" (now in its 6th edition and in 29 languages). In his spare time he surfs and travels around the world for great live music.

In this episode of The Next CMO podcast, we speak to Ed Breault, the CMO of Aprimo, a leading provider of digital asset management and work management solutions for marketers. Aprimo offers industry-leading digital asset management and work management solutions that help teams spend their time and effort on content and marketing strategies to drive business outcomes and reach customers in the right channels. Aprimo’s powerful content operations platform provides organizations with a single source of truth to optimize the way they plan, develop, govern, and deliver exceptional brand experiences at scale.

In this episode of The Next CMO podcast, we speak to Daniel Incandela, the CMO of Cordial, a cross-channel marketing platform built to help marketers create unique and unified customer experiences across all channels. Using unlimited data and advanced messaging capabilities, Cordial helps brands communicate with customers in highly personalized ways across email, SMS, mobile app, and more. Founded in San Diego, CA, Cordial was created with the belief that marketing should be more thoughtful and that brands deserve a better experience working with technology partners. Today, brands like Revolve, Backcountry, and Purple rely on Cordial to drive revenue growth by sending a better message.