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🎧 In episode 196 of the Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast, you’ll watch Joshua Feinberg on Inside Commissioning to learn a practical, CEO‑backed playbook for moving your commissioning firm from “dinosaur” marketing to expert‑led growth… including how to run low‑cost micro‑events and webinars that build trust, hire engineers into sales to shorten trust cycles, build an academy from recorded sessions to create sticky credibility, realign marketing spend away from the conference cult, and craft employer‑branding that attracts scarce talent. Expect concrete steps to map your ICP, run interview‑based research, and create repeatable content that shapes buying decisions long before the first call. 💡📚🎯
Ep. 196 Cal Blair, Host and Founder of Inside Commissioning Podcast and Baseline | Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast
0:00 Coming up In this episode of the Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast
1:08 Syndicating Cal Blair, Host of Inside Commissioning Podcast and Founder of Baseline
2:15 Introducing Joshua Feinberg’s Career Journey: From IBM Campus Rep to Tech Founder
3:45 How Data Center Commissioning Firms Can Win More Work and Better Work
4:37 15 Years in Tech Consulting Before Moving into the Data Center Industry
10:10 Navigating the 57 Data Center Business Models & Industry Consolidation
12:46 The Self-Guided Data Center Buyer’s Journey: How Technical Decision-Makers Research
14:25 Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast and Data Center Sales & Marketing Institute (DCSMI)
17:07 Upskilling Data Sales Teams vs. Hiring Engineers into BD Roles
22:29 Breaking Free from Intermediaries: Direct Relationships for Data Center Commissioning Firms
24:55 Podcasting as a Market Research Tool for Data Center Leaders
25:54 Overcoming the Data Center Operator PR & Legal "Gag Order"
26:46 Defining Your Data Center Commissioning Ideal Client Profile (ICP) & Multilingual Decision Committees
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30:06 Data Center Commissioning Micro-Events vs. the Data Center Conference Cult
42:39 When Data Center Commissioning Companies Fail at Marketing (As Cheap as Possible)
45:54 Talent Acquisition, Recruiting, and Employer Branding in Data Center Commissioning
50:50 Candidate-Focused Recruiting in Data Center Commissioning
53:33 Talent Horror Stories at Data Center Conferences: Candidate Booth Hijacking and Talent Poaching
55:37 Sales Enablement for Commissioning Engineering Firms: Educational Playbooks That Scale
1:01:52 How a Data Center Commissioning Leader Wins More Work and Better Clients
1:03:44 Joshua Feinberg (Connect with on LinkedIn) and DCSMI and Data Center Go-to-Market Podcast (Follow on LinkedIn and Website)
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