Ops Cast

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show!On this episode, we talk with our first returning solo guest, Lorena Morales In this series we want to talk with our guests about how Marketing Ops can work (better?) with other Ops functions.  Lorena is currently a Revenue Operations Executive at JLL Technologies. Prior to that, she has held several Marketing and Operations leadership roles. She is also currently on the advisory board with Syncari and is an active member of several communities, including Women in Revenue.  Tune in to hear: - What she thinks are some things Marketing Ops professionals can do to better work with the other Ops functions - in particular Sales Ops, if they are having challenges?- Given the recent cuts at several tech companies, Lorena gives her opinion on  where the trend to revenue operations seems to be strongest and whether the trend toward that will accelerate or decelerate.- If she thinks there is a way to measure how well different Ops functions at a company are working together. Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals Ops Cast is brought to you in partnership with Emmie Co, an incredible group of consultants leading the top brands in all things Marketing Operations. Check the mount at Emmieco.comSupport the show

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show!In this episode, we talk with Shikha Pakhide about the impacts of the ever-growing Martech landscape. Shikha is currently Global Marketing Director with X0PA AI, a B2B SaaS platform to improve the hiring process. Prior to joining X0PA AI, she held several general marketing, product management and leadership roles. She is passionate about Go To Market strategy, Brand Awareness, Account Based Marketing, Account Based Experience and Demand Generation. Shikha has been recognized as the Most Innovative Martech leader by the World Marketing Congress. She is an active member of CMO Alliance Community and CMO Council.Tune in to hear:- Shikha's exposure to Martech tools and platforms and her take and experience with the overall growth of martech tools. - What she sees as the biggest challenges as a marketer with the Martech space. - Lessons or guiding principles she has learned and applied when thinking about how data flows between applications/platforms, and the downstream impact on analytics.- How the challenges with data and analytics affect Shikha's ability to articulate the ROI (or benefits) from investing in Martech or programs.Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals Ops Cast is brought to you in partnership with Emmie Co, an incredible group of consultants leading the top brands in all things Marketing Operations. Check the mount at Emmieco.comSupport the show

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show!We're taking a look back at the top trends for Marketing Ops in 2022 and discussing what we think 2023 will hold. Tune in to hear about the top-performing episodes, what we believe your key listens should be, and what we have in store for 2023. Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals Ops Cast is brought to you in partnership with Emmie Co, an incredible group of consultants leading the top brands in all things Marketing Operations. Check the mount at Emmieco.comSupport the show

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show!In this episode, we talk with Jay Schwedelson, the founder of SubjectLine.com which is the leading free subject-line rating tool ranked in the top 1% of all websites worldwide. Jay is also the president and CEO of Worldata Group, a multi-brand marketing services company whose portfolio includes Subjectline.com, Outcome Media and Guru Events which puts on the GURU conference, the world’s largest email marketing event. He has keynoted and presented for more than 50 organizations and has been named to Crain’s Top 100 Industry Leaders for 10 consecutive years.Tune in to hear: His opinion on the overall state of email marketing is compared to other channels. Some of the most common challenges he hears from marketers when it comes to email marketing and if the issues are different for B2B vs B2C marketers. Jay’s suggestions for some simple and quick tweaks to improve open rates for email campaigns. What he thinks are the best days, times or frequencies for sending emails?Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals Ops Cast is brought to you in partnership with Emmie Co, an incredible group of consultants leading the top brands in all things Marketing Operations. Check the mount at Emmieco.comSupport the show

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show!In this episode, we talk with Frank Cowell, most recently the CEO of Digitopia Agency, an inbound digital marketing agency with a proprietary methodology. Frank founded what is now Digitopia in 2004, and has evolved the agency from primarily website development and internet marketing to a digital marketing agency. Prior to founding his first agency, Frank worked in Sales and Marketing with Tandy, AT&T, and other technology companies. He is a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps and regularly volunteers his talents to the San Diego AMA, while mentoring young people in the areas of strategy, sales, and marketing.Tune in to hear: - What he means by the Growth Engine Concept and how it applies to our audience of operations professionals. - His distinction between “Operations” vs “Ops” and the confusion of the terms.- How he differentiates between an Operating manager (COO) vs an Operations Manager.Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals Ops Cast is brought to you in partnership with Emmie Co, an incredible group of consultants leading the top brands in all things Marketing Operations. Check the mount at Emmieco.comSupport the show

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show!In this episode, Ops Cast Co-Host Naomi Liu leads the talk about all things women including superpowers and advocating for leadership. She is joined by guests Kacyn Goranson, Vivian Chan, and Leah Miranda.  Tune in to hear: - Their Super Hero origin story and subsequent super powers. - The differences between the way women approach problem solving in the workplace?- Why female leadership matters to them. - Female leaders / role models they look up to  and why. Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals Ops Cast is brought to you in partnership with Emmie Co, an incredible group of consultants leading the top brands in all things Marketing Operations. Check the mount at Emmieco.comSupport the show

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show!In this episode, we talk with four marketing operations experts, each to talk about one of the major marketing automation platforms. Lara Black is currently Director of Marketing Operations at ExtensisHR and is a Pardot Pro, AJ Navarro is currently a Packaged Technology Operations Consultant with Shift Paradigm and is a Marketo Pro and George Samaras is currently Director of Marketing Operations and Technology at Coveo and is an Eloqua Pro. Mike Rizzo is currently CEO & Founder of Marketingops.com and is a HubSpot Pro.  Tune in to hear:  - Each expert tell us what they are most excited about in terms of recent changes or announcements from each platform.- What is each  of their companies is doing to engage with the marketing operations community.- If there are any features that the user community is looking for that the vendor has not prioritized the way they have hoped.Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals Ops Cast is brought to you in partnership with Emmie Co, an incredible group of consultants leading the top brands in all things Marketing Operations. Check the mount at Emmieco.comSupport the show

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show!In this episode, we talk with George Xing (Shing), Co-founder and CEO of Supergrain, a customer engagement platform. Prior to founding Supergrain, George held multiple roles at Lyft, including Director, Head of Decision Science Products and was a data scientist at Indiegogo. Before that he was a Fixed Income Analyst with Morgan Stanley.Tune in to hear: - George's career journey and how it led to starting Supergrain. - Why he describes Supergrain as a warehouse-native solution for marketing / marketing ops. - Trends that George is seeing in the Martech / Revtech space and how the Supergrain solution aligns with these technology trends.Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals Ops Cast is brought to you in partnership with Emmie Co, an incredible group of consultants leading the top brands in all things Marketing Operations. Check the mount at Emmieco.comSupport the show

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show!In this episode, we talk about  we are joined by AJ Valles to talk about his journey in different Marketing Ops roles. AJ is currently Senior Marketing Operations Manager at Saviynt. Prior to that he has worked in marketing operations and marketing technology consulting as well as in-house roles. In addition to his “day” job, AJ is also a sports enthusiast and is an NCAA basketball official. Tune in to hear: - AJ's experience with In-house vs consulting and he how would describe the similarities and differences between the two. - How his experience prior to Saviynt set him up for success in his current role. - How AJ went from zero to one in a company with no Marketing or Revenue Operations.Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals Ops Cast is brought to you in partnership with Emmie Co, an incredible group of consultants leading the top brands in all things Marketing Operations. Check the mount at Emmieco.comSupport the show

Text us your thoughts on the episode or the show!In this episode, we talk with Omair Izhar to talk about what it is like working in Marketing Operations in Europe, especially with a US-based company. Omair is currently the Head of Marketing Operations and Technology at Ably. Prior to that, Omair had several roles in Demand Gen, general Marketing and Marketing Ops roles. He has also worked for Oracle / Eloqua.Tune in to hear: - His experience working in MOPs in Europe vs other regions such as the United States) and what do he sees as the major differences between Europe and the US (or other regions).- What he has found to be effective in managing global teams dispersed in several regions. - How Omair's roles evolved and expanded over time and how did he's gotten support to increase his scope of responsibilities.Episode Brought to You By MO Pros The #1 Community for Marketing Operations Professionals Ops Cast is brought to you in partnership with Emmie Co, an incredible group of consultants leading the top brands in all things Marketing Operations. Check the mount at Emmieco.comSupport the show