Radically Transparent

Chris Peer, the author of The Great 8 Pillars: ROI-Driven Marketing for Manufacturing Companies stops by the Radically Transparent podcast and brings his three decades of experience as an expert in B2B digital marketing and sales as the Founder, President, and CEO of the marketing firms SyncShow and G8P.

In this episode, Chris shares his insights on why operational infrastructure is often overlooked in marketing strategies and how companies can build a strong foundation for sustainable growth by following the “Great 8 Pillars”.

LinkedIn for Marketing’s Creative Strategy Lead, Wensy Antoli, unveils the #1 secret to cutting through the noise in B2B marketing – creativity. In this captivating episode, Wensy shares how B2B brands can build trust, engage audiences and achieve measurable (and meaningful) outcomes simply by leveraging the nostalgia and the emotional power of storytelling.

Tune in now to learn how creativity can transform your B2B marketing strategy and create lasting connections that go beyond a transactional relationship.

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Metten de Vries, Senior Enterprise Account Director of Marketing Solutions at LinkedIn, steals the show as he shares his expertise on best practices for using LinkedIn to generate and nurture leads effectively. Metten covers how to balance paid and organic strategies, optimize LinkedIn lead gen forms, and why it’s essential to focus on creating value for your audience.

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Recently named on the 100 Powerful Women in Sales in 2024 by Demandbase and Women in Sales, Catie Ivey, CRO of Walnut dives into the transformative shifts in buyer behavior and their impact on go-to-market strategies. She also challenges us to think about what happens when leaders fail to rethink their go-to-market motion and adapt to the new norms of buyer engagement.

EVP of Marketing at Skai, Michelle Urwin, joins the Radically Transparent podcast to reveal how revenue leaders can break down silos and build a powerful, unified revenue strategy. With fresh insights on optimizing go-to-market plans and rethinking metrics, Michelle offers a roadmap to drive growth, efficiency, and collaboration across your organization. If you're looking to get your teams firing on all cylinders, this episode is a must-listen.

Chris Sheen, Director of Social at Celonis stops by the podcast to tackle one of the most common and often overlooked pitfalls in B2B marketing – jargon. With humor and candor, Chris discusses how marketing teams, despite their best intentions, fall into the trap of overusing phrases (especially on social media) that dilute their message and bore their audience. With a proven track record of driving growth, Chris reveals an infinite amount of ways to end your boring jargon immediately.

CMO of TechnologyAdvice, Tyler Lessard, has led award-winning marketing teams and created multiple B2B categories. He built the Sales Feed media network, scaling it to 150k+ engaged followers and fans, was recognized as a #FearlessMarketer by The Fearless 50 program created by Marketo, and developed the Outside-In approach as a systematic way to build engaged audiences of followers, fans, and future customers.

In this episode, Tyler gives a fresh perspective on why content marketing may be missing the mark. He uncovers how marketers can transform their brand’s presence and become their audience’s favorite follow using the “Inside Out” approach as the foundation.

CMO at Infinidat, Eric Herzog, pulls back the curtain on the transparent realities of leading a marketing team and tackles the issue of marketing operating as a silo and how to resolve it. Drawing from his own experiences, he also contrasts the demands of B2B marketing with B2C, noting how critical it is for marketing efforts to have tangible substance rather than being all fluff and what every marketer leader needs to get right to lead with purpose.

Ilana Shabtay, VP of Marketing at Fullpath shares her experience in taking a risk and ungating all content assets to focus on creating more educated and sales-ready leads. She discusses the initial dip in leads and how she was able to set the right expectations and benchmarks to measure success during this transition. Her transparent discussion about the positive impacts on conversion rates, demo show rates, and the speed of closing sales offers valuable insights into the potential long-term gains of a demand generation first strategy.

James Fletcher, the visionary founder of JTF Marketing, joins this episode of Radically Transparent for an exclusive chat about the raw truths of intent data- a term that’s become somewhat of a “dirty word” in modern marketing. James doesn’t hold back as he reveals more about what tarnished intent data’s reputation and how marketers can turn the tide by using it more strategically. This conversation is a masterclass in revitalizing intent data’s potential and transforming it into a more actionable tool for precision marketing.