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The Stack

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If you want to nail your strategy, build a revenue machine and take your sales to the next level ⁠— it’s time to look at your tech stack. 

Each week host Dan McGaw, CEO and founder of McGaw.io takes us to the bleeding edge of the modern tech stack. He speaks with people who are killing it in product, ops, sales, marketing and beyond to uncover the tech stack that’s making their wildly ambitious revenue goals a reality.

Episodes

How SumoQuote Hit a Consistent 33% Conversion Rate with Brandon Healey, VP of Sales & Marketing

In this episode, Brandon Healey, VP of Sales & Marketing at SumoQuote, tells the story of SumoQuote's agile journey from a functional solution within a roofing company to a standalone SaaS success acquired by Job Nimbus. Brandon dives deep into how SumoQuote, leveraging industry insights and strategic sales approaches, achieved an impressive 33% conversion rate from free trial to new customer. He sheds light on using the free trial model. He emphasizes the importance of critical metrics such...

Mar 12, 202431 min

B2B Attribution Strategies to Drive Growth and Increase ROI with Andy Caron (RP), Drew Smith (Attributa), and Steffen Hedebrandt (Dreamdata)

Understanding B2B attribution can feel overwhelming with the array of tools, platforms, and models. While attribution isn't a cure-all for marketing issues, it's a crucial optimization tool. Approaching it with realistic goals can effectively steer marketing investments. Industry experts Andy Caron, President of Revenue Pulse, Drew Smith, Co-founder and CEO of Attributa, and Steffen Hedebrandt, Co-founder and CMO of Dreamdata, share strategies and what to watch out for in 2024. Main Takeaways De...

Feb 27, 202440 min

Drive Adoption and Scale Net Recurring Revenue without PQLs with Mallory Lee, VP of Revenue Operations at Nylas

Nylas has sidelined Product Qualified Leads (PQLs) in their strategies. But what does this mean? In this episode, Mallory Lee, VP of Revenue Operations at Nylas, shares her insights on how Nylas challenges the traditional concept of Product Qualified Leads (PQLs). Instead, it focuses on user engagement and identifying high-return users to drive enterprise-level adoption. A growth strategy that revolves around product usage. Mallory emphasizes the importance of users trying the product before mak...

Feb 19, 202444 min

Build a Customer-Centric Tech Stack for DTC and B2B Revenue Growth with Daan Goossens, VP of Growth at Mysa

Step into the dynamic world of smart home devices and discover Daan's expert insights on striking the perfect balance between strategic marketing, consumer experience, and technical adoption. In this episode, Daan Goossens, VP of Growth at Mysa, shows us how his calculated approach to SMS strategy and discounting has significantly contributed to Mysa's bottom line. By understanding and leveraging its unique position within the smart thermostat market, Mysa navigated the challenges of traditional...

Feb 12, 202438 min

Drive B2B Growth with a Customer-Centric Approach in Product-led Growth Strategies with Aaron Bird (Inflection), Laura Schaffer (Amplitude) and Francis Brero (MadKudu)

Traditional paradigms in the rapidly changing landscape of B2B enterprises are being challenged by the emergence of a potent growth model – Product-Led Growth (PLG). So, what is PLG, and how can B2B companies harness its power to stay afloat, thrive, and drive customer-centricity in an increasingly competitive market? In this episode, Dan invites a lineup of product experts, including Aaron Bird, CEO at Inflection, Francis Brero, Chief Product Officer at MadKudu, and Laura Schaffer, VP of Growth...

Feb 06, 202440 min

DTC Omnichannel Strategies using Data Centralization and Activation with Maxime Lagresle

The right data analysis tools can significantly increase decision-making agility and accessibility for all business stakeholders. Centralizing sales channel data is crucial for a seamless omnichannel experience. By using reverse ETL activation, companies can revolutionize data utilization to enhance customer engagement proactively. Maxime Lagresle is the Head of Data at Veronica Beard , a contemporary fashion brand known for trailblazing in the direct-to-consumer (DTC) space. Maxime evolved from...

Jan 30, 202439 min

Drive D2C Growth by Humanizing Brand and Marketing Strategy with Aaron Wollner, CMO of Quontic Bank

Quontic has made a remarkable shift towards embracing qualitative insights, recognizing the importance of humanizing the brand. It's not about abandoning data or experimentation; instead, it's about finding a balance. Aaron Wollner, the CMO of Quontic Bank, shares insights on leveraging technology to create a seamless customer experience. He talks about the power of social proof and the role of testing in driving D2C growth. He emphasizes humanizing the brand, utilizing data analytics, and colle...

Jan 22, 202440 min

Nail B2B Deals using Multithreaded Strategies and Effective Messaging with Trinity Ngyuen

The B2B SaaS landscape is always shifting, and it's crucial to have a comprehensive strategy in place. When everyone is cutting tech costs, you need a new way to appeal to buyers. One approach that has proven to be highly effective is multithreading, a method that involves engaging multiple stakeholders within an organization to drive sales and revenue.  In this episode, Trinity Nguyen, VP of Marketing at User Gems, successfully implements a multithreading strategy and achieves impressive r...

Jan 16, 202440 min

How Workshop Found Product-Market Fit Leveraging Customer Feedback with Jamie Bell, VP of Marketing at Workshop

On Today’s Show: Early-stage companies face numerous challenges, including a need for more resources and tools and uncertainty about the viability of their solution. Even worse, you may be building a product that customers don’t want. In this episode, Jamie Bell, VP of Marketing at Workshop, shares the company's journey to find product-market fit and their focus on early growth. Once essentially a company intranet builder, Workshop now focuses on being more than just an internal email solution. ...

Jan 09, 202433 min

Leveraging Intent Data for High-Impact Marketing Campaigns with Mark Kilens, CMO at Airmeet

Intent data has become a pivotal tool for understanding and engaging with prospects. But how can marketers effectively harness its potential? Airmeet’s Chief Marketing Officer, Mark Kilens, has gone all in to understand and leverage intent data to get more prospects down the funnel. But it's not just about data. Mark emphasizes the foundational importance of understanding your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP). This deep knowledge forms the bedrock of all marketing endeavors, ensuring that every camp...

Dec 12, 202337 min

Drive Revenue by Maximizing Exposure and B2B Touchpoint Value with Juliette Kopecky, CMO of LinkSquares

LinkSquares takes a personal approach to B2B marketing. Their intense and memorable event strategy doesn't just stop at the top of the funnel. Instead, they're pushing boundaries by maximizing the value of each touchpoint, ensuring a seamless journey for potential clients. In this episode, Dan McGaw talks with Juliette Kopecky, CMO at LinkSquares, about her comprehensive event strategy. Juliette's strategy is based on the Mere-Exposure effect, and involves taking over events with intense visibil...

Dec 04, 202331 min

Boost B2B Pipeline ROI by Building a Trustworthy Community with Ronen Shetelboim, VP of Marketing at Tessian

Field marketing isn't about hosting numerous events; it's about fostering a community. Ronen's perspective is refreshingly different. He believes in the transformative power of field marketing, not only as an event-driven strategy but as a tool for community-building. In this episode, Ronen breaks down why traditional SaaS marketing methods aren't as effective in cybersecurity, emphasizing the need for personalized strategies. Ronen has cracked the code generating a robust pipeline in this indus...

Nov 27, 202330 min

Mastering B2B Engagement: Hyper-Personalization and Multi-threading with Mariana Cogan of People.ai

In this episode, Mariana Cogan, CMO of People.ai, shares her unique tactics for tracking conversions, understanding digital journeys, and using tools like Hotjar and UserTesting.com to create a highly personalized, multithreaded experience. She emphasizes that multithreading deals involving engaging multiple organizational stakeholders can significantly increase the win rate by 34%. Mariana argues that understanding the relationship between these business units and creating personalized connecti...

Nov 20, 202338 min

Playbook for Scaling Real-Time Personalization with Mario D’Agostino, VP at FanDuel

On Today’s Show: In today's digital landscape, personalized user experiences are desirable and necessary. Mario D'Agostino, VP of Product and Product Analytics at FanDuel, is a seasoned veteran in the tech industry who understands the value of leveraging real-time data and probability algorithms to create personalized user experiences. FanDuel is the biggest online real money gaming company and the leading sports booking app in the US. It commands over 40% market share and has 14 million active ...

Nov 06, 202334 min

RevOps: A Genuine Force or Rebranded SalesOps? With Ahmed Chowdhury (Data.ai), Darrell Alfonso (Indeed) and Deven Pearson (McGaw)

RevOps has been getting a lot of hype recently. The 2023 LinkedIn Jobs on the Rise Report , even called RevOps, is the fastest-growing career opportunity in the US. But what’s with the traction for a seemingly unexplored and mysterious role? Is it just another fad? Or is the speed of the bandwagon warranted?  We invited Ahmed Chowdhury, Sr. Director of Global Revenue Operations at Data.ai , Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations at Indeed.com , and Deven Pearson, Dir...

Oct 24, 202340 min

How to Build Your Marketing Stack in 2023 with Jon Miller, CMO of Demandbase and Adam Greco, Product evangelist for Amplitude

2023 will be a fascinating time for marketing and tech, and you may be wondering how to build and optimize your stack. In this episode, Join Dan McGaw and industry leaders Jon Miller, CMO of Demandbase, and Adam Greco, Product evangelist for Amplitude, as they discuss the most important tech stack trends you must consider to win big and boost revenues in 2023. It’s no secret that the marketing technology landscape is constantly evolving. Driving growth in a tumultuous economy with your mark...

Dec 21, 202246 min

Happy Holidays! We're taking a break.

The Stack team is taking a break to spend time with our friends and family over the holiday season. We’ll be back in late January with more episodes all about killer marketing strategies and the tools making them possible. In the meantime, check out the details for our upcoming live recording! Webinar: How to Build Your Marketing Stack in 2023 ....

Nov 30, 20223 min

How Partnerships Saved HubSpot with Scott Brinker, VP of Platform and Ecosystem

“Building an ecosystem is hard,” says Scott, VP of Platform and Ecosystem at HubSpot, “You got to think bigger than just the marketplace.” In this episode, Scott and Dan dive deep into the inner workings of HubSpot’s partner strategies, how they have led them to create a dominant MarTech platform, and the tech stack they use to achieve their goals. Key Takeaways Integration is vital to business success, and consolidating data into suites or platforms is a standard solution for companies with too...

Nov 23, 202237 min

Leveraging B2B community for next-level growth with Jack Foster, VP of Marketing at WorkRamp

B2B communities are hot right now and for a good reason. Having a loyal group of people rallied around your business is a crazy useful resource for growth. Investing in community and learning is how Jack Foster, VP of Marketing at WorkRamp, is driving next-level growth. Being a part of an LMS platform means that Jack understands the value of both community and learning, which is why she’s so committed to investing in both avenues.  While LMS and community naturally complement each other, co...

Nov 16, 202234 min

Innovation at the "Leading Edge" of D2C and B2B with David Zucker, CMO of Purdue Farms

Despite being over 100 years old, Perdue Farms is still a beacon for the future of B2B and D2C business. Their e-commerce game is insanely impressive. From building out partner integrations that allow customers browsing recipes on their site to export the ingredients list into a cart at their local partner outlets, to partnering with Samsung to sell Perdue products from smart fridges, Perdue is already living in the future. But getting to that future comes with smart strategies and successful pa...

Nov 09, 202240 min

480% Growth in 12 months - with Dan Waldschmidt, CRO at Panzura

Efficiency, effort, and details. Those are the three things that Dan Waldschmidt has focused on to drive Panzura to over 480% growth in just the past year. Dan is rocketing Panzura to insane heights by making careful decisions and getting the most from his team and tools.  One way he’s doing that is by creating seamless connectivity with an all-in-one suite model for his tech stack. He’s also gone all in on Google products and training his team to get the most out of them. Main Takeaways: H...

Nov 02, 202242 min

Optimize your DTC ROAS via constant testing Manbir Sodhia, VP of Growth Marketing at ŌURA

Why would you spend more when you can spend less for better results? That’s the question Manbir Sodhia is constantly asking himself. As the VP of Growth Marketing at Ōura, his goal is never to stop improving his ROAS, which he does by treating every campaign like an experiment. Manbir is constantly running various forms of tests. He’s got standard A/B, multivariate, canary, and a lot more, but his big focus is incrementality.  And when it comes to getting customers down the funnel, Manbir h...

Oct 26, 202239 min

Quarterly Themes to Boost Your B2B Pipeline with Grant Johnson, CMO at Emburse

Generating meaningful prospects for your pipeline doesn’t come through shotgun marketing. It comes through smart strategies and full-team alignment. That’s why Grant Johnson is so big on quarterly themes. Grant is the CMO at Emburse. He’s all about meaningfully speeding up his pipeline velocity, and making smart choices to leave time for the best prospects. His themes are helping his team make focused decisions to get those prospects in the pipeline. From there, he’s tracking and pushing only th...

Oct 19, 202233 min

Getting your B2B Messaging Right to Win with Peep Laja, CEO of Wynter

How do you build a reputation as a new company if what you’re offering has never been done before? This is a feat Peep Laja, CEO and Founder of Wynter had to overcome when he brought Wynter to market.  For him, a lot of it comes down to messaging and tracking where that messaging is working. In the early stages of tracking that data, Peep says “qualitative is king”. Peep is also focused on keeping things lean, and putting his efforts toward big clients that will drive their recognition.&nbs...

Oct 12, 202226 min

Delivering D2C Value the Zappos Way with Aaron Magness, CMO at Thistle

When Tony Hsieh led Zappos to game-changing online success, he did it by putting the customer experience first. The story of the retailer is a marketing legend, and Aaron Magness was part of that. Aaron is the CMO at Thistle. He also spent 3 and half years with Zappos, where he learned the advantages and skills involved in making the customer experience a top priority. Now he’s bringing that approach to Thistle to drive growth. He joins us to tell us all that he learned and how he’s applying tha...

Oct 05, 202233 min

Multi-threading B2B Sales with value, not hacks with Norullah Sharifi, VP of Sales Development at Sendoso

If you had one tactic that would drive 3X more results would you do it? Of course. But what if the caveat was an increased risk of losing those deals? Norullah Sharifi has found the answer on how to drive those 3X results without upping your risk factor. Multi-threading. For successful multi-threading, Norullah, VP of Sales Development at Sendoso, pushes value, not hacks. Given that Sendoso is a gift-giving platform, that value factor comes naturally to Norullah. As a result, his SDR and BDR tea...

Sep 28, 202239 min

Strategy over Tech with Chris Walker, CEO of Refine Labs

The tech stack is essential to any business in our modern age, but just introducing tools to your workflow isn’t going to immediately solve problems. Your tech stack is only as good as the strategy to implement it. Chris Walker is the CEO of Refine Labs, a go-to market strategy firm that works with B2B SaaS companies to drive their demand engine. Chris thinks that too often people assume their tools are broken when really their strategy just sucks.  Main Takeaways: Why strategy is key and h...

Sep 21, 202230 min

Building a Modern Data Stack to Drive Growth with Scott Edmonds, CRO at Syncari

Building a modern data stack is a must-have for fast-growing companies that care about the customer experience. And you can’t build a modern data stack without having a good RevOps team to support it. Scott Edmonds, Chief Revenue Officer at Syncari, a data automation platform all about getting your tools in sync, joins us for this episode. Scott is a martech legend and was the first sales hire at Marketo and pushed global growth for the company.  Main Takeaways: Why every company should be ...

Sep 14, 202232 min

Building a Product Marketing Gold Standard Through Collaboration with Aygun Suleymanova, VP of Product Marketing at Datadog

In 2016, Datadog was in the top ten of Deloitte’s Fast 500 List which ranks the fastest-growing companies in North America. The cloud monitoring and analytics platform exploded onto the market and has continued to make its presence known. Aygun Suleymanova joined the team in January 2022 as the VP of Product Marketing to expand on that growth. She’s been flexing her expertise in product marketing for over a decade for various companies including five years at Salesforce.  In this episode, s...

Sep 07, 202239 min

Interactive Marketing and Driving Conversions With Alessandra Colaci, VP of Marketing at Mailshake

Alessandra Colaci joined Mailshake as VP of Marketing in 2020. For two years now, she’s been leading with an approach to keep things simple and smart. For Mailshake, keeping things simple is important. As a sales outreach tool, they’re in a crowded market, so their strategy is to rise to the top with effective simplicity. They also have the advantage of being a marketing forward company with Sujan Patel as CEO. That’s something Alessandra really values about her workplace. She tells us about tha...

Aug 31, 202240 min
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