The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

Lars Nilsson, fmr Cloudera Global VP of Sales, on a career full of learnings, mentorship, and gratitude.

Episode Outline

[01:25] The importance of mentorship and how to choose a mentor

[02:57] The second type of mentor

[04:56] Why you need to know how to ask for help and how asking for help will put you ahead

[08:20] Mentorship for underprivileged and underrepresented populations

[10:34] Prospecting and selling are two different skill sets

[14:54] How to use SalesSource

[17:20] Lars’s career, what he has learned, and his priorities now


Lars’ Inspirations

Dennis Lyandres

Sarah Brazier

Tom Reilly


Connect with Lars

Linkedin

Twitter

Episode Outline

[04:39] Jen’s background

[07:16] What is takes to be able to developed and executed inbound lead generation and content marketing strategy

[10:13] The ability to supporting a channel of referral, reseller, co-branded, and white-labeled partners

[11:18] Why great communication leads to great partnership

[12:04] Methods in developing and executing an inbound demand generation strategy, raising brand and market awareness

[14:34] Habits to be great at sales and marketing that can never go wrong

[16:35] How to embrace a more diverse set of perspectives at the decision making table

[17:04] How Jen sees the trends in the future

[19:22] Use empirical evidence to decide what, what the best option is moving forward

[23:17] How to ensure there is right technical architecture, technical infrastructure to support these efforts

[26:28] The skills to know what the buying process is on their end


Jen's inspirations:

Trish Bertuzzi


Connect with Jen

LinkedIn

Twitter

SmartBug Blog

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