Today we hosted Jackie Hermes, CEO of Accelity, on the State of Demand Gen podcast. We talked about activities SaaS marketers are doing today that they should not be, attribution and why that's not the problem we should be solving as marketers, and we did a lightning round to hear Jackie's thoughts on newer marketing trends.

Tune in to this recording from our in-person event with Justin Welsh this past February in Santa Monica, CA. Chris and Justin cover:

-How Demand Gen has changed since 2010 and what they would do starting a demand gen function 10 years ago versus in today.

-When the AE/SDR outbound model is the right move for a company

-Marketing and Sales alignment and the controversial topic of whether or not to give marketers a revenue quota to share the end responsibility with Sales

-How to create value during Sales cycles of all durations

-Creating meaningful content for your audience on LinkedIn

-Why the ways people are buying today are changing

+ Live Q&A

On the 11th installment of Demand Gen Live, Chris Walker and Gaetano DiNardi do another live teardown - this time analyzing a company's LinkedIn Ads. Chris shares what he would do differently if he was running them, and gives guidance for others who are looking to push content through paid social channels. As always, we hosted a live Q&A and answered product and SEO related questions. Chris and Gaetano chose one company they see doing demand gen particularly well and dove into the details, as well as with a company whose demand gen might be lacking. 

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Today Chris dives into the counterpart of the familiar Sales Enablement function, Buyer Enablement, with Trent Anderson on the Leadlio Account-Based Collective. Many organizations implement a Sales Enablement function to help their sales teams go to market and convince others on their product. Flipping this function on its head and putting the buyer first equips the buyer with all the knowledge and information they need to go about their buying journey at their own speed, and lets them receive the information when and how they want it, not when and how sales wants to share it. Chris goes into detail about providing pricing information on the site, why form fills are often ineffective, and how to distribute content successfully on digital channels.

Chris joins Casey Cheshire on The Hard Corps Marketing Show to discuss common misconceptions seen in the Demand Gen space, primarily revolving around the obsession with getting more and more leads. Chris discusses why some organizations are dominated by their sales teams, how costs could be reallocated to align with overall business objectives, the power of copy and organic social, and how to be more effective with your marketing strategy.

Many companies claim to be buyer-centric. Chris joins "Marketing Strategy Talks w/ Ian Luck" to talk about what it really means to be buyer-centric and how to make it easy for your audience to consume your content. 

Chris Walker joins Josh Braun on Inside Selling to talk about how a company can truly be customer-centric. Josh identifies a missing piece in terms of one's ability to get higher converting cold email responses, call responses, meetings, revenue, etc. That missing piece is not knowing your customer well enough. Many companies claim to "know" their customer, but the extent to which they know their customer is through buyer persona documents that are filled with buzz words. Unless you truly know your audience, how they talk, and how they think, your message is not going to resonate.

On this installment of Demand Gen Live we tackle MANY live questions and requests including...YouTube pre-roll and how to evaluate video success, Gaetano's candid analysis and thoughts about SE0 agencies, and whether or not marketers should be compensated based on revenue. 

Chris is interviewed at Aspireship where he discusses how his methodology is different than some of the traditional B2B demand generation tactics, such as trade shows, direct mail, and excess outbound sales activity. Chris shares his thoughts on better ways to communicate with people, which consist primarily of content marketing with effective distribution.