B2B Marketing Podcast

Covid-19 has changed the nature of sales engagements, restricting face-to-face meetings or events for the foreseeable future, making buyers harder to reach than ever. In this week's episode, editor-in-chief Joel Harrison hosted a three-panelist discussion which included expertise from Gabriela Warren, senior director in marketing at Highspot; Tim Hughes, CEO and founder of DLA Ignite; and Barry Richards, strategy and planning director at Transmission. Here, they discuss changes that need to be made such as how to approach content needs, what needs to happen between sales and marketing and how marketing can assist in final stage negotiations. If you'd like to check out our other webinars, click here: https://www.b2bmarketing.net/en-gb/webinar-programme

With growth marketing being the #1 focus on this year’s 2021 Trend Tracker, this week’s episode features Scott Vaughan, chief growth officer at Integrate. Editor for B2B Marketing David Rowlands sat down with Scott to talk about what growth marketing is, what a chief growth officer does and how marketers can make growth central to what they do. If you want to learn more, feel free to tweet Scott @ScottAVaughan Also, to learn more about what’s trending in B2B marketing, check out our 2021 Trend Tracker: https://www.b2bmarketing.net/en-gb/resources/features/2021-b2b-marketing-trend-tracker-b2b-mind

Need some tips on creating a more cohesive and high-performing team? In this week's episode, editor in chief for B2B Marketing, Joel Harrison, sat down with PwC's director of marketing and brand Maria Jennings to discuss their win for 'Marketing team of the year' at our most recent B2B Marketing Awards in November. They break down how PwC handled Covid-19, some top tips to managing a strong team virtually, and their reactions to winning the coveted award. To do a deep dive of PwC's win, check out its case study here: https://www.b2bmarketing.net/en-gb/resources/b2b-case-studies/award-case-study-find-out-how-pwc-managed-win-marketing-team-year In addition, this episode is dedicated to Jack Ryan, senior digital marketing manager, and friend to many at PwC, who very sadly passed away in January.

In this week's episode, Editor-in-chief for B2B Marketing Joel Harrison spoke with chairperson and chair client officer at Stein IAS and chairman for MSQ, Tom Stein. They discussed how Stein IAS has grown in the B2B sector globally, what MSQ B2B is currently offering, the client and agency relationship, and future ambitions for agencies moving forward. To top that off, Stein IAS recently won an award for 'Martech agency of the year' so check out their achievements here: https://www.b2bmarketing.net/en-gb/resources/b2b-case-studies/awards-case-study-how-stein-ias-won-martech-agency-year Also, give them a shout on Twitter @SteinIAS

In this week's episode, we sat down with another award-winning campaign by Really B2B. Here, Editor for B2B Marketing David Rowlands spoke with Kristina Haddrell, group account director for Really B2B about their brilliant sales focused campaign for M&S, which scored them three Golds including: 'Most commercially successful campaign', 'Best corporate decision-maker-targeted campaign' and 'Best lead generation or nurturing campaign' at the B2B Marketing Awards last November. To find out more about the groundbreaking case study, check it out here: https://www.b2bmarketing.net/en-gb/resources/b2b-case-studies/awards-case-study-really-b2bs-campaign-ms-corporate-gifts-wins-gold-three

In this week's episode, Editor for B2B Marketing David Rowlands spoke with Charlie Nicholson, head of planning at Really B2B, about the campaign's success. They dive into their key objectives, metrics and some overall learnings for Really B2B to take moving forward. The campaign managed to rack in three awards for 'Best multichannel campaign', 'Best use of direct mail' and 'Best use of customer insight' at the B2B Marketing Awards last year. Check out our podcast page here to find out more about the case study: https://www.b2bmarketing.net/en-gb/resources/b2b-case-studies/awards-case-study-how-really-b2bs-campaign-kettyle-irish-foods-part

In this week's episode, Editor in chief for B2B Marketing Joel Harrison discussed how marketing operation leaders can optimise and better their strategy in 2021. Martech has never been more critical to successful B2B marketing. But at the same time, the proliferation of platforms, the speed of channel evolution and ever-rising buyer expectations, means this success has never been harder to orchestrate. In this webinar, we broke down: - When does marketing ops become an essential part of your marketing team? - How you succeed as a marketing ops practitioner or leader? - How do you scale your marketing ops resource? - What are the alternatives to an internal marketing ops function? - What’s the future trajectory for marketing ops, and how to you prepare for it? This webinar was originally recorded February 18, 2021.

The Octopus Group has been acquired by the Publicis Groupe UK, and we're here to talk about it! In this week's episode, B2B Marketing's editor in chief Joel Harrison spoke with Jon Lonsdale, CEO of the Octopus Group to talk about its most recent news! Octopus Group will join Publicis Groupe UK’s existing B2B specialists to bring strategic, creative, technology and commercial experience to clients and B2B brands. Jon broke down why the timing was right for both Publicis and Octopus Group, some findings he's learned along the way and what this acquisition means for Octopus Group moving forward. To learn more about the Octopus Group, you can follow Jon @JonLon

Want to unlock the secrets behind an award-winning B2B campaign? In this week's episode, B2B Marketing editor David Rowlands spoke with Charlie Nicholson, head of planning at Really B2B and Kristina Haddrell, group account director for Really B2B. They dive into two of their most successful campaigns, M&S Corporate Gifts: Be Unforgettable and Kettyle Irish Foods (part of the Linden Food Group). They get into their key objectives, metrics and some overall learnings for Really B2B to take moving forward.

In this week's episode, Capita's Kate Owen sat down with B2B Marketing's editor in chief Joel Harrison, where they discussed her growth and expertise as a marketer. They also delved into Capita's journey as Kate shares tips to making ABM relevant for her organisation. Finally, hear her tease what's to come for her session at our ABM conference 4 November!

In this week's episode, B2B Marketing's Joel Harrison sits down with Mark Larwood to discuss all things ABM. Leading up to our ABM Conference 2020, they get into how ABM plays a role in the B2B world today, especially during the Coronavirus.

This week, Joel Harrison sits down with IBM's editor in chief, Scott Stockwell, to discuss how to get the most out of your global content marketing. With content becoming more and more a part of marketer's strategies, it is essential to make it as optimal as possible. Scott and Joel delve into some tips and techniques to improve your content marketing. To hear more from Scott, tweet him @pragmatik.

This week, Joel Harrison sits down with B2B Marketing trainer Shane Redding to discuss the importance of customer centricity during lockdown, and how priorities and agendas has shifted as a consequence of Covid19.

Adam and Molly are joined by Jada Balster who discusses her experiences at Workfront and how saying no has shaped her career. Molly and Adam bring up some difficult but relatable workplace scenarios as Jada gives advice on staying professional while saying no.

In this episode of our podcast, editor in chief Joel Harrison spoke with David McGuire about the buzzwords to avoid in your messaging during Coronavirus, and how to ensure your copy cuts through at a time of shifting priorities and sentiment.

Renowned behavioural science commentator and author, and all-round fascinating guy Rory Sutherland of Ogilvy talks to Joel Harrison about disappointment and regret, drunks on lamp posts, and why you need to stop justifying your marketing! This podcast was recorded as a preview to the 2020 B2B Marketing Ignite USA conference, but the content is of relevance to anyone interested in B2B marketing.

We're so sorry it took so long to release the latest episode of the podcast, I'm sure you've missed us terribly. However, we are back in style with Lucy and Tunji from PwC. Lucy heads up marketing, while Tunji leads sales - a relationship often fraught with danger! However, Lucy and Tunji were happy to join us to discuss how they are rebuilding the way sales and marketing work together including the shared goals, workflows and communication tools they're using to deliver success. This was a delightful conversation, and we're sure you'll enjoy listening as much as we did taking part.

This episode Molly and I were lucky enough to meet and chat to Dr Christine Bailey, Chief Marketing Officer for Valitor. If you've not heard of Valitor, then you're probably not Icelandic Christine was a fantastic speaker at our Ignite event in June, so we had to get more insight from her for those people that missed out! Christine took us through some of the challenges and exciting opportunities that come with transforming a brand that is already established into something more purposeful and ready to take on the world. In addition, Christine provides insight into the differences between working at different sized businesses, how colour affects brand and how to keep an energised and inspired team. The new entry for the book club this week is Marketing Rebellion by Mark Schaefer. (Please note- we had some technical issues with the recording of this episode, so apologies for the poor sound quality!

Just when you thought we were gone for good.... we're back! We were lucky to get time with Cat Dutton and Ruth Oakey of Atos for our latest chat, talking about the intersection of ABM and CX, interacting with customers and the value of diversity within a mature B2B business. If you have any follow up questions for our questions, tweet them! Cat is on @cat_dutton1 and you can find Ruth at @Ruthoakey

For episode 2, Molly and Adam sat down with Sakina Najmi, who has recently featured in our top 20 women in B2B tech marketing list. We spoke about what great marketing leadership looks like in a B2B business, the importance and art of getting the right team in place, communicating and setting expectations with other senior stakeholders in the business. We really enjoyed the chance to sit down with Sakina, and we know you’ll enjoy it too. The book recommended by Sakina is "Artifical Intelligence for marketers" by Jim Sterne. Pick up a copy at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Artificial-Intelligence-Marketing-Practical-Applications/dp/1119406331 If you’d like to keep up with Sakina, you can find her on social media, obviously. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sakina_Najmi Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sakina-najmi-555b1115

Welcome to our first ever episode of the B2B Marketing Podcast, and we’re starting with a deluxe triple header episode! First, we speak to @simon_rusling, Partner and Head of Marketing at Barnett Waddingham, a pensions provider, to talk about all the things he wish he’d known at the start of his marketing journey. Then we spoke to @BMMarketer, Head of Marketing Strategy at Law firm Addleshaw Goddard. As our awards grand prix winner back in November, we asked him about what it takes to stay creative on top of your day to day burden as a client side marketer. As one of our best and most prolific bloggers, we’ve built him his own hub! Catch his work at https://www.b2bmarketing.net/en-gb/brian-macreadie-b2b-trailblazer. Finally we met up with @gdavies2, the Director of Global ABM strategy at ServiceNow, the most innovative company in the world according to Forbes. Gemma talks about the cultural challenges of implementing ABM globally, the value of a great team and a growth mindset. You can see the research Brian Mentions at https://www.warc.com/newsandopinion/news/system1_tracks_down_the_higgs_boson_of_creative_effectiveness/41206.

Next week will see the very first episode of the B2B Marketing podcast. Molly and Adam take a couple of minutes from their busy schedules* to let you know what's in store, both next week and beyond.