The Demand Efficiency Podcast

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Demand Generation

Growth

Sean Sheppard of GrowthX on the importance of “Stage Fit” in SaaS growth

Episode Outline

[04:39] Sean’s background

[07:16] Operational issues and then the other one had to do with just the fundamental shift

[10:13] Reason these companies were failing, had more to do with people and the behaviors of the people

[11:18] Realize that affiliation with a company who's been successful in that industry

[12:04] Hiring and supporting and developing and growing other humans

[14:34] If you think about things from a red, yellow, green perspective, you put people in a stoplight bucket

[16:35] Best fit based on their characteristics and attributes because the majority of the Academy students are adult learners. The true character of a person is not how you act in this life, but how you react.

[17:04] If you don't like something, you already know it. It's probably not going to continue to enjoy it.

[19:22] There's social responsibility, corporate responsibility, environmental responsibility, and personal responsibility.

[20:19] Starting over with the concept of what problems do my customers have right now that can really solve, and growth mindset is going to be more important.


Sean's Inspirations:

His father

His wife

Will Bunker


Connect with Sean:

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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