Pipeline with Dave Gerhardt

Sales and marketing leaders, we get it. You're busier than ever, and your job is getting harder and harder. That's why we're launching Pipeline, a weekly podcast hosted by Dave Gerhardt. Tune in every Monday for no-fluff conversations with CROs, CMOs, and other leaders across B2B sales and marketing.

In this short episode I'm talking about why I don't like when subject lines turn into gimmicks and how to *actually* improve your email open rates.Get more marketing knowledge at davegerhardt.com or submit future questions to [email protected] podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

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Hey it's me with a mailbag episode, taking some questions from DGMG Community members and answering on the podcast this week on creating content for multiple personas, working with subject matter experts and how to get content out of them, what to do as the first marketing hire.Get more marketing knowledge at davegerhardt.com or submit future questions to [email protected] episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

Ross Simmonds (@thecoolestcool) is the Founder & CEO of Foundation, a B2B content marketing agency. On this episode we talk about Venmo, Jack Dorsey & Jay-Z, Marc Benioff, the power of staying top of mind, why you need to replay the hits, PGA Tour advertising, commenting as a strategy, is Clubhouse dead? ranking our top social media channels, why Building an audience on social media is a cheat code for business, and more.Get more marketing knowledge at davegerhardt.comThis episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

Asia Orangio (@asiaorangio) is the CEO of DemandMaven & helps founders of early-stage startups get their first 100 customers. We talk about the role of demand gen, the difference between lead generation and demand generation, the five stages of awareness, how to be more strategic, how to generate sales ready leads, and why you need to stay curious if you want to get ahead.Get more marketing knowledge at davegerhardt.comThis episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

Scott Holden is CMO at ThoughtSpot and previously VP Marketing at Salesforce. Scott joined ThoughtSpot when the team was just three marketers and helped grow the team to 36 marketers today and from 0 to $100M in ARR. We talk about that journey, how the team has changed and evolved, guerilla marketing in the early days, why you need to build an analytics foundation, why he doesn't believe in having a demand gen team, his team structure, direct reports, weekly meetings, how his CEO thinks about marketing, and why marketing should always be proving it's worth.Get more good stuff at davegerhardt.comThis episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

Guillaume Cabane (@guillaumecabane) is Co-Founder and GP @ HyperGrowth Partners & Ex VP Growth at Segment and VP Growth at Drift. We talk about what the B2B SaaS playbook looks like for 2021, what investors are expecting out of SaaS companies today, product-led growth, spending $150,000/month on B2B lead gen, how to manage skyrocketing CAC, how to generate free leads to your sales people, and more.Get more good stuff at davegerhardt.comThis episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

On this quick episode of the DGMG podcast I'm sharing a few thoughts on the power of branding, how to build yours, why reputation matters, and why it pays to be an expert.Get more content at davegerhardt.com

Martin Gontovnikas (@mgonto) is Co-Founder and GP @ HyperGrowth Partners & Ex SVP, Marketing & Growth at Auth0.Autho0 was acquired by Okta for $6.5B in March 2021. We talk about the differences between a growth team vs. marketing team (he managed both at Auth0), when to bring on growth, why buyer personas matter for your marketing strategy, how to market to developers, why he hired engineers to write for the Auth0 blog, product-led growth, why demand gen. is just about tapping into habits, where brand and PR fit in the puzzle, why his first two hires where a data person and a content person, growing to $25M ARR through inbound, multi-touch vs. first-touch and more.Get more good stuff at davegerhardt.comThis episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

Kyle Lacy (@kyleplacy) is CMO at Lessonly. Prior to this he served as VP of Marketing at OpenView Venture Partners, Director, Global Content Marketing at Salesforce, and Senior Manager, Content Marketing at ExactTarget. We talk about his 40 person team at Lessonly, breakdown of inbound and outbound marketing strategy, SDR vs BDR, career paths in marketing or sales, the role of customer marketing, why community always wins, splitting the budget 70/30 demand and brand, lessons growing the team from 8 to 40, hiring for product marketing, what great product marketing looks like, the importance of finding business outcomes, and more.Get more good stuff at davegerhardt.comThis episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

Dave Woodward is CEO of ClickFunnels. Since 2014 ClickFunnels has grown to $137M in ARR with 100,000 customers using their marketing automation products. I wanted to have Dave on because ClickFunnels bootstrapped their way to the $100M+ ARR mark and they don't do marketing like typical B2B companies. Instead of spending to acquire customers, they have thousands of customers spending money to get in their funnel. We talk about customer acquisition, creating sales funnels, creating a break-even funnel, the power of being an expert in marketing and more.Get more good stuff at davegerhardt.comThis episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

Sara-Beth Anders is VP of B2B Marketing at Guild Education and was previously Director of Product Marketing at LinkedIn and Director of Product Marketing at Greenhouse. We talked about goal setting, OKRs, how to get better at hiring marketers with the case-study method, why marketing needs QBRs like sales, the modern ABM playbook, making full-time hires for engagement and community, presenting to the board, and how she's spent her first three months at a new company as VP of Marketing.Get more good stuff at davegerhardt.comThis episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

Chris Walker is CEO at Refine Labs and host of Demand Gen Live. We talk about wasting B2B marketing budget, understanding how people buy, how to think about the ROI of your podcast, short term vs long term marketing, why not all MQLs are created equal, and how to drive more inbound demand.Learn more at davegerhardt.com***This episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

Patrick Moran (@patrickmoran) is CRO at Calendly and previously CMO and Chief Customer Officer at Quip (acquired by Salesforce) and CMO at New Relic. We talk about his path to Calendly, building a relationship with the CEO, build a remote-first team, marketing lessons from Marc Benioff and more.Join the DGMG community: https://dgmg.davegerhardt.com/offers/gQBScr7j/checkoutLearn more at davegerhardt.com***This episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs https://dgmgjobs.com/ the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.

Marcus Andrews (@marcus_andrews) is Director of Product Marketing at Pendo.io. Before Pendo he was at HubSpot and Google. We talk about design narratives, go-to-market strategy, and product launches.***This episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs -- the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.PS. here's a secret offer to join DGMG for just $1. Join 2,300+ B2B marketers in the DGMG community today. See you in there.

Dave Rigotti (@drigotti) is CEO of a new product-led growth (PLG) startup in the marketing technology space. He was VP of Marketing at Bizible, Head of Enterprise Demand Generation & ABM at Marketo, and Director of Acccount-Based Marketing at Adobe. This was a live Q&A we did for DGMG U. members on ABM and marketing ops.***This episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs -- the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.PS. here's a secret offer to join DGMG for just $1. Join 2,300+ B2B marketers in the DGMG community today. See you in there.

Ursula Ayrout is CEO at Measure and Former marketing leader at Pantheon, Salesforce, and SAP. We talked about how to create a marketing plan for the year, what a revenue-focused positioning rollout looks like, managing up, working with the CEO.***This episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs -- the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.PS. You can checkout Ursula's marketing template she walks through during this episode (and download for your own use) inside of DGMG University.

Iris Shoor (@IrisShoor) is Founder & CEO at Oribi. She's a marketer turned CEO, and after two successful startups started Oribi (backed by Sequoia & TLV partners) to try and solve the marketing attribution and analytics problem for good.We talk about her path from marketing leader to CEO, what the CEO wants from marketing, why Oribi doesn't have a blog, why the marketing analyst is one of the most important early hires, how to manage a freemium funnel and an enterprise sales motion, and why their best marketing channels have been Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram and why yes, they do work for B2B.Here's a link to one of the YouTube videos we mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVYKqYOUsbA***This episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs -- the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.PS. here's a secret offer to join DGMG for just $1. Join 2,300+ B2B marketers in the DGMG community today. See you in there.

Josh Allen (@joshmallen) is CRO at Owl Labs. He was CRO at Drift, SVP of Sales at CarGurus, VP of Sales at LogMeIn. We talk about the relationship between sales and marketing, life in a product-led growth world, who should own SDRs and BDRs (and the differences between the two), who should own the sales deck (what it should be), and whether or not the CRO should own marketing.***This episode is brought to you by Oribi, an all-in-one marketing analytics tool. Say goodbye to Google Analytics. To start your free trial, visit oribi.io/dgmg. Use the coupon code DGMG and get 20% off any plan.This podcast is produced for me by my friends at Lemonpie. If you want to launch a podcast strategy for your brand, check them out at www.lemonpie.fm and tell them I sent you.If you're looking for your next role, check out DGMG Jobs -- the place to go to find B2B marketing jobs you’d actually want.PS. here's a secret offer to join DGMG for just $1. Join 2,300+ B2B marketers in the DGMG community today. See you in there.