Marketing Trends

"Marketing is not fluff." Or at least it shouldn't be, according to Laura Luckman Kelber, SVP of Marketing at Flexera. According to her, not enough marketers focus on how to make themselves useful to the people they are trying to reach. On this episode, Laura discusses how to be more useful as a marketer, as well as the power of aligning your entire organization around marketing, why good technology is essential for creating good work, how to rebrand a unicorn, and much more.   Links Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/30RBIMv Laura's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lauraluckmankelber/ Laura's Twitter: twitter.com/FreeRadicalSynd Flexera Homepage: flexera.com/   5 Key Takeaways - Marketing needs to be a lot of things. Most importantly it needs to be thoughtful and useful. It needs to share something consumers can learn from. - Failure happens when product, distribution, and pricing aren't aligned and communicated clearly. - Marketing needs to meet prospective customers where they are already at and speak to the pain points they're feeling at that moment. - At the same time, you need to stay ahead of what your customers are looking for. This means thinking about the future and what your customers will want down the road. - Over-communicate and never take for granted that your brand and your message are already known.   Bio Laura Luckman Kelber is SVP of Marketing at Flexera. Laura is a creative and collaborative executive with extensive expertise in building and leading high-functioning teams. Laura excels at creating strategic plans, articulating vision, and ensuring flawless implementation to transform businesses. Laura enjoys unraveling complex problems and connecting dots in unexpected ways to accelerate growth. Laura developed her unique approach through executive positions at a number of Chicago advertising agencies. Most recently she was EVP and Managing Director for Strategy at Merge. She has served as Chief Strategy Officer, Strategy Director and Client Service Director, applying her inspiring leadership and vision to B2B and B2C clients in a wide range of industries. Laura has a BS in Political Science and an MBA from the University of Illinois.   Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com. This episode is brought to you by Lightricks. LTX is the all-in-one creative suite for AI-driven video production; built by Lightricks to take you from idea to final 4K render in one streamlined workspace.Powered by LTX-2, our next-generation creative engine, LTX lets you move faster, collaborate seamlessly, and deliver studio-quality results without compromise.  Try it today at ltx.studio Mission.org is a media studio producing content alongside world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

From Apple’s first mouse to Palm’s first Personal Digital Assistant, IDEO has helped design some of the world’s most famous and important products. Across the world, and especially in Silicon Valley, they have been looked to as the gold standard for innovation and creativity. So what can marketers learn from this unique organization? To find out, we interviewed Whitney Mortimer, CMO and Partner at IDEO. On this episode, Whitney talks about design thinking and how it can transform your marketing, the power of constraints, and how to measure and manage creativity.   Links Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/2JTn4gX Whitney's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/whitney-mortimer-594ba55/ IDEO Homepage: ideo.com   5 Key Takeaways - Design thinking is a strategy that starts with a blank slate and designs around a user's needs and experience. It can (and does) lead to explosive growth. - Creativity can be measured, managed, and taught. Doing so leads to growth, agility, and resilience. - “It’s your job as a leader to stay inspired and to share that inspiration with others.” - For marketers to be successful, they need to be involved in conversations about the company’s deepest aspirations so that they can translate that vision into a narrative. - In an era of increasing automation, employees have a need to self-actualize through creativity.   Bio Whitney Mortimer is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and a Partner at IDEO, a global design company that creates positive impact through design. Previously, she served as the SVP Marketing and New Business Development at Supercuts. Prior to Supercuts, she held various positions in brand management and strategy with E & J Gallo Winery, Frito-Lay, and American Express International Bank. Whitney is passionate about bringing design-led innovation to environmental conservation, social justice and the empowerment of women. In addition to being the CMO of IDEO she also serves on the board.   Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com. This episode is brought to you by Lightricks. LTX is the all-in-one creative suite for AI-driven video production; built by Lightricks to take you from idea to final 4K render in one streamlined workspace.Powered by LTX-2, our next-generation creative engine, LTX lets you move faster, collaborate seamlessly, and deliver studio-quality results without compromise.  Try it today at ltx.studio Mission.org is a media studio producing content alongside world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Few things a CMO does are as important as creating or transforming a culture within their team. And yet few things are as poorly understood as how to lead cultural transformation. To learn more about it, we brought on Alexandra Morehouse. Few people understand how to lead cultural transformation like Alexandra. She is the CMO of Banner Health and has previously served in senior marketing leadership roles for Kaiser Permanente, AAA, Charles Schwab, and American Express.   For full notes and show notes, click here: http://bit.ly/2Qujn4f Alexandra's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chiefmarketingofficersanfrancisco/ Banner Health: bannerhealth.com   5 Key Takeaways - Great brands are built from the inside out. If a company's employees don't believe in a brand, the market never will. - CMOs should work with heads of finance and sales to establish and reach meaningful marketing goals. - Marketing requires more quantitative skills than ever before, and that the skills needed are changing every 6-8 weeks. - One of the fastest ways to change culture is to change incentives. - "There's always push back. The only way to combat the push back is with information, research and data." - Alexandra Morehouse   Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com. This episode is brought to you by Lightricks. LTX is the all-in-one creative suite for AI-driven video production; built by Lightricks to take you from idea to final 4K render in one streamlined workspace.Powered by LTX-2, our next-generation creative engine, LTX lets you move faster, collaborate seamlessly, and deliver studio-quality results without compromise.  Try it today at ltx.studio Mission.org is a media studio producing content alongside world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Customer feedback is more readily available than ever before. So how do brands use that feedback and turn it into actionable insights? To find out, we talked to Leela Srinivasan. Leela is currently CMO of SurveyMonkey. Previously, she served as CMO at Lever. Prior to that, Leela served as VP of marketing at OpenTable, where she built product marketing from scratch and established the foundations of a B2B marketing team. Additionally, Leela was director of marketing at LinkedIn within the Talent Solutions business, where she co-founded the Talent Connect conference.    For full notes and show notes, click here: http://bit.ly/2FAEuh2 Leela’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/leelasrinivasan Leela’s Twitter: twitter.com/leelasrin SurveyMonkey: surveymonkey.com     5 Key Takeaways: - Feedback has become a global currency in a transparent world where people share their experiences. - Listening to customers allows businesses to avoid making assumptions about pain points and create products and experiences that resonate better with their audience. - Design thinking is a great mental model that helps ensure that you are identifying the market's true problems, rather than rushing to a solution. - No matter how skilled or talented they are, it is essential for marketing hires to be a fit with your company's culture. - "How do you channel that feedback? How are you going to listen to those audiences so that you can make them feel heard and so that you can adjust your organizational practices and continue to evolve in relentless pursuit of self-improvement?" - Leela Srinivasan   Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com. This episode is brought to you by Lightricks. LTX is the all-in-one creative suite for AI-driven video production; built by Lightricks to take you from idea to final 4K render in one streamlined workspace.Powered by LTX-2, our next-generation creative engine, LTX lets you move faster, collaborate seamlessly, and deliver studio-quality results without compromise.  Try it today at ltx.studio Mission.org is a media studio producing content alongside world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Marketing Trends team sat down with some marketers at the SiriusDecisions B2B Marketing Summit 2019, and have compiled the highlights on these recap episodes. In Part 1 of our SiriusDecisions recap, we brought you interviews with CEOs for a high-level look at some of the biggest and most important Marketing Trends. For this episode, we wanted to talk to people who are a little closer to the action for more tactical insights. Part 2 of our recap features interviews with three practitioners, as they discuss their most important insights and lessons learned from the SiriusDecisions 2019 B2B Marketing Summit. We interviewed Sara McNamara, Senior Marketing Operations Manager at Cloudera, an enterprise data platform, Asher Mathew, VP of Business Development at LeanData, a revenue operations platform, and Jeff Davis, Founder & Revenue Strategist at JD2 Consulting Group, a management consulting firm working with B2B businesses on sales and marketing alignment. Links: Full show notes & quotes: http://bit.ly/30ACY6x Sara’s Twitter: twitter.com/ifeellikemacmac Sara’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/saramcnamara Cloudera: Cloudera.com Asher’s Twitter: twitter.com/ashermathew Asher’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ashermathew LeanData: LeanDataInc.com Jeff’s Twitter: twitter.com/jeff_davis2 Jeff’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jeffreydavisii JD2 Consulting: www.jeffdavis2.com Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com. This episode is brought to you by Lightricks. LTX is the all-in-one creative suite for AI-driven video production; built by Lightricks to take you from idea to final 4K render in one streamlined workspace.Powered by LTX-2, our next-generation creative engine, LTX lets you move faster, collaborate seamlessly, and deliver studio-quality results without compromise.  Try it today at ltx.studio Mission.org is a media studio producing content alongside world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org. 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 Jay Baer. Jay is the founder and president of Convince & Convert, an analysis and advisory firm that creates digital marketing strategies. Jay is a multi-time founder, a global keynote speaker, and multi-time author. His latest book is called Talk Triggers and it comes highly recommended from the team here at Marketing Trends. 5 Key Takeaways for the On-The-Go Marketing Executive: - Everything you put your name on is a business card on some level, especially when it comes to creating content. - Word of mouth is and always has been the best strategy for growth, and brands should develop specific strategies to generate it. - Customer feedback is a gift. It should be studied and incorporated into strategy. - Individual customer feedback stories can be misleading. It's important to study in a quantitative way. - "Answer every customer in every channel every time, do it as quickly as possible, and use empathy." - Jay Baer Links: Full Show Notes & Links - http://bit.ly/2SjVdKN Convince & Convert - convinceandconvert.com Jay’s Twitter - twitter.com/jaybaer Jay’s LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/jaybaer Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com. This episode is brought to you by Lightricks. LTX is the all-in-one creative suite for AI-driven video production; built by Lightricks to take you from idea to final 4K render in one streamlined workspace.Powered by LTX-2, our next-generation creative engine, LTX lets you move faster, collaborate seamlessly, and deliver studio-quality results without compromise.  Try it today at ltx.studio Mission.org is a media studio producing content alongside world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this special CMO Roundtable episode, Ian and Lauren are joined by Chandar and Jennifer to discuss what a new CMO can do in their first 90 days and beyond to ensure a successful tenure. 5 Key Takeaways: - For a new CMO, focus on the people. You aren't just a marketer who needs to execute. You're a leader, and your primary responsibility is to lead. - When creating a category, it's important to satisfy the current market even as you're building toward creating a new one. - Timing is critical. Being too early to a market can be just as damaging and being too late. - Marketers need to deeply understand their buyers' problems so that they can frame themselves as the only viable solution. "People buy candles not because they like candles, but because they want light." - Chandar Pattabhiram - It's important to focus intently on the things that will matter most. Beware of taking on too many initiatives when you step into a new role. Bios: Chandar Pattabhiram is CMO of Coupa, a business spend management platform. Jennifer Johnson the CMO of Tenable, a Cyber Exposure Company, and is a Category Design Evangelist/Startup Advisor at Play Bigger. Links: Full Landing Page - http://bit.ly/2NEK74d Jennifer Twitter - twitter.com/jj_cmo Jennifer LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/jjcmo Tenable Link - tenable.com Chandar Twitter - twitter.com/chandarp Chandar LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/chandarp Coupa link - coupa.com Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com. This episode is brought to you by Lightricks. LTX is the all-in-one creative suite for AI-driven video production; built by Lightricks to take you from idea to final 4K render in one streamlined workspace.Powered by LTX-2, our next-generation creative engine, LTX lets you move faster, collaborate seamlessly, and deliver studio-quality results without compromise.  Try it today at ltx.studio Mission.org is a media studio producing content alongside world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Meagen Eisenberg is the CMO of TripActions, a corporate travel solutions provider. Prior to TripActions, she spent more than 20 years in high-tech and was previously CMO of MongoDB and VP of Demand Generation at DocuSign. Meagen was recently named Top 50 most retweeted by mid-sized marketers according to AdWeek and Top 25 for B2B Marketing Influencers. She is also on the board of G2 and advises over a dozen tech companies, four of which were acquired this past year. For full notes and show notes, click here: http://bit.ly/2ILcuJs Meagen’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/meageneisenberg/ Meagen’s Twitter: twitter.com/meisenberg TripActions: tripactions.com 5 Key Takeaways for the On-The-Go Marketing Executive: - To become an effective marketing leader, be aware of your own weaknesses and have the skills to hire people to balance the strengths of the team. - CMO's should be strategic leaders, aligning not only with sales, but with c-level executives across the entire organization. - The best thing to do to advance in your career is to command your existing responsibilities and make room to take on more, while investing in relationships with the people around you. - Work closely with product to get to know the audience, and identify the "wow" moments that will resonate with your audience. - Having engineers and technically-minded people on the team can be a competitive advantage for marketing departments. Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com. This episode is brought to you by Lightricks. LTX is the all-in-one creative suite for AI-driven video production; built by Lightricks to take you from idea to final 4K render in one streamlined workspace.Powered by LTX-2, our next-generation creative engine, LTX lets you move faster, collaborate seamlessly, and deliver studio-quality results without compromise.  Try it today at ltx.studio Mission.org is a media studio producing content alongside world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Keith Messick is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Dialpad, a digital communications technology company. Previously, he served as the CMO at Lucidworks and also held senior leadership roles at Topsy (acquired by Apple), Get Satisfaction, and SuccessFactors. For full notes and show notes, click here: http://bit.ly/2ILcuJs Keith’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/keithmessick Keith’s Twitter: twitter.com/keithmessick Dialpad: dialpad.com 5 Key Takeaways: - It's hard to get people's attention. You have to be creative and willing to take risks. - Creativity comes in large part from who you hire. - B2B companies can find success using branding and emotion, just as consumer-facing companies can. - Resource constraints make a team scrappier and inspire creativity. - "I've never met a company that was really good at being something for everyone. You've got to be something for someone." - Keith Messick Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com. This episode is brought to you by Lightricks. LTX is the all-in-one creative suite for AI-driven video production; built by Lightricks to take you from idea to final 4K render in one streamlined workspace.Powered by LTX-2, our next-generation creative engine, LTX lets you move faster, collaborate seamlessly, and deliver studio-quality results without compromise.  Try it today at ltx.studio Mission.org is a media studio producing content alongside world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

5 Key Takeaways: The Marketing Trends team sat down with some CEOs at the SiriusDecisions B2B Marketing Summit 2019, and have compiled the highlights on this episode. Our top 5 takeaways from these conversations: - The best content is that which you are uniquely positioned to create. "We challenge our brands to dig deep to figure out what is the one thing you can do that no one else can? If you go swimming in the sea of sameness, bad things will happen." - With a general transition toward subscriptions, focusing on new business is not as relevant anymore as the post-sale and customer journey expansion. - The goal of marketing is to facilitate value-creating transactions. - In order for an ABM strategy to succeed, it requires buy-in from the entire organization, not just parts of marketing and/or sales. - To handle escalations, be blatantly transparent and clear about how you're going to fix the problem. Click here for full notes & show notes: http://bit.ly/2xkNbaA Interviewees: Shafqat Islam is the Cofounder & CEO of NewsCred. Jon Miller is the Cofounder & CEO of Engagio. Eric Spett is the CEO of Terminus. Bryan Wade is the CEO of Sigstr.  Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world’s #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com. This episode is brought to you by Lightricks. LTX is the all-in-one creative suite for AI-driven video production; built by Lightricks to take you from idea to final 4K render in one streamlined workspace.Powered by LTX-2, our next-generation creative engine, LTX lets you move faster, collaborate seamlessly, and deliver studio-quality results without compromise.  Try it today at ltx.studio Mission.org is a media studio producing content alongside world-class clients. Learn more at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.