The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

4x IPOs as CMO and countless Board Seats later, Carol Meyers digs into her secret sauce for sustainable growth

Episode Outline

[04:39] Carol’s background

[07:16] Why people have to make trade offs with what they have available and also what's available in their neighborhoods

[10:13] How to wrap up with analytics as broad topics that might be the most productive

[11:18] The hardest lesson learned in your career thus far

[12:04] When you're small, usually marketing just kind of does whatever it wants

[14:34] Discount marketing and getting disillusioned

[16:35] Who's building their career and perhaps about to enter a big growth stage with the company

[19:22] It’s little easier to go from, serving smaller companies up to larger, as long as you do it with your eyes wide open about what that means

[20:19] Taking a product that's built for really large companies and trying to retrofit it to smaller companies is not easy.

[21:30] How you can assemble a team that has the right qualities



Carol's Inspirations:

Woody Benson


Connect with Carol:

LinkedIn

Twitter

The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

Episode Outline

[04:39] Richard’s background

[07:16] Understand that early customers are buying that CEO's passion, that founder's passion

[10:13] Importance of getting a quote from the decision maker of the deployment

[11:18] Realize that your customers aren't fortune companies with big legal team

[12:04] “If you're a one to 10 million and you're going after a new customer, what's the first thing your potential customer is probably going to ask you about?”

[14:34] So everybody wants a discount, know that's going to happen and get your leverage

[16:35] Situation that they have a legal department they're just red lining for the sake of red line, they just know to eliminate everything. They don't really stop and read that.

[17:04] Success depends on how, how strong the marketing leader is in understanding sales.

[19:22] Importance to relearn and unlearn that process. Those who've taken that stronger leadership position accelerate faster.

[20:19] Why it is crucial to redefine product market fit and to re-onboard our entire organization to work from home.


Richard's inspirations:

Blake Hudson

Dickie Walsh

Lori Richardson


Connect with Richard:

LinkedIn

Twitter

The Harrison Consulting Group

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