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SEO can put your content on the map...you just have to do work.

Brad Beutler is the Content Marketing Director at Terminus. Brad has more than nine years of leading, orchestrating, writing, and designing strategic content marketing that powers all stages of the sales funnel. Prior to his current role, Brad has worked at organizations like hc1.com.

We're talking about how to make B2B marketing more fun with content, the ins and outs of SEO, how to promote pieces of content, and so much more.

Links mentioned:

Terminus Resource Hub: https://library.terminus.com/

Break Sh*t: https://terminus.com/break-sht/

You've probably attended your fair share of virtual, simulive, or in-person events, but what makes a particular event stand out from the rest? In this episode, we chat with Stephanie Baiocchi, Director of Membership & Events at IMPACT. Stephanie has more than 10 years of marketing experience leading event and membership strategies, public relations, content, and more. In addition to her current role, Stephanie is a co-leader of the Chicago HubSpot User Group. We're talking about what makes a best-in-class, why hybrid events need to end, how you should be measuring the success of your event, and so much more.

Resources Mentioned:

Digital Sales & Marketing World 2021: https://www.digitalsalesandmarketingworld.com/

IMPACT+: https://www.impactplus.com/product

Stephanie's Resources on Virtual Events: https://www.impactplus.com/stephanie-goes-virtual

Analyst relations probably wasn't a part of your curriculum in school yet many marketers find they take on this critical role. The question begs: what goes into a well-thought-out analyst relations strategy? In this episode, we chat with Sunshine Levin, Director of Customer and Analyst Relations at SalesLoft. Sunshine is a product manager turned product marketer turned customer marketer with more than 20 years of experience. Prior to her current role, Sunshine has worked at organizations including IBM and Siemens. We're talking about why you need to have an analyst relations strategy, how to develop meaningful relations, who should be involved in briefings, and so much more.

Raise your hand if you've heard, "PR is bullsh*t." When done correctly, PR has the power to create invaluable momentum for your organization. In this episode, we chat with Lindsey Groepper, President at BLASTmedia. Lindsey has been with BLASTmedia for the past 15 years and has experience managing campaigns, overseeing the strategic direction of the company, and so much more. In addition to her role, Lindsey is the owner at Statwax and hosts the podcast, SaaS Half Full. We're talking about why PR isn't bullsh*t, how to develop a thought leadership strategy, ways to create news without news, and so much more.

One size does not fit all and neither does the role of a Chief Marketing Officer, especially in today's rapidly changing world. In this episode, we chat with Lauren Kelly, Chief Marketing Officer at ThoughtExchange. Lauren is an experienced marketing leader holding previous leadership roles at Dell and PepsiCo. We're talking about expectations of the CMO, where to focus your efforts, why more marketers should take on product management, and so much more.

Consolidating 23 domains into one site may seem like a daunting task to some, but for this marketing executive, it's been his reality for the last 18 months. In this episode, we chat with Kacy Maxwell, Executive Marketing Director at Ramsey Solutions. For the past 15+ years, Kacy has worked in all areas of marketing, from managing large-scale social media and website marketing campaigns to launching and managing eight eCommerce websites. Today Kacy leads a cross-functional team of marketers, writers, designers, and developers building the website platform and martech integrations for a site that boasts an average of 6 million monthly sessions. We're talking about how Kacy and his team consolidated 23 domains into one, his secrets for managing a huge project, what he wishes more leaders would do, and so much more.

Have you heard our attention spans are now shorter than a goldfish? Whether that's a myth or a fact, we only have a few seconds to capture the attention of the public, which is why we have to rethink our PR strategies. In this episode, we chat with Connie Glover, Senior Marketing Manager at Trava, and Principal Owner of CMarie Marketing Studio. Connie is an accomplished marketing communications, PR, and sales leader who has an impressive career bringing visibility to companies and brands to life. We're talking about how to grab the attention of journalists, best practices for writing pitches, secrets to level up your PR efforts, and so much more.

This is a very special episode of Real Marketers - we're celebrating the 100th episode of our show this week! In this episode, we're turning the tables on Stephanie Cox reveals her biggest tips for hosting a podcast. We're sharing a behind-the-scenes look at how our show got started, how to land your dream guest, how to get yourself noticed by podcast hosts, and so much more. Thank you to our listeners and guests for helping us reach this huge milestone! You have helped us turn the show into what it is today.

Sometimes we as marketers are so focused on selling to our customers that we lose sight of what help they really need as a practitioner. In this episode, we chat with Guilda Hilaire, Senior Manager of Product Marketing at Salesforce. Over the last fifteen years, Guilda has spearheaded the use of Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Pardot, Marketo, and Silverpop at companies like Aetna/CVS, Athenahealth, Boston Consulting Group, Liberty Mutual, and Johnson and Johnson. We're talking about what customers need to become strong practitioners of your product, why you should get your customers involved in content creation, the dos and don'ts of community building, and so much more.

A lot of marketers aspire to become CMOs, but only a few envision a CRO role. What prevents us from thinking like that? How can we as marketers move into more revenue leadership roles? In this episode, we chat with Amrita Gurney, Chief Revenue Officer of Juno College. Prior to her current role, Arita was a revenue-focused marketing leader at high growth startups in Toronto including CrowdRiff, Audiobooks.com and Asigra. We're talking about why more marketers should go after revenue leadership roles, predictions for future CROs, how to create a top-notch community, and so much more.