Olga thought she was ahead of the AI curve, but a weekend course on autonomous systems showed her she was thinking too small. She pitched a shared internal AI stack at Semrush, built systems off APIs, skipped procurement by using already-approved tools, and tracked hours saved instead of promising vague ROI.More
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165: Ashley Faus: Building content that matches actual human thinking by integrating lifecycle, content and product marketing
Marketing frameworks often fail because they ignore how humans actually behave. People don’t follow neat, linear paths; they explore, double back, and leap ahead based on genuine interests. Drawing from her diverse experience across corporate communications and lifecycle leadership, Ashley exposes how artificial walls between marketing functions create dysfunction while offering a solution. More
127: Carmen Simon: Using brain science to deviate from expected patterns and create memorable content
Carmen takes us on an adventure exploring the wonders of brain science and how to sustain attention through contrast. We cover embodied cognition, deviating from expected patterns and avoiding the sea of sameness in AI content. We also take a detour into the speculative future of neuroscience and making data impactful through context. More
123: Andrea Lechner-Becker: Creating content that people will give a f*ck about
Andrea takes us on a wild ride filled with nuggets of wisdom, a few f-bombs and tons of laughs as she unpacks her deep understanding of marketing. She sheds light on how flawed attribution methods can lead marketers to do dumb things, why investing in branding from the outset is table stakes and bunch more stuff!More
61: Nick DeWilde: How marketers can get started in web3
We’re joined by Nick deWilde, one of the founders of Invisible College and Decentraliens NFT. We dive into Nick’s journey leading up to his decision to leave a rocketship and go independant on the path to web3. We talk about the Great Online Game, why every marketer should get the opportunity to jump into a web3 project, what’s the founding story behind Invisible College and how to chat with web3 skeptics.More
60: Kamil Rextin: Death to personal branding and dark social
Today on the show we have a veteran of the SaaS marketing industry, we’re joined by Kamil Rextin. He’s a father, a founder, a podcaster, a community moderator, the author of the 42/ newsletter, a neurodivergent advocate… but most of his time is shamelessly spent on memes and hot takes on Twitter. We get into analytics, dark social, media company narratives and why you don’t need a personal brand.More
59: Emma Paajanen: Marketing a technical product to a technical audience
Our guest today is Emma Paajanen. She’s inventing new and powerful ways to engage with customers as VP of Marketing at Aiven, an open source data startup turned Unicorn, headquartered in Helsinki with hubs all over the world like Berlin, Boston, Paris, Toronto, some employees even work in a mountainside van.More
55: India Waters: The path to promotions is raising your hand
Today we’re joined by India Waters. Based in Atlanta Georgia, she’s a community management expert with a deep appreciation for startups. She currently leads growth and technology partnerships at MessageGears, a customer marketing platform for enterprise customers. More
41: Manuela Barcenas: From first marketer to team manager
What’s up everyone, today on the show we are joined by another local favorite marketer, Manuel Bárcenas. In 2018, Manuela was marketing hire #1 at Fellow.app one of the hottest startups in Ottawa. She’s been living the startup marketing life for nearly 3 years. At Fellow, she helped launch the successful Supermanagers podcast, she runs a huge newsletter (Manager TLDR newsletter) and self taught Hubspot and Google Analytics and much more.More
31: Marketing Artifacts and the website of doom
Sometimes, marketing can look a lot like archaeology. Unearthing ancient artifacts, reverse engineering them, and trying to understand how they were used by your ancestors. As marketers, we need to be experts at carefully extracting these artifacts, evaluating their worth, and deciding whether to revitalize them or put them in a museum.More