The NTM Growth Marketing Podcast

"Being wrong is okay. The whole point of marketing is you’re testing… it’s an immediate thing so you’re able to see almost in real time what’s working and what’s not." - Rebecca Ledbetter   Rebecca Ledbetter is the Director of Marketing at NextFab, a network of collaborative makerspaces for creators of any skill level or interest. As head of the marketing team, she facilitates the day-to-day marketing initiatives, as well as is responsible for the strategic shift with NextFab's branding, website, social media, and digital advertising to increase their 800-membership base. Prior to joining NextFab, she worked in marketing with national franchises, hotels, and website domains. With her ten years of marketing and sales experience, her greatest strengths come in creative storytelling combined with metric-driven research, to execute marketing strategies that heighten brands' exposure and revenue. She holds a double bachelor of arts degree in Communications and Studio Art from Denison University. When she's not immersed in marketing channels, she can be found painting in her studio, exploring Philly's food scene, or petting strangers' dogs. In this interview, Rebecca Ledbetter discusses her day-to-day as a Director of Marketing, her successes and duds in marketing at NextFab, and her journey getting to where she’s at today.   Website: https://nextfab.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-ledbetter-55a42458/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextfab_phl/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextFabStudio

"Documenting, not creating… A lot of the content just comes from living what you’re doing." - Angela Gargano   Angela Gargano is a fierce athlete, coach, international fitness model, and speaker. Before becoming a full-time multi-passionate entrepreneur, Angela worked as a biochemist at Brown University. Since throwing in the lab coat and goggles in 2013 to open her own gym in Cranston, Rhode Island, Angela has truly lived multiple lives in the athletic and entrepreneurial space, defying odds and setbacks to become an authentic and relatable voice to the public eye. Angela has now competed on American Ninja Warrior 4x, won the Title of Miss Fitness America 2016, and created an online fitness empire for women called Strong Feels Good where she teaches women to ditch the scale and focus on strength and feeling as a way to measure progress. In this interview, Angela Gargano shares with us her fascinating background, how she got into fitness, and how she’s grown her online presence through digital marketing.   Website: http://www.angela-gargano.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-gargano/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AngelaGarganoFitness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angela_gargano/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/groups/strongfeelsgood

"One of the things people do a lot in education is repetition because repetition helps it stick, but if you’re losing people through the repetition and they’re not continuing on, that’s not necessarily an essential tool." - Kris Palouda   In this interview, Kris Palouda, a Fractional CMO and Strategist at NTM, we speak about “bite-sized pieces” of content creation and the way humans interact with information. She dives into how copywriting has developed into shorter bits rather than blocks of text, the evolution into much smaller lead magnets, and the necessity for short-form education programs.    Website: https://notypicalmoments.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/no-typical-moments-llc/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4G7csw9j7zpjdASvpMzqUA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notypicalmoments Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NTMoments

"Entrepreneurship is really much more similar to marketing than I had realized, it’s really a whole lot of getting to know your customer and understanding the problem you’re solving and why people would want a solution for it and what that solution might be.” - Brianna Bannach   Brianna Bannach is the Marketing Team Lead at Yellowdig, an education company working to transform education through connected learning. She also is currently in the 2nd year of her Venture for America fellowship. She graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in Entrepreneurship + Technology Innovation, a Minor in Social Entrepreneurship, and a concentration in Restaurant Management. In this interview, Brianna explores her passions and the path that took her into this field.   Website: https://www.yellowdig.co/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Yellowdig LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianna-bannach/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brilea7/

"All of these social [media platforms], it’s all about content and it’s constant and you have to keep feeding the beast.” - Tricia Sacchetti   Tricia Sacchetti is the Director of Marketing for National Cyber Group. Tricia has 25+ years of tech marketing experience, 14 specifically in IT education having led marketing for organizations such as Learning Tree International. Tricia earned her BS in Communications at Castleton University. Tricia's social motto is #B2H (Business to Human) and #ABL (Always Be Learning). In this interview, Tricia discusses her history in marketing and how it led into an important and fulfilling marketing career centered around helping others.    Website: https://www.nationalcyber.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciasacchetti/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/piscestls/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/piscestls

"Seeing a packed stadium or seeing the revenue numbers, records getting broken because of all the hard work us and our team did together is just so rewarding." - Nicole Bauer   Lindsay is the Social Media and Content Manager for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, and has been with the team since October of 2021. Previously, she was a Technical Director for the Buffalo Bisons, a minor league baseball team based out of her hometown of Buffalo, NY. Her mission with the Riverhounds is to grow the social media following of the team, and build an online personality for the players and organization. Nicole Bauer is the Marketing Manager for the Riverhounds with a strong career background in Marketing and primarily handles all things paid advertising for the team. In this interview, Lindsay and Nicole discuss their experience and goals with marketing for a sports team and how current marketing trends translate into the sports world versus marketing for products or services.   Website: https://www.riverhounds.com/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PittsburghRiverhoundsSC LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pittsburghriverhounds/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riverhoundssc/ Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/RiverhoundsSC/

"It’s not my perspective that is important… it’s the fact that we have hundreds of different people coming through who all are achieving success, or failures in some ways, through real estate investing." - Scott Trench   Scott Trench is the CEO and President of BiggerPockets, however, he started out as a fan and member of the BiggerPockets community before joining as an early employee and Director of Operations in 2014. Four years later, he was named President and CEO and continues to be a passionate real estate investor and personal finance junkie. Scott is also the Author of Set for Life, Host of BiggerPockets Money, a Real Estate Investor, and Broker. In this interview, Scott dives into his passion for real estate investing and financial freedom.    Website: https://www.biggerpockets.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/biggerpockets LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-trench-53056a22/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scott_trench/

"Copy is all about the connection, and AI is not virtually capable of putting itself in your reader’s shoes." - Stephen Goodrick   In this interview, Stephen Goodrick, a Copywriter at No Typical Moments, discusses what the top copywriting trends are in digital marketing lately after first defining what copywriting is. Stephen discusses topics like how to address customer pain points and the pros and cons of utilizing AI written-copy versus personally written.    Website: https://notypicalmoments.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/no-typical-moments-llc/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4G7csw9j7zpjdASvpMzqUA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notypicalmoments Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NTMoments

"I try not to be reactionary and the pivoting should be based off data, not off of random ideas from across the staff, not that those aren’t valuable… So, I do think there is an important difference between data driven decision making and having very reactionary decision making." - Anna Murphy   While working at the Boys & Girls Club, Anna Murphy managed to land a marketing internship at an edtech company. She knew nothing about marketing, but she knew how to learn, so she set about studying every aspect of it. It didn't take long for Anna to realize that edtech was a decade or two behind every other industry. And it isn't because edtech buyers were different. It's because companies were complacent. Anna had a hypothesis: if you created great marketing programs, edtech brands could scale unlike ever before. So she set out to prove almost every edtech CEO out there wrong. And guess what: it's working. While she can't give away every secret, her favorite is quite simple, yet so underrated: hire teachers, y'all. In this interview, Anna Murphy discusses her experiences as a previous educator and how that shaped her journey into edtech and bloomed into a love for marketing.   Website: https://www.whyliveschool.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liveschool/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-lillian-murphy/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getliveschool/

"Different industries are like [different cultures]. They have these different kinds of backgrounds and ways that people think about things. Even though a real estate coach has the same fundamental challenges they’re trying to address…  as a health coach, it’s just different cultures." - Phil Beene   Phil Beene is an entrepreneur, sometimes-marketer, co-founder, and CEO of Nudge Coach, a company with the mission to perfect the way online programs are delivered using their white label app and customer engagement solutions, with over ten years of experience developing and executing strategies to reach, engage, and educate people online. In this interview, Phil shares his journey with Nudge Coach and some of his thoughts and strategies surrounding the world of marketing. Website: https://nudgecoach.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philbeene/