Tea Time With Tech Marketing Leaders

Kathryn Strachan, Founder & CEO at Copy House, joins to discuss how her content marketing agency has carved out a niche in the B2B tech space. She also discusses how she can potentially leverage AI for proof-reading and scheduling, not in content creation. Down the road, AI will carry the burden of many menial copywriting tasks, for instance writing 500 titles & meta descriptions, but junior copywriting will evolve rather than be replaced.

In a Special Podcast Showcase Episode, we highlight another show on our network, Mike Krass's "What's The Problem?" He and Graham Smith dive into one of Endpoint Security's biggest problems: claiming compliance "out of the box" (or, as out of the box as possible with a dash of professional services on top). Graham talked through what this looks like in the #Education #Cybersecurity space, referencing the CJIS Security Policy that is enforced by the FBI, as well as HIPAA compliance out of the box in the healthcare security space. Check out all 38 episodes of What's The Problem here: https://open.spotify.com/show/31t9iBWIRanKQDbgUHJcoh

This week, Paige Roderick, Demand Generation Manager at Cado Security, joins to discuss the benefits of regional trade shows with a human touch. Face-to-face interaction is important when enabling the sales teams to build relationships.

Emily Mireault, Marketing at Nectar, joins to discuss how a community can deliver value for internal teams and bolster employee engagement. Creating culture through living your mission, vision, & values.

Matthew Ziegler, Director of Product Marketing at Clarity, joins to discuss the challenges of crafting a message, translating between the design team and the potential customer. He speaks to how he utilizes specific environmental knowledge as well as the emotional side, using real, not exaggerated examples to avoid potential scary scenarios. Don’t rely on F.U.D. (Fear, Uncertainty, & Doubt) to push your products.

Marcus Cauchi, CRO at Mobile Practice & Coach at Success With Integrity, joins to discuss how we as sellers & marketers need to understand where our prospective buyers are and meet them there, rather than where we wish them to be. It relies heavily on trust, particularly in the Active-Looking and Decision-Making Phases. “No one buys products, people pay for and rent outcomes.”  “Selling is helping people get their needs met.” Sign-up for his exclusive webinar if you're selling a complex, high-value solution for mid-market and enterprise clients: Email Marcus@laughs-last.com with the subject line "Tea Time with Tech Marketing Leaders Webinar" and tell him why you're interested and any initial questions. He will choose 6-8 companies based on whom he feels he can help the most. Recommended Reading: Bob Moesta - Demand-Side Sales 101 Charles H. Green - Trust-Based Selling

Andy Tzortzinis, Cybersecurity Messaging Mentor, joins to discuss building credibility with your target customer profile. He talks of the shift from Specialist to Generalist, Lead Generation to Demand Generation, and the rise of Product Led Growth. It really goes to show the power of product marketers and their ability to communicate like he gives definitions that are succinct and spot on. He gives examples that tell a very clear story with a through line within less than like two minutes. He has given his communication style, we are able to get it all in here and it feels so smooth, so smooth in terms of this conversation. I can't wait for you to hear it before I get there. Just a little bit about Andy. Andy Tzortzinis is a seasoned messaging expert with over 12 years of PR communications and marketing experience, a lover of dynamic industries, and he starts his marketing career in the food and beverage industry and made his way into cyber, just a few years back. He breeds an authentic and programmatic approach to marketing that is less dependent on industry buzzwords, and just you just focus on using empathy to understand the customer journey. This strategy has led to success in content comms and product marketing roles across a range of security products, services and platforms. And as you will find out he is also a frequent collector of hobbies which we cannot wait to share with you. Full Transcript Additional episodes mentioned: Product Led Growth with Peter Wheeler Tips and tricks to make your product accessible with Josh Martin

Evan Kling, Growth Marketing Manager at Vicarious, joins to discuss how he spearheads different creative campaigns and utilizes his teammates’ specialties in bringing a vision to life in a fast-paced startup environment.

Ashish Malpani, Head of Global Product Marketing for DX, joins to discuss how product marketers can own the process and become the voice of the customer. They need to understand the nuances of each market & vertical particularly in global cybersecurity brands.

Matthew Delman, Director of Marketing at Techstrong Group, joins to discuss how he utilizes classic storytelling techniques in B2b product marketing. “Storytelling is all about finding the levers to pull in your audience to create the response you want to create.”

Joel Silverstein, Director of Content at Invicti Security, joins to discuss how he leverages his background as a print journalist to thrive on the content marketing path. He talks about how long-form research-based content has elevated his cybersecurity firm as a trusted subject-matter expert and how his team takes that content and utilizes it in various marketing initiatives, from Sales to SEO & Paid Ads.

Josh Martin, Technical Solutions Architect at Cyolo, joins to discuss how his team leverages curiosity in the sales process, putting the power back in the users’ hands. They allow the user to think up questions and test drive their tool Walnut.io in a controlled environment.

Stephanie May, Project Manager at Pacific Planning Group,  joins to discuss how she liaisons between engineers, marketers, and clients. She has constructed a library full of acronyms for the industry and different company niches. She utilizes this lexicon to successfully change messaging and communicate effectively to her various audiences.

Cameron 'Cami' Regano , joins to discuss how she identifies pain points (or use cases) and how the sales team addresses those issues smoothly. Story based frameworks helps both marketing and sales teams bolster the inbound pipeline.

Alec Foster, Growth Lead at Stealth & Public Policy Manager at AI Alignment, Inc, joins to discuss GDPR compliance and how companies can protect their users and customer data. Individual control over data is crucial when building trust and ensuring security.

Justin Brock, a B2B SaaS Marketing Leader at Coro Cybersecurity, joins to discuss how he leverages his background as an English teacher to help rewrite websites and simplify complex jargon, abstract acronyms into plain language.

Bryant Pulecio & Theresa Woodiel from DeepInstinct join to discuss how to effectively utilize Account Based Marketing to bolster your cybersecurity company. They stress matching strategic planning, consistent messaging, and a well-rounded tech stack both reach and educate different personas throughout the complex sales process.

Sandy Hawke, Cybersecurity Product Marketer at CISCO, joins to discuss what you need to do for a great product launch, combining storytelling and proper timing. Her key to great product marketing is always starting with the customer in mind, forever listening and iterating.

In this episode, Christian DeGobbi highlights the significance of incorporating emotions in B2B marketing. B2B marketers should use emotions like humor and storytelling to humanize marketing and appeal to emotions that influence decision-making.

This week Chris Cochran, CEO & Co-Founder of Hacker Valley Media, joins to discuss the power of storytelling and the mindset of the cybersecurity practitioner. He has spent many years in the cybersecurity space and now tells stories for a living, including the comparison that cybersecurity practitioners are super athletes, going to battle everyday, training and pushing their craft to new horizons.