Let’s Be Honest About Marketing is an appropriately-snarky discussion with marketing leaders about their successes and failures in their careers, and their observations of, and suggestions for improving, the current state of the marketing industry.
Marketing Finesse: Knowing When to Pivot, Persevere, and Push for Excellence with Grant Johnson
Grant Johnson, a seasoned CMO, shares actionable insights on marketing excellence, pivoting, and perseverance, emphasizing the importance of adaptability, curiosity, and disciplined execution in today's fast-changing marketing landscape.
14 Nov 2024
Jennifer Quiroz on The "New Old Way" of Doing Business: How to Thrive in a Post-COVID, AI-Driven World
Jennifer Quiroz is a fractional marketing and branding expert with over 20 years of experience. She joined us to discuss the evolving landscape of marketing in a post-COVID, AI-driven world. She argues that AI and the pandemic have led to digital fatigue, making traditional performance marketing less effective.
Key takeaways from the episode include:
The importance of human connection in marketing: Jennifer emphasizes a "new old way of doing business" that focuses on building genuine relationships, robust networks, and a connector mindset.
Shifting from transactional to relational marketing: She believes that the sales cycle will lengthen as marketers prioritize authentic connections over quick transactions.
The rise of ethical and value-based marketing: Consumers, especially younger generations, expect companies to "do the right thing," including demonstrating ethical sourcing, sustainability, and community engagement.
The power of personifying companies: Jennifer suggests creating detailed personas for companies, including psychographics and personality profiles, to guide consistent and authentic interactions with customers.
Building a network through Slack communities: Quiroz advises new marketers to leverage Slack communities to connect with experienced professionals and potential clients.
Jennifer's insights offer valuable guidance for marketers navigating the changing dynamics of the industry and highlight the enduring importance of human connection in a technology-driven world.
Connect With:
Jennifer Quiroz (Guest): Website // LinkedIn
Jenni DeWitt (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Mike Fazio (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Want to get more Let's Be Honest content? Check out www.letsbehonestaboutmarketing.com
1 Nov 2024
Reclaiming the 4 Ps of Marketing with Kristen Moore
Kristen Moore has helped her fair share of marketing organizations and has been seeing a disturbing trend over the years, the loss of 3 of the 4 Ps of marketing: product, pricing, and place. In this episode we dig into what that means for marketing and some ways we can get them back. Kristen also shares concrete ways to lean into our human-ness for long-term success with AI.
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Kristen Moore (Guest): LinkedIn
Jenni DeWitt (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Mike Fazio (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Want to get more Let's Be Honest content? Check out www.letsbehonestaboutmarketing.com
17 Oct 2024
Paul Kuhne on Viewing Marketing as a Process of Storytelling and Emotional Connection
Paul Kuhne, a marketing leader with over two decades of experience in a diverse range of roles and industries, talks to us about the crucial role of relationship building in marketing, both internally and externally. He argues that marketers must effectively sell the value of marketing within their organizations, building alliances with leadership, peers, and other departments.
Paul stresses tailoring communication to diverse stakeholders and fostering a culture of trust and empowerment within marketing teams. He champions a more creative approach to B2B marketing that resonates with the emotional needs of consumers. He challenges the industry's reliance on stale, formulaic messaging and encourages marketers to embrace unconventional ideas.
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Paul Kuhne (Guest): Website // LinkedIn
Jenni DeWitt (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Mike Fazio (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Want to get more Let's Be Honest content? Check out www.letsbehonestaboutmarketing.com
3 Oct 2024
The need for CMOs to lean into collaboration, with Tracy Sestili
Tracy Sestili has learned a lot about collaboration from years of leading successful marketing teams and transitioning into a role that saw her also lead the sales team as the Chief Revenue Officer. Listen in as Tracy shares her experience of fostering communication between marketing and sales, and get her thoughts on how to balance leadership vision with input from your team.
Connect With:
Tracy Sestili (Guest): CMO2CRO Substack // LinkedIn
Jenni DeWitt (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Mike Fazio (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Want to get more Let's Be Honest content? Check out www.letsbehonestaboutmarketing.com
19 Sept 2024
Caitlin Allen on Working Closely with Your Exec Team, Up-leveling Yourself, and Hiring Well
Caitlin Allen has a history of building great marketing teams that get results. In this episode, she discusses how important it's been to work closely with her executive team members, especially during crisis times that require hard pivots (like the COVID pandemic). She also shares how she has learned to handle areas of perceived weakness, and the how and why we need to hire well.
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Caitlin Allen (Guest): LinkedIn
Jenni DeWitt (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Mike Fazio (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Want to get more Let's Be Honest content? Check out www.letsbehonestaboutmarketing.com
6 Sept 2024
Matt Anthony on Evolving Your Strategy While Keeping a Strong Hold of The Fundamentals
Matt Anthony has helped a number of companies start growing from zero by embracing creative evolution of his strategy while staying grounded in the marketing fundamentals. We talk about how he creates that first inbound spark through to setting up more mature functions like ABM, and how he sees the current and future of some of our favorite outreach channels.
Connect With:
Matt Anthony (Guest): LinkedIn
Jenni DeWitt (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Mike Fazio (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Want to get more Let's Be Honest content? Check out www.letsbehonestaboutmarketing.com
21 Aug 2024
Carrie Reber on Why Marketers Should Build Love and Loyalty in Their Customer Communities
Carrie Reber, a longtime SaaS marketing leader, built an engaged, loyal customer community at Veeam and saw the tremendous value it created for the company and those involved in the community. In this episode, we dig into the story of her community building days and why she thinks it's imperative that we build love and loyalty into our communities.
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Carrie Reber (Guest): LinkedIn
Jenni DeWitt (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Mike Fazio (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Want to get more Let's Be Honest content? Check out www.letsbehonestaboutmarketing.com
8 Aug 2024
Why Scaling at All Costs Might be Costing Us Too Much, with Russ Somers
B2B SaaS marketing veteran, Russ Somers, joins us to discuss how the obsession to do more, grow more, and do it faster is leading towards to a crisis of quality and results. We talk about how there is "remarkable power in doing things that don’t scale” and how we can lean back into quality over quantity.
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Russ Somers (Guest): LinkedIn
Jenni DeWitt (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Mike Fazio (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Want to get more Let's Be Honest content? Check out www.letsbehonestaboutmarketing.com
8 Aug 2024
Keeping the Heart and Revenue in Marketing, with Kim Miller
Considering the current situation where we are all inundated by the promises of GenAI and the efficiencies it will bring, we discuss with seasoned marketing executive and fractional CMO, Kim Miller, why it's so important to lean on our uniquely human skills and how we can keep the heart in marketing while still having a solid focus on driving revenue.
Connect With:
Kim Miller (Guest): Website // LinkedIn
Jenni DeWitt (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Mike Fazio (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Want to get more Let's Be Honest content? Check out www.letsbehonestaboutmarketing.com
7 Aug 2024
Keith Finger on The Need for Marketing Teams to Keep a Wider View of Their Businesses
Keith Finger, long-time marketing leader and the self-proclaimed Revenue Detective, talks about how he approaches troubleshooting revenue problems and why we need to consider the full go-to-market picture when dealing with what may seem like a standard "marketing isn't working" issue.
Connect With:
Keith Finger (Guest): Website // LinkedIn
Jenni DeWitt (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Mike Fazio (Co-Host): Website // LinkedIn
Want to get more Let's Be Honest content? Check out www.letsbehonestaboutmarketing.com
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