Women in B2B Marketing

Podcast Host: Jane Serra, 17+ years in B2B marketing across all industries from SaaS to Marketing Agencies and International Outsourcing.
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Women in B2B Marketing is a weekly podcast dedicated to motivating marketers at all levels in their careers through real-life stories of victory and defeat, challenge and triumph. Our goal is to inspire listeners to achieve more, strive for success, and feel a sense of understanding and community. This is a place where CMOs, VPs of Marketing, and all strong women B2B marketing leaders discuss their top tactics, strategies, and tips for building teams, leveraging trends, and ultimately rocking their marketing careers - however that looks to them. Leading marketing teams everywhere from fortune 500s to startups and challenger brands, these women share their stories of rising to the top - and how they overcame any obstacles that came their way. Made by and for women, insightful for all. Podcast Host: Jane Serra, 17+ years in B2B marketing across all industries from SaaS to Marketing Agencies and International Outsourcing. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womeninb2bmarketing/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/womeninb2bmktg

  1. 2일 전

    125: Process Over Outcomes: The Real Path to GTM Efficiency - with Sidney Waterfall, VP Marketing at OpenBrand

    Sidney Waterfall has led agencies, advised high-growth teams, and now runs marketing in-house at OpenBrand. In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing, we unpack how focusing on process, not outcomes, builds momentum, clarity, and GTM efficiency that actually lasts. Sidney shares how her team runs PR without an agency, uses proprietary data to earn credibility, and measures what truly moves the business forward. From pipeline coverage to process discipline, she offers a refreshingly honest take on what modern marketing leadership really looks like. Here’s what we cover: Why “process over outcomes” is the mindset every marketing leader needsHow OpenBrand built long-term PR credibility through data, not hypeObsessing over inputs instead of chasing metricsPartnering with finance to tie marketing to business outcomesThe frameworks Sidney uses to track rolling pipeline coverage and GTM efficiencyRedefining pipeline sources to align sales and marketing around shared successHow to build a team culture that learns from what doesn’t workWhat Sidney learned moving from consulting to in-house leadership Key Links: Guest: Sidney Waterfall: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidneywaterfall/Host: Jane Serra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/ –– Like WIB2BM? A quick rating or review helps new listeners find the show.

    42분

  2. 10월 29일

    124: How AI Is Changing PR (and Why It’s Having a Comeback) - with Molly George, CEO & Founder of Kickstand

    Molly George has spent her career inside B2B tech and on the agency side. Today she is the CEO and founder of Kickstand, a PR and research firm helping brands win in an AI-shaped search world. In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing, we unpack why PR is having a comeback in B2B, how AI search is changing the playbook, and what modern comms leaders are doing to show up in the consideration set. We also get into Molly’s founder story, the power of setbacks, and practical ways to make PR work alongside demand, content, and product marketing. Here’s what we cover: PR’s real job in B2B and why quick wins are the wrong expectationAI search and brand visibility: how citations shape considerationOwned vs earned in 2025: your site, plus offsite owned profiles like G2, AWS, WikipediaPress releases today: when they help train models and when wires waste budgetFormatting for LLMs: structure, subheads, and consistent boilerplates across propertiesUsing query data to guide narratives, pitches, and thought leadershipReddit for B2B: participate with value, not a megaphoneBudget shifts: why teams are moving dollars from classic SEO to brand and PRStarting an agency while employed, finding the tipping point, and trusting your gut Key Links: Guest: Molly George: https://www.linkedin.com/in/molly-george-kickstand/Host: Jane Serra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/Kickstand: https://meetkickstand.com/Kickstand Research Report on AI and GTM: https://meetkickstand.com/landing/the-zero-click-era-is-here-are-you-ready-to-show-up/ –– Like WIB2BM? A quick rating or review helps new listeners find the show.

    41분

  3. 10월 23일

    123: Building, Bootstrapping, and Doing It Your Way - with Ruta Sudmantaite of Lava Metrics and Emma Davies of Thesmia AI

    Ruta Sudmantaite and Emma Davies have built their careers across marketing, consulting, and now tech entrepreneurship. After meeting as teammates at a B2B SaaS company, they went on to become fractional CMOs, podcast co-hosts of Blame It On Marketing, and founders of their own startups - Lava Metrics, a marketing analytics platform, and Thesmia AI, a low-cost AI assistant for HR teams. In this episode, we talk about building while bootstrapping, the realities of fractional consulting, what it’s like to start companies with your friends (and partners), and how they bring kindness, candor, and community into every room they enter. Here’s what we cover: How Ruta and Emma went from coworkers to fractional CMOs and co-foundersThe differences between starting a consulting practice and a tech companyWhy they believe “two heads are better than one” in fractional workBuilding products without outside funding - patience, scrappiness, and first customersHow to disagree kindly, give feedback, and earn trust with in-house teamsWhy executive presence doesn’t have to look like a suit or a scriptCreating community through honesty: confessions walls, career couches, and real talkThe power of female allies, industry besties, and personal boards of directorsAnd yes, Ruta’s side business selling sourdough starter - and what it taught her about SEO Key Links: Guests: Ruta Sudmantaite: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rutasudmantaite/ Emma Davies: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmadavies1989/ Host: Jane Serra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/ Thesmia AI: https://www.thesmia.ai/ Lava Metrics: https://lavametrics.com/ Blame it on Marketing Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3X0IiwUIupVa4tCNg8AMpR?si=5d01dceb2c6d4c86 Ruta's Epic UK Sourdough co: https://getsourdough.co.uk/ –– Like WIB2BM? Show us some love with a rating or review. It helps us reach more

    54분

  4. 10월 1일

    122: Fun, Focus, and No Duds: Life as a CMO + CRO - with Amanda McGuckin Hager, CMO/CRO at TrueDialog

    Recorded IRL at Pavilion’s GTM2025, Washington DC! Amanda McGuckin Hager has worn many hats in her career—sales, marketing, fractional consulting—and today she holds two big ones: CMO and CRO at TrueDialog. After starting out in sales and quickly realizing her heart was in marketing, Amanda built a path through Austin’s B2B tech community, leading teams, experimenting with growth plays, and eventually taking on dual leadership of sales and marketing. In this episode, we unpack Amanda’s journey, her approach to building strong cultures without “duds,” why she’s protective of her CMO title, and how she’s testing AI and search in practical, creative ways. Here’s what we cover: Amanda’s early pivot from sales into marketing (and why it stuck)What it really looks like to be both CMO and CRO at the same timeResetting a sales org from comp plans to quotas to team structureWhy fewer silos and more shared accountability reduce finger pointingHow to spot (and avoid) “duds” when building teamsThe role of fun and positivity in high-performing leadershipFractional marketing lessons: variety, freedom, and choosing clientsWhy Amanda protects the CMO title (even while running sales)Experiments with LLM optimization, long-tail queries, and AI toolsGuarding deep work time with “no meeting” blocks and shitty first drafts Key Links: Guest: Amanda McGuckin Hager: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda/ Host: Jane Serra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/ Recorded live from Pavilion's GTM2025: https://attendgtm.com/ –– Like WIB2BM? Show us some love with a rating or review. It helps us reach more

    31분

  5. 9월 24일

    121: Reclaiming Marketing’s North Star with AI - with Liza Adams, AI Advisor & Fractional CMO at GrowthPath Partners | REPLAY EP 83

    **Originally published on October 16, 2024** This replay features the brilliant Liza Adams - AI advisor, fractional CMO, and one of the top 50 CMOs to watch in 2024. We talked about her journey from Manila to Michigan, why gratitude fuels her leadership, and how she’s spent 20+ years helping B2B tech companies elevate marketing from “tactical” to truly strategic. Liza’s perspective on AI, trust, and building defensible moats is refreshing and practical - I left this convo inspired and with about ten new quotes for my wall. - Jane ----------- In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing, host Jane Serra sits down with Liza Adams, AI advisor and fractional CMO. Liza shares how her engineering roots shaped her early entry into AI, and why she’s passionate about marketing’s role as a strategic driver of business growth (not just the “campaigns and events team”). This episode covers: Liza’s journey from immigrant roots in the Philippines to tech executive in the U.S.Why marketing must reclaim its North Star: deep customer understandingThe three passions guiding her career: elevating marketing’s strategic value, championing diverse voices, and using business as a force for goodPractical frameworks for evaluating product-market fit and building defensible moatsHow AI can shrink research cycles, spark alignment, and elevate marketers from tacticians to strategistsTrust as the ultimate differentiator - why “brand building” is really “trust building”Examples of how teams are using custom GPTs to boost productivity and decision-makingHer advice to CMOs in today’s “pressure cooker” environment Liza also shares the golden rule of modern marketing: be an amazing human first, then an amazing marketer. (yesssssss!!) Key Links: Guest: Liza Adams: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizaadams/ Host: Jane Serra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/ Discussed in Episode: Disrupt or Be Disrupted: AI's Verdict on Your Product's Defensibility Competitive Defensibility Analyzer GPT –– Like WIB2BM? Show us some love with a rating or review. It helps us reach more listeners. 3

    49분

  6. 9월 17일

    120: Scrappy (Not Crappy!) Ways to Build Brand and Pipeline Without Big Budgets - with Paige Tills, VP of Marketing at #samsales

    Paige Tills didn’t set out to be a marketer. After starting in international relations and higher ed, she pivoted into business development at #samsales - where she built her way into marketing and ultimately grew into the role of VP of Marketing. Paige has built her role from the ground up, shaping the company’s content engine, experimenting with paid and organic channels, and scaling what started as one newsletter into a multi-channel brand presence. In this conversation, we dive into Paige’s journey, her lessons learned on newsletters, social, ads, webinars, YouTube, and AI, and what it takes to market with personality, precision, and scrappiness. Here’s what we cover: Saying yes to pivots and building a career in unexpected placesHow #samsales scaled from one newsletter to a full content ecosystemZero-click content and why click-through isn’t always the goalLinkedIn ads, thought-leader campaigns, and what not to do with targetingYouTube lessons: shorts, long-form, and CTAs that actually workWhy founder-led brands win - and what to do if you don’t have oneMaking webinars engaging without the slide deck snoozefestEarly AI + LLM experiments: traffic, Wikipedia, and Reddit potentialThe role of personal storytelling and motherhood moments on LinkedIn Key Links: Guest: Paige Tills: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paige-tills/ Host: Jane Serra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/ –– Like WIB2BM? Show us some love with a rating or review. It helps us reach more listeners. 3

    45분

  7. 9월 10일

    119: Punching Above Your Weight Starts with Reputation - with Michelle Denogean, CMO at Mindtrip

    Michelle Denogean has one of those careers that makes you stop and take notes. From dreaming of Super Bowl ads to running marketing at eHarmony and Edmunds, advising dozens of startups, writing a book, and now leading as CMO at Mindtrip—she’s lived the full spectrum of B2B and B2C. In this conversation, we dig into what’s working in B2B marketing today, how to scale reputation and relationships, and the career lessons Michelle learned the hard way (and turned into her leadership superpower). Here’s what we cover: Why “reputation” resonates more than “brand” with startup foundersCustomer-as-hero marketing and the power of relationships in B2BScrappy (not crappy!) ways to build brand without big budgetsHow to “punch above your weight” as a startup and look bigger than you areThe decline of email as a pure demand channel (and what to do instead)Why culture is your frontline brand assetHow tough feedback reshaped Michelle’s leadership styleBreaking out of the box: taking on projects beyond your roleNetworking early and outside your company to open career doors This one is packed with practical takeaways and some real talk about the realities of leading teams, advising founders, and building reputation in 2025. Key Links: Guest: Michelle Denogean: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelledenogean/ Host: Jane Serra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/ –– Like WIB2BM? Show us some love with a rating or review. It helps us reach more listeners. 3

    46분

  8. 9월 3일

    118: From Burnout to Buy In: Leading a No-BS Global Marketing Org - with Thao Ngo, SVP of Marketing at Uptempo | REPLAY EP 13

    **Originally published on April 12, 2023** This episode features the one and only Thao Ngo - SVP of Marketing at Uptempo and a total gem of a leader. We talked about building team culture across time zones, leading through three back-to-back acquisitions, and why she ditched PR and the company podcast (and what’s actually working instead). Thao’s smart, hilarious, and brutally honest in the best way. One of my fave convos. - Jane ----------- In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing, host Jane Serra interviews Thao Ngo, SVP of Marketing at Uptempo. Thao shares her unique journey from early-career marketing student to global marketing leader - and the lessons she’s learned from decades in high tech, M&A chaos, and building high-performing, human-first teams. This episode covers: Leading through three acquisitions (and merging tools, teams, and time zones)The chaos and lessons of combining CRMs, MAPs, websites, and work culturesHow to actually build team culture on Zoom (hint: not forced virtual lunches)Why they paused their podcast, PR, and newsletter, and what’s working betterThe live, no-recording MOPs huddles that build real communityHer onboarding playbook, including a slide on "how to work with the CMO"Burnout prevention tips like calendar audits, Slack boundaries, and no-meeting blocksHow Thao uses Slack photos and custom statuses to lead with personalityWhat it's like to lead as an Asian woman in tech, and how she speaks up when it counts Thao also shares why building trust and being yourself is the most powerful tool a marketer can have. Key Links: Guest: Thao Ngo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thaongo/ Host: Jane Serra: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/ –– Like WIB2BM? Show us some love with a rating or review. It helps us reach more listeners. 3

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Women in B2B Marketing is a weekly podcast dedicated to motivating marketers at all levels in their careers through real-life stories of victory and defeat, challenge and triumph. Our goal is to inspire listeners to achieve more, strive for success, and feel a sense of understanding and community. This is a place where CMOs, VPs of Marketing, and all strong women B2B marketing leaders discuss their top tactics, strategies, and tips for building teams, leveraging trends, and ultimately rocking their marketing careers - however that looks to them. Leading marketing teams everywhere from fortune 500s to startups and challenger brands, these women share their stories of rising to the top - and how they overcame any obstacles that came their way. Made by and for women, insightful for all. Podcast Host: Jane Serra, 17+ years in B2B marketing across all industries from SaaS to Marketing Agencies and International Outsourcing. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womeninb2bmarketing/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/womeninb2bmktg

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    Podcast Host: Jane Serra, 17+ years in B2B marketing across all industries from SaaS to Marketing Agencies and International Outsourcing.
  • 방송 연도
    2022년 - 2025년
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    © Copyright 2025 Podcast Host: Jane Serra, 17+ years in B2B marketing across all industries from SaaS to Marketing Agencies and International Outsourcing.
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