Here are the top ten episodes for the Leader Generation Podcast from Mod Op. The Leader Generation podcast features conversations, interviews and Q&As with Tessa Burg and influential marketers in the B2B and B2C industries who share how to win at digital and pipeline marketing. Tessa Burg is Chief Technology Officer at Mod Op, a digital marketing agency that uses deep expertise in search, social, website design, and marketing automation to help clients accelerate their sales pipeline. Tessa has been leading data-driven marketing and technology product teams for 17 years and has successfully executed a test-and-learn approach across hundreds of experiments, new product launches, and omnichannel campaigns.
10: The Role Of Market Research In B2B Lead Generation
Market research helps marketers gain insights into consumer behavior, attitudes, opinions, and preferences.
But how important is it in B2B lead generation and marketing communication? Can market research help you develop more effective strategies and campaigns?
Explore this topic with expert market researcher, Lauren Schmidt from the full-service marketing research and consulting company NSRC.
About Lauren Schmidt:
Lauren Schmidt is the Senior Director of Client Services & Strategy at NSRC. She has 20+ years of quantitative research experience with clients in a wide range of industries. While Lauren has an extensive skill set, she’s most passionate about B2B and Voice of Customer (VoC) research as well as driving ROI. Lauren’s philosophy is that market research is a necessity—not a luxury.
9: Innovation and Thought Leadership In The Physical Branding Space
Guest speaker, Vinessa Lullo, has more than 15 years of marketing and product development experience. Her team prides itself on customizing products and services to meet the demands of customers. However, a recent merger and the COVID-19 outbreak drastically changed their business. Vinessa shares how her company became extremely nimble and changed processes to customize products, marketing, and sales to meet new customer needs and safety requirements.
About Tessa’s guest:
As the Marketing Director for MC Group | Icon, Vinessa manages and executes multi-platform marketing campaigns for Fortune 100 to 500 companies in three divisions: Signage, Maintenance, and Construction. Vinessa is best known for strategically launching comprehensive marketing programs, internal and external branding, streamlining processes, rejuvenating company cultures, and implementing cost-saving measures to increase revenue.
8: How To Bridge The Gap Between Sales and Marketing
Marketing and sales are both important parts of any business. However, if they don’t work together, then there is no way to succeed. How do you show the value of marketing to sales, especially in B2B industries like manufacturing?
Long-time manufacturing marketer, Monica Gasbarre, talks about how to align marketing to organizational sales goals. Plus, how to build strong relationships on a foundation of communication and collaboration so marketing and sales act as one team.
Listen to this episode to learn how to bridge the gap.
About Monica Gasbarre:
An experienced marketing leader, Monica is the Director of Marketing & Sales Operations at Spartronics. She has a strong reputation for developing strategic marketing plans that she oversees from initiation to final execution. Monica supports and achieves corporate objectives by successfully managing programs dedicated to customer retention, lead generation, demand generation and sales enablement.
7: B2B eCommerce: The Evolution Of Online Grocery
How have customer expectations evolved in the food and grocery industry? What role do digital and e-commerce play in the selection and purchase process? We’ll explore these questions and more with Jay Scherger, the Director of Ecommerce Accelerator at Kroger. After this episode, you’ll have a better understanding of how we—as B2C, B2C, B2C2B and B2B digital marketers—can make shopping an easier and more enjoyable experience for customers.
About Jay Scherger:
Jay Scherger is the Director of Ecommerce Accelerator at Kroger. He leads a digital and technology team that’s dedicated to rapidly designing, developing and launching integrated and stand-alone e-commerce concepts. new customer and commercial concepts. Jay has spent 15+ years developing data-driven vision and strategy for a wide range of retail and consumer packaged goods. His experience includes leading innovation at companies such as 84.51˚, McKinsey & Company, dunnhumby and more.
6: The Future Of Data For B2B Marketers
Data drives B2B marketing. But many marketers question how upcoming changes will shape the future of digital marketing.
What’s happening with cookies? How will the migration to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) impact marketing? Is there new legislation around customer data?
Tim Hayden, CEO of Brain+Trust, talks about data unification. He also discusses trends in data strategy and what B2B marketers should focus on now and in 2023.
This episode of the Leader Generation Podcast is hosted by Tessa Burg, Chief Technology Officer at Mod Op.
About Tim Hayden:
Tim Hayden is the founder and CEO of Brain+Trust, a strategic consultancy that empowers brands to grow revenue by leveraging their primary data. Before Brain+Trust, he headed marketing at Zignal Labs, a real-time media intelligence platform used by Facebook, Google, Uber, IBM, and others to identify influencers and for reputation management. Hayden is also former head of the Mobile program at Edelman Digital in North America. He has served as a catalyst for transformational change within some of the world’s leading brands, including Dell Technologies, Bacardi USA, McDonald’s, Shell Oil, Hilton Worldwide, Kraft Foods, and Walmart.
5: The Death Of MQLs: How To Measure Marketing Performance
Most of today’s marketing performance is measured by MQLs. A marketing-qualified lead is a prospect that the marketing team determines is worthy of being passed along to the sales team.
The challenge? Salespeople in the B2B space typically look for best-fit accounts versus individual prospects. Therefore, marketing and sales aren’t on the same page.
Jon Miller, Chief Marketing Officer at Demandbase, discusses marketing and sales alignment. Using data to access purchase intent. Switching to MQAs (marketing qualified accounts) as a performance metric, and so much more.
Listen to this episode of the Leader Generation Podcast hosted by Tessa Burg, Chief Technology Officer at Mod Op.
About Jon Miller:
Jon is a marketing entrepreneur and thought leader. He is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Demandbase, the leading account-based marketing platform. Previously, Jon was the CEO and founder of Engagio (acquired by Demandbase) and was co-founder at Marketo (Nasdaq:MKTO), a leader in marketing automation.
Jon is a frequent speaker at conferences including Dreamforce, MarketingProfs B2B, Marketing Operations Executive Summit, OMS, and the Marketing Nation Summit. He is also the author of numerous e-books, including Complete and Clear Guide to Account-Based Marketing and the Definitive Guide to Marketing Automation.
4: Returning To In-Person Sales & Marketing Events
In-person sales and marketing events are a great way to connect with potential customers and build relationships. They also provide a unique opportunity to meet new contacts, network with other professionals and create community.
But what does it take to build a tight-knit community? And how do you drive traffic to in-person events post-pandemic?
Tessa Burg catches up with Cathy McPhillips during MAICON (Marketing AI Conference). Cathy discusses what it’s like to host an in-person event in 2022 as well as lessons she learned along the way.
About Cathy McPhillips:
Cathy McPhillips is the Chief Growth Officer at the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute, overseeing product growth, marketing, sales and customer experience.
McPhillips was VP of Marketing at the Content Marketing Institute and their flagship event, Content Marketing World, for almost a decade. She owned her own strategic marketing consultancy focusing on nonprofit and service sector marketing and media and was media supervisor at Wyse Advertising in Cleveland. She was part of Ohio University’s Jerry L. Sloan Visiting Professionals in Public Relations program, and regularly guest lectures at area colleges and universities.
McPhillips was named a Folio: Top Women in Media, a MarTechExec 50 Women You Need to Know in Martech, and currently sits on Ohio University’s College of Business Marketing Advisory Board.
3: Marketing Support Businesses Need To Successfully Sell Your Products
As B2B marketers, it’s important to understand what businesses in service and trade industries need from us. What marketing support could help operators, contractors, dealers, brokers and owners better sell our products?
Mark Wilson—Marketing Manager at Fire & Ice Heating and Air Conditioning—shares his insights. He talks about the importance of products with brand equity, support that fuels his company’s marketing efforts, local activations from manufacturers, and more.
About our guest, Mark Wilson:
Mark Wilson is the Marketing Manager at FIRE & ICE Heating and Air Conditioning. He’s a marketing communications professional with 12+ years of experience in the field. Mark has a wide array of project experience in team management, inbound marketing, lead generation and more. This experience is complemented by a robust technical skillset. Mark enjoys utilizing his skills to maximize the potential of those he works for and supervises.
2: Why Brand Loyalty Is More Important Than Ever
US inflation skyrocketed to a 40-year high. Today’s consumers face price hikes on everything from clothing to groceries—and all the categories in between.
Can well-known brands maintain customer loyalty? Can they prevent buyers from trading down and purchasing products based on price?
Kevin Krekeler and Tessa Burg discuss the importance of brand loyalty and how marketers can cultivate it to build customer retention. Hear all about it on this episode of Lead(er) Generation.
About Kevin Krekeler:
Kevin Krekeler is the Director of Client Engagement at Mod Op. In his role, Kevin connects the agency with new clients. Plus, develops strategies to help existing clients connect with their customers.
With his broad experience in B2B and consumer markets, Kevin understands the business challenges that clients face. He also provides the expertise to help them achieve the results they expect.
1: Tips To Execute Account-Based Marketing Strategy
Account-based marketing is one of the most effective ways for B2B companies to reach decision-makers of right-fit accounts.
In our live ABM Panel Discussion, marketing and sales leaders explained why account-based marketing is so beneficial for B2B.
On this episode, we continue the conversation and dive into ABM execution. Katie St. Peter answers questions about resources, technology, tools, marketing channels, measurement, and more.
Follow along for tips on how to kickstart your ABM strategy.
About Katie St. Peter:
Katie St. Peter is a marketing professional with specialties in account-based marketing, digital transformation, demand generation, sales enablement, SEO/SEM, experiential marketing, content writing, website design, and PPC.
She’s currently the Digital Campaigns Manager at the threat intelligence company, Cybersixgill. Previous employers include Rockwell Automation, where Katie gained her passion for account-based marketing. Plus, Nordson Corporation, where Katie introduced account-based marketing programs to drive revenue.
