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Wavelength episodes

  • What is Analyst Relations, and Why Should You Care? with Nadia Nizar, Senior Director of Corporate Communications at Blue Prism

    Nadia Nizar, Senior Director of Corporate Communications at Blue Prism and former director of influencer relations at Resonance, spoke to Daniel and Claire about the evolving role of analyst relations and why it should be a strategic part of any company's marketing strategy.


    Topics:

    • What is analyst relations, and why should companies care?
    • Choosing the right analyst firms to engage with
    • Using analyst insights to strengthen brand positioning and storytelling


      • Attribution:

      Music used under Creative Commons license: Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod

      Link: ⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affair ⁠

      License: ⁠https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

      52 min
    • Building a Data-Driven Marketing Strategy with Luke Farrugia, VP of Marketing at ScreenCloud

      Luke Farrugia, VP of Marketing at leading digital signage company ScreenCloud, spoke to me about the changing role of marketing leaders and why you need to get your data strategy started from day one.


      Topics:

      • The challenges of marketing a tech brand during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
      • The importance of understanding target audiences and personas.
      • The role of behavioural science and neuroscience in communication strategies.
      • The evolving role of marketing leaders.
      • The importance of a data-driven strategy for marketing.


        • Attribution:

        Music used under Creative Commons license: Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod

        Link: ⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affair ⁠

        License: ⁠https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

        54 min
      • What Sam Altman's testimony to Congress tells us about public relations

        This episode, Dan goes over Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI)'s testimony to a Senate subcommittee about the potential benefits and dangers of AI. Looking at his statements, the effect of the hearing, OpenAI's recent key messaging, and the broader media landscape around AI, we drew out 4 key lessons from this story:

        • Nail your key messaging.
        • Monitor the media landscape.
        • Lead the conversation, altering tactics when necessary.
        • Establish thought leadership.


          • Check out this episode on our website: ⁠www.resonancecrowd.com⁠

          Music used under Creative Commons license:

          Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod

          Link:  ⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affair⁠

          License:  ⁠https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

          18 min
        • Behavioural science and resonating on your customer's frequency with Joe Giddens, Director of Content & Communications at CybSafe

          Joe Giddens, `Director of Content & Communications at CybSafe and former Detective at the Metropolitan Police's Cybercrime Unit, spoke to me about why marketers have to resonate on their customers' frequency.


          Topics we discussed included:

          • Why your target audience has a frequency on which they resonate, so a marketer's mission is to find that frequency and resonate with them.
          • The role of behavioural science in brand storytelling, and why assuming the rationality and logic of a customer's decisions may not always be the best approach.
          • Why CybSafe's marketing department focuses on providing value to its community without expecting anything in return.
          • How Monzo, BrewDog, Slack, MailChimp, and Basecamp are examples of brands that tell their story effectively, by putting people first.
          • The importance of 'killing your darlings' and using data to prove which campaigns are effective, iterating on the most successful strategies.
          • Why generative AI can't yet replace the creativity, humour, and empathy of a human copywriter.


            • Attribution:

            Music used under Creative Commons license: Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod

            Link: ⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affair ⁠

            License: ⁠https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

            41 min
          • Ukraine, Big Tech, and telling your company's story with Jane Wakefield, BBC technology journalist

            Jane Wakefield, former Senior Tech Journalist at the BBC and podcast host for UK Tech News and Boardwave, spoke to me about her experience moving from mainstream to B2B tech news, covering tech in Ukraine during the war, and the need to tell a human story when communicating the work your company does.


            Topics we discussed included:

            • How moving away from Jane's previous role with the BBC allowed her greater freedom to explore less established tech companies.
            • Why companies must tell a human story to attract journalists' attention and resonate with their audience.
            • The way that politics and tech have become increasingly linked in recent years, resulting in heightened regulatory attention.
            • How the media cycle is often a hyped-up representation of technological reality, making it difficult to explore nuanced implications before the next headline arrives.
            • Where comms professionals and journalists can find a balance between simplifying and exploring technical concepts in order to engage a wide range of audiences.
            • Speaking to tech innovators in Ukraine during the war effort and being inspired by the development of the scene.
            • The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and first-hand experiences of founders through the crisis.


              • Attribution:

              Music used under Creative Commons license: Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod

              Link: ⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affair ⁠

              License: ⁠https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

              41 min
            • Intellectual curiosity, news cycles, and investing in your brand with Chas Kielt, Global Corporate Communications Executive

              This week Chas Kielt, a Global Corporate Communications Executive and former senior marketing professional at companies like Experian, Citrix, Reltio, and Pyramid Analytics, spoke to me about the importance of intellectual curiosity, the role played by brand equity, and how to make your company's story relatable to potential buyers.

              Topics we discussed included:

              • Why intellectual curiosity is so vital for PR practitioners to tell a brand's story and make it relevant and engaging to its target audience.
              • The differences and similarities between corporate communications, PR, analyst relations, and marketing – as well as the product marketing roles Chas has held at several companies.
              • The metrics that marketers and PR professionals should be using to prove how they're adding value to a company.
              • Why investing in your brand and building brand equity is crucial – even amidst a general downturn in global markets.
              • Which lessons he's taken from the hype around generative AI and how it illustrates the workings of the B2B tech media cycle.
              • How the data and analytics sector has evolved over the last couple of decades, moving from descriptive to predictive, and even prescriptive, as enterprise adoption accelerates.

                • Attribution:

                Music used under Creative Commons license: Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod

                Link: ⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affair ⁠

                License: ⁠https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

                1 hr
              • Decision-making, downcycles, and the value of experience with Aurelien Mottier, CEO of Operatix

                This week Aurelien Mottier, CEO and co-founder of Operatix, spoke to me about sales cycles, the B2B tech market, and how leaders can put the right People, Processes, and Technology in place.

                Founded in 2012 and with 3 offices worldwide, Operatix specializes in accelerating growth and increasing revenue for B2B Software companies across North America and Europe. Operatix has worked with some of the biggest tech players worldwide, as well as many emerging software vendors and scale-ups.

                Topics we discussed included:

                • Why some leaders are suited for certain stages of a company's growth (pre-seed to Series A, growth stage, etc.)
                • The importance of leaders learning from their mistakes and putting the right People, Processes, and Technology in place (in that order).
                • Why PR, marketing, and sales are interconnected – and how each department is essential to help companies grow.
                • The kinds of clients Operatix works with, why they choose outsourced sales development, and the primary drivers behind their decisions.
                • How the economic downturns of 2022 have affected the B2B tech market, and how it can pay to recognise the signs early.
                • Why Aurelien co-founded Operatix, and what he's learned as a leader and CEO.

                  • Attribution:

                  Music used under Creative Commons license: Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod

                  Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affair 

                  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

                  55 min
                • Heatwaves, space, and hyperscalers with Sebastian Moss, Editor-in-Chief at Datacenter Dynamics

                  Please welcome Sebastian Moss, Editor-in-Chief at Datacenter Dynamics! Seb came on to talk about heatwaves, how many pitches he gets a day, and why running a datacenter publication doesn't mean you can't be critical of datacenters.

                  Datacenter Dynamics is a leading source of datacenter analysis, news, and opinion, with over 400,000 monthly readers

                  Topics we discussed included:

                  • Datacenter electrical usage preventing new houses being built in West London.
                  • The link between climate change, heatwaves, and datacenter uptime – and how it all ties in to our most important institutions.
                  • The role of datacenters in the future of the data economy.
                  • Will datacenters based in space or underwater become widely used?
                  • How his role has changed since joining DCD as a reporter in 2017.
                  • The different challenges involved in managing a news website and publishing a 90-page magazine
                  • How many pitches he reads a day, and what separates the winners from the losers (or the junk folder),


                    • Attribution:

                    Music used under Creative Commons license: Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod

                    Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affair 

                    License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

                    1 hr 5 min
                  • Microsoft vs. Google – Taking AI(m) at search

                    Daniel Harrington and Tom Clayton from Resonance go over the biggest news in B2B tech and predict what upcoming headlines to watch out for next. Will Microsoft or Google be the winner for the best AI chatbot-powered search engine? How will stock changes affect upcoming headlines? What does this all have to do with the cloud? And why will it alter the data economy?

                    Check out this episode on our website: www.resonancecrowd.com

                    Music used under Creative Commons license:

                    Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod

                    Link:  https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affair

                    License:  https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

                    21 min
                  • Tech Nation closes and Copilot ejects lawsuit

                    Daniel Harrington and Matthew Kirtley from Resonance go over the biggest news in B2B tech and predict what upcoming headlines to watch out for next. What happens now Tech Nation's closed down? How strong is the lawsuit against OpenAI and GitHub's Copilot? Is the UK's semiconductor strategy clear enough? And what effect will sweeping layoffs have on the global talent pool?


                    Check out this episode on our website: www.resonancecrowd.com


                    Music used under Creative Commons license:

                    Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod

                    Link:  https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affair

                    License:  https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

                    25 min

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