The Long Game

Building a B2B Audience and Media Company with Dave Gerhardt (DGMG)


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Is building a B2B audience as challenging as it seems? Dave Gerhardt knows from experience that it takes engagement, valuable content, and authentic connection to build a B2B audience. As former CMO at Privy and Chief Brand Officer at Drift, he now helps B2B marketers through his consultancy, DGMG, and his new book, Founder Brand. He talked to us about the importance of building an audience, how to use an audience to drive results and why you need to have something interesting to say.

Show Topics

  • Write to clarify your ideas
  • Involve your community
  • Be the number one resource
  • Drive results through engagement
  • Understand the power of an audience
  • Get people to know, like and trust you
  • Map out your funnel
  • Build as you go
  • Use the one-two-punch approach
  • Be yourself

Show Links

  • Check out Founder Brand
  • Check out DGMG
  • Check out Exit Five
  • Follow Dave Gerhardt on LinkedIn or Twitter

Past guests on The Long Game podcast include: Morgan Brown (Shopify), Ryan Law (Animalz), Dan Shure (Evolving SEO), Kaleigh Moore (freelancer), Eric Siu (Clickflow), Peep Laja (CXL), Chelsea Castle (Chili Piper), Tracey Wallace (Klaviyo), Tim Soulo (Ahrefs), Sean Blanda (Crossbeam), Ilona Abramova (AppSumo), and many more.

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Listen to more episodes of The Long Game podcast here: https://beomniscient.com/podcast/

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The Long GameBy Allie Decker, David Ly Khim, Alex Birkett