The Founder-Led Marketing Show

Finn Thormeier
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Mar 11, 2024 • 55min

How this CEO gets 2M Impressions on LinkedIn every Month

Adam Robinson is the Founder/CEO of R!B2B and Retention.com. He is currently crushing LinkedIn. What people don't know: he pays $12,500 per MONTH for a LinkedIn consultant... - he grew from 10 to 70,000+ followers in a matter of weeks - his LinkedIn posts consistently get over 1,000+ likes - ALL while running a $22m+ ARR SaaS company and launching a new B2B product We are divining into: 1. Why he pays $12,500/month for a LinkedIn consultant that *only* helps him with STRATEGY 2. How he creates his content - the full process from ideation, creation, copywriting, distribution, repurposing 3. Why he's so bullish on video 4. How he justifies spending $100,000s per year on *his personal* content 5. His blueprint to go from 0 to 50,000+ followers on Linkedin as a B2B CEO in a matter of months Adam's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/retentionadam/ Retention.com: https://retention.com/ R!B2B: https://www.rb2b.com/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/03CXzsZp7wdqIRVDcqPTFH LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnthormeier/ Website: https://www.project33.io/ #linkedin #founderledmarketing #linkedinads #linkedinagency #founderbranding #saas #b2bmarketing #demandgeneration #demandgen #content #b2b #revenue #contentmarketing #performancemarketing #videomarketing #personalbranding
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Mar 9, 2024 • 54min

Nathan Latka’s CMO Reveals Founder-Led Marketing Secrets

Danielle Messler is Nathan Latka's CMO at Founderpath. In this episode, we are diving into: - Why Nathan Latka leverages Founder-Led Marketing - Nathan Latka’s Founder-Led Marketing Secrets - How to Run Engaging Live Events - and many more topics Danielle's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellemessler Founderpath: https://founderpath.com/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/03CXzsZp7wdqIRVDcqPTFH LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnthormeier/ Website: https://www.project33.io/ #linkedin #founderledmarketing #linkedinads #linkedinagency #founderbranding #saas #b2bmarketing #demandgeneration #demandgen #content #b2b #revenue #contentmarketing #performancemarketing #videomarketing #personalbranding
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Mar 7, 2024 • 40min

From Head of Operations to SaaS CEO

Jeff Whitlock is the CEO of Grain, a conversation Intelligence and AI Sales assistant that automates note-taking, record-keeping, and insight-capture so you can spend your time where it matters most — coaching your team and closing deals. Grain: https://grain.com/ Jeff: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-whitlock/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/03CXzsZp7wdqIRVDcqPTFH LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnthormeier/ Website: https://www.project33.io/ #linkedin #founderledmarketing #linkedinads #linkedinagency #founderbranding #saas #b2bmarketing #demandgeneration #demandgen #content #b2b #revenue #contentmarketing #performancemarketing #videomarketing #personalbranding
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Mar 1, 2024 • 56min

Greg Head: How to Build a Valuable Software Company without Big Founding

Greg Head is an Advisor to 40 practical SaaS founders who are building valuable software companies without big funding and the host of the Practical Founders Podcast. We talk about: - Patterns he sees between the 40 practical SaaS founders he's advising - How today's practical founders compete with the millions of funding of their VC-funded peers - The most efficient ways for companies to go to market in 2024 - How to run your SaaS startup capital efficiently - When does VC funding *actually* make sense? - Many more things Make sure to check out Greg if you don't already know him. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregheadaz/ Podcast: https://practicalfounders.com/podcast/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/03CXzsZp7wdqIRVDcqPTFH LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnthormeier/ Website: https://www.project33.io/ #linkedin #founderledmarketing #linkedinads #linkedinagency #founderbranding #saas #b2bmarketing #demandgeneration #demandgen #content #b2b #revenue #contentmarketing #performancemarketing #videomarketing #personalbranding
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Feb 27, 2024 • 45min

How He scaled this SaaS beyond $10M ARR in 4 Years

Cobi Blumenfeld-Gantz is the CEO and Co-founder at Chapter, a technology-driven Medicare advisor improving how seniors choose their health coverage. How do you reduce the time spent on founder-led sales? This is one of many topics I covered in my conversation with Cobi Blumenfeld Gantz. In this episode, we are talking about: - Why the Founder Should Drive Your Marketing - How to Reduce the Time Spent on Founder-Led Sales - The Big Problem in the Medicare Industry - How 90% of Partners Get Referrals Working With Chapter Cobi Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cobibgantz/ Chapter: https://askchapter.org/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/03CXzsZp7wdqIRVDcqPTFH LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnthormeier/ Website: https://www.project33.io/ #linkedin #founderledmarketing #linkedinads #linkedinagency #founderbranding #saas #b2bmarketing #demandgeneration #demandgen #content #b2b #revenue #contentmarketing #performancemarketing #videomarketing #personalbranding
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Feb 23, 2024 • 49min

Mike DeVries: How Enterprise SaaS Marketing and GTM Has Evolved

Mike is a veteran of the Enterprise SaaS world: - entered the software business in 1990 - was part of the internet boom as CMO of Versata, taking it public in 2000 - ran Wakesoft, Clarus Systems, and Instill Corporation as CEO - "semi-retired" to join the boards of various software companies - currently serving as President for LiftLab I will dive into how Enterprise SaaS marketing has evolved, what it takes to win in today's world, how companies need to rethink their go-to-market, how to do hand-shake-trust-based business in a virtual-first world, and many more things. Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkdevries/ LiftLab: https://www.liftlab.com/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/03CXzsZp7wdqIRVDcqPTFH LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnthormeier/ Website: https://www.project33.io/ #linkedin #founderledmarketing #linkedinads #linkedinagency #founderbranding #saas #b2bmarketing #demandgeneration #demandgen #content #b2b #revenue #contentmarketing #performancemarketing #videomarketing #personalbranding
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Feb 19, 2024 • 36min

Steven Charlap: How to Build a B2B SaaS Company in the Healthcare Space

How to Build a B2B SaaS in the Healthcare Space Steven's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-charlap-md-mba-8911906/ SOAP Health: https://soap.health/ Website: https://www.project33.io/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/03CXzsZp7wdqIRVDcqPTFH?si=439e607dc707473a LinkedIn (Finn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnthormeier/ LinkedIn (Jay): https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-flores/ LinkedIn (Tobi): https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-moelenkamp/ #linkedinads #linkedinagency #linkedinadsagency #linkedinfounderbranding #saasmarketing #b2bmarketing #b2bcontent #demandgeneration #awareness #content #linkedin #b2b #revenue #contentmarketing #contentcreation #performancemarketing #videomarketing #inboundmarketing #personalbranding #founderledmarketing #contentstrategie #SMMA #contenttips
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Feb 6, 2024 • 52min

Chris Walker: How to Run an Executive Thought-Leadership Program

I chatted with Chris Walker about Founder-Led Marketing and how to run a successful CEO thought leadership program on LinkedIn in 2024. In this episode we will cover: How Content Consumption Has Changed Outbound Sdr vs Thought Leadership Program How to Start Testing Founder-Led Marketing Founder-Led Marketing as a Category How to Start Driving Business Outcomes Through LinkedIn CEOs Crushing LinkedIn and many more topics Chris Walker: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriswalker171/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ @ChrisWalker171  Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b2b-revenue-vitals/id1511588213 Refine Labs: refinelabs.com Project 33: Website: https://www.project33.io/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/03CXzsZp7wdqIRVDcqPTFH?si=439e607dc707473a LinkedIn (Finn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnthormeier/ LinkedIn (Jay): https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-flores/ LinkedIn (Tobi): https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-moelenkamp/ #linkedinads #linkedinagency #linkedinadsagency #linkedinfounderbranding #saasmarketing #b2bmarketing #b2bcontent #demandgeneration #awareness #content #linkedin #b2b #revenue #contentmarketing #contentcreation #performancemarketing #videomarketing #inboundmarketing #personalbranding #founderledmarketing #contentstrategie #SMMA #contenttips
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Jan 15, 2024 • 54min

Max Greenwald: 4 Steps to Go From Founder-Led Sales to a Repeatable Sales Process

Warmly, went from 0 to 100+ paying customers in 2023. More importantly, Maximus Greenwald (founder & CEO) went from founder-led sales to a repeatable sales process. Here's how he built a repeatable sales motion this year (taken from Max's post, linked below): Q1: Founder Led Sales - Customers: 0-10- GTM Strategy: Design partners & founder friends - Key experiment: messaging Q2: Sales Leader Led, Founder Involved - Customers: 10-30- GTM Strategy: Founder friends & startups, email sequencing - Key experiment: LinkedIn sequencing Q3: Seller-Led Sales, Founder Involved - Customers: 30-60 - GTM Strategy: Omni-channel (LinkedIn/email), inbound (Warm Calling on the website with Warmly), territories - Key experiment: Conferences Q4: Seller Led, Sales Leader Run - Customers: 60-100+ - GTM Strategy: No change from Q3 (repeatability!), just optimization - Key experiment: LinkedIn social to drive inbound We'll dive into: - Key questions he asked himself at each stage - Tools he implemented at every stage - What did he hire for and when? - Tips on implementing his framework - How does he think about scaling from here on Maximus Greenwald LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-greenwald/ Warmly: https://www.warmly.ai/ Website: https://www.project33.io/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/03CXzsZp7wdqIRVDcqPTFH?si=439e607dc707473a LinkedIn (Finn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnthormeier/ LinkedIn (Jay): https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-flores/ LinkedIn (Tobi): https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-moelenkamp/ #linkedinads #linkedinagency #linkedinadsagency #linkedinfounderbranding #saasmarketing #b2bmarketing #b2bcontent #demandgeneration #awareness #content #linkedin #b2b #revenue #contentmarketing #contentcreation #performancemarketing #videomarketing #inboundmarketing #personalbranding #founderledmarketing #contentstrategie #SMMA #contenttips
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Jan 12, 2024 • 57min

Peter Caputa: 7 Ways You Need to Tweak Your Marketing Strategy in 2024

Peter Caputa must be one of the most active software CEOs on Linkedin - and it's not for nothing. After being VP of Sales at Hubspot, Peter joined Databox ($8M ARR b2b SaaS) in 2017 as CEO. And they are growing fast. Peter Caputa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pc4media/ Website: https://www.project33.io/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/03CXzsZp7wdqIRVDcqPTFH?si=439e607dc707473a LinkedIn (Finn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnthormeier/ LinkedIn (Jay): https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-flores/ LinkedIn (Tobi): https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-moelenkamp/ #linkedinads #linkedinagency #linkedinadsagency #linkedinfounderbranding #saasmarketing #b2bmarketing #b2bcontent #demandgeneration #awareness #content #linkedin #b2b #revenue #contentmarketing #contentcreation #performancemarketing #videomarketing #inboundmarketing #personalbranding #founderledmarketing #contentstrategie #SMMA #contenttips

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