Episodes
Episode Summary This episode discusses the evolving role of marketing and how it is adapting to changes in buyer behavior and new technologies like AI. Jens Olivarius shares insights from his extensive career in marketing leadership roles. Key topics include the importance of understanding buyer intent, being relevant and creative in communications and aligning sales and marketing efforts through shared goals and processes. There is discussion about how AI can enhance jobs by automating...
Published 05/20/24
Episode SummaryIn this episode, Ruth Zive, CMO of LivePerson, discusses how to successfully navigate the AI landscape with business leaders. She shares LivePerson's conversational flywheel framework for understanding customer needs and implementing AI in a practical way. Ruth also emphasizes the importance of aligning sales and marketing teams through shared goals and data-driven strategies. About the guest Ruth Zive oversees LivePerson’s global marketing organization, focused on growing...
Published 05/20/24
Episode Summary This episode discusses how Devo implemented account-based marketing (ABM) and aligned its marketing and sales teams. Greg Aquavella from Devo shares how they overcame challenges through Demandbase training sessions with sellers and weekly one-on-ones. He emphasizes the importance of aligning sales and marketing efforts through collaboration and providing insights that matter to sellers. The episode also covers identifying opportunities for pipeline acceleration and integrating...
Published 05/20/24
Sunny Side Up Podcast is now OnBase, where hosts Chris Moody and Paul Gibson tackle B2B challenges weekly with top experts. For most companies, the gap between sales and marketing isn’t just a crack—it’s a chasm. And ignoring this rift? It’s not just risky; it's practically business sabotage. So that got us thinking, just why are so many sales and marketing teams, well, off-base–and what can we do to fix it? OnBase is about smashing those sales and marketing misalignments. If...
Published 05/17/24
Episode SummaryThis episode of the Sunny Side Up podcast discusses overcoming challenges faced by women in their careers, with a focus on imposter syndrome, advocating for career advancement, and maintaining work-life balance. Hardeep Kaur shares her experiences and advice on these topics, emphasizing the importance of authenticity, mentorship, and addressing unconscious biases. About the guest Meet Hardeep Kaur, the Director of People at Demandbase India. With 17+ years in HR, she's all...
Published 05/10/24
Episode Summary This episode of Sunny Side Up features an interview with Jill Canada, VP of Commercial at Mendaera, about her experience creating new markets and implementing disruptive technology. Jill discusses the challenges of market creation, especially in healthcare, and emphasizes the importance of change management. She also shares insights into building effective teams, lessons from both startups and large companies, and recommendations for books and guests. About the guest Jill...
Published 04/30/24
Episode SummaryThis episode discusses Google's new email policies that will classify companies as bulk senders if they send over 5,000 emails per day. Guests Liam Moroney and Graceanne MacDonald provide best practices for staying under the threshold, including database audits, custom tracking domains, and adding unsubscribe links to all emails. About the guest Graceanne (Domino) MacDonald Graceanne began her startup career in the sales world, first leading SDR/BDR teams, followed by a...
Published 04/25/24
Episode SummaryBrian Finnerty of Udacity discusses effective strategies for aligning content to different stages of the buyer's journey. He stresses the importance of investing in lower funnel proof points like customer success stories and third-party reports. Finnerty also provides tips for validating content assumptions directly with customers. Additionally, he emphasizes optimizing the content mix based on performance data and attribution to opportunities. Throughout the conversation,...
Published 04/22/24
Episode SummaryEmily Butler discusses balancing brand and demand generation, sharing insights from her transition from agency to corporate life. Emily also provides tips on understanding customers and measuring success. The discussion covers marketing strategies in the complex aerospace industry and building brand awareness internally. About the guest Emily is a Sr. Director of Marketing at Honeywell Aerospace Technologies where she leads a team of demand and digital marketers in the...
Published 04/19/24
Episode SummaryShelley Morrison shares her insights on mastering marketing through experimentation, creativity, and building an innovative culture. She discusses how her background in advertising and marketing has prepared her to thrive in an ever-changing industry. She emphasizes the importance of embracing risk, testing new ideas, and fostering psychological safety to encourage idea-sharing and learning from failures. Shelley also stresses aligning brand and creative efforts to positively...
Published 04/16/24
Episode Summary This episode of Sunny Side Up discusses scaling marketing at a fast growing tech company with Sally Winter, Marketing Director at Benefex. Sally shares insights on implementing AI strategies to stay competitive and challenges in the B2B landscape. She details how her company effectively measured ABM campaigns through a repeatable model leveraging existing content and targeting personas. Sally emphasizes the importance of great content and brand building for future buyers. She...
Published 04/04/24
Episode Summary This episode of Sunny Side Up Media discusses fostering professional communities and networking in tech. The speakers share their career journeys in roles like operations, enablement, and sales. They emphasize building relationships through open communication and understanding. Advice includes finding mentors, embracing new opportunities, and focusing on quality connections over quantity. Tips address networking for introverts, dealing with rejection, and giving/receiving...
Published 03/29/24
Episode Summary This podcast episode of Sunny Side Up discusses the impact of Google's removal of third-party cookies on digital advertising and marketing strategies. Tom Keefe, a marketing ops expert, provides an overview of third-party cookies and Google's plans for a "privacy sandbox." The discussion focuses on how this change will affect account identification, personalization, and B2B marketers. Keefe suggests ways marketing organizations may adapt, including evaluating vendors and...
Published 03/28/24
Episode SummaryThis episode of the Sunny Side Up podcast features Carol Holly discussing building a brand through customer relationships. As CMO of Exclaimer, Carol shares her background and interest in marketing. She emphasizes prioritizing customer experiences and aligning business processes to meet customer needs. Carol also highlights the challenges of collaboration across departments and measuring the impact of brand-building efforts. Overall, she provides valuable insights on balancing...
Published 03/27/24
Episode Summary This episode of Sunny Side Up features a discussion about women's careers in tech with Debbie Saskin and Van Hsieh from Demandbase. The speakers share their non-traditional paths into tech from fields like education and biochemistry. They discuss challenges like adapting to new skills and industries, as well as strategies for career advancement through self-advocacy, mentorship, and asking questions. The importance of flexibility, adaptability, and supportive work...
Published 03/22/24
Episode Summary In this episode, Uzair Dada of Iron Horse shares how professional services firms can leverage account-based growth strategies to expand beyond their traditional one-to-one sales approach. Uzair outlines opportunities in scaling thought leadership and personalizing content for target personas. The discussion also emphasizes using AI technologies to improve targeting and segmentation while bridging the gap between marketing and sales. Aligning teams through change management and...
Published 03/21/24
Episode Summary This episode of Sunny Side Up discusses revenue alignment at UserGems. Christian Kletzl, CEO of UserGems, and Trinity Nguyen, VP of Marketing, discuss how they align their sales and marketing teams to work towards shared goals and metrics. They highlight challenges like differing objectives but emphasize removing ego and prioritizing company goals. Champion tracking is also discussed as a way to focus sales and marketing efforts on key accounts and individuals. Setting OKRs...
Published 03/19/24
Episode Summary This episode of Sunny Side Up discusses finding balance in work and life for women in tech. The speakers share their career journeys and experiences maintaining boundaries while prioritizing demanding work. They discuss challenges like burnout and pressures to overwork without children or partnerships. The speakers appreciate Demandbase's supportive culture that values employees' well-being and personal lives. Flexibility, leading by example, and connecting with other women in...
Published 03/15/24
Episode Summary This episode of the Sunny Side Up podcast discusses strategies for unlocking B2B marketing growth through Account Based Experiences (ABX) with Jodi Lebow of Hexagon. Jodi shares her experience in B2B technology marketing and insights into how ABM strategies have evolved with the help of data and technology. She emphasizes the importance of remaining customer-centric and leveraging customer insights. Jodi also discusses challenges in aligning sales and marketing teams for ABX...
Published 03/14/24
Episode Summary Don McGuire, the CMO of Qualcomm, discusses marketing strategies and AI-powered growth. Some key topics covered included McGuire's career advice on staying true to oneself and being open to opportunities. He also discussed how Qualcomm has evolved its marketing structure and is adopting AI tools like Writer and Firefly to accelerate content development. McGuire emphasized the potential of generative AI to improve work-life balance by freeing up time. He also talked about...
Published 03/12/24
Episode SummaryThis episode of the Sunny Side Up Specials discusses overcoming impostor syndrome and cultivating inclusion for women in the tech industry. The speakers shared their diverse career journeys and experiences navigating the challenges of being women in tech. They discussed ways to challenge stereotypes through representation and open conversations. Advice was given on overcoming impostor syndrome through self-confidence, seeking help, and gaining experience. The speakers also...
Published 03/08/24
Episode SummaryThis episode of Sunny Side Up discusses the impending deprecation of third-party cookies and its impact on digital advertising. Gareth Noonan of Demandbase explains how the industry is transitioning from individual-level targeting to cohort-based advertising using signals like topics of interest. He reassures listeners that partners like Demandbase are prepared to guide customers through the changes. Some key takeaways are the importance of building first-party data and...
Published 03/07/24
Episode SummaryThis episode of the Sunny Side Up podcast discusses pricing and packaging strategies for business growth with guest David Vogelpohl. Key topics covered include prioritizing pricing as an iterative strategy, identifying moves for growth while navigating complexity, marketing misconceptions around pricing, optimizing free trials, ensuring sales and marketing alignment, and determining ownership of pricing decisions. David provides insights and recommends several individuals as...
Published 02/29/24
Episode SummaryBarry Klein of Talroo discusses leading through change and building alignment in hybrid work. He shares insights on balancing trust and accountability for remote teams through communication and addressing performance issues supportively. Klein stresses maintaining cultural alignment through in-person meetings for companies adjusting to remote work. He advocates treating people with empathy, dignity, and brevity when delivering difficult news like layoffs. Klein also fosters...
Published 02/22/24