Modern Marketing Engine podcast hosted by Bernie Borges

Bernie and his guests have discussed using AI assistant technology for increased marketing efficiency several times on the show and each time in a slightly different way. Bernie’s guest today is Kevin Colosimo, Senior Director, Digital Strategy and Innovation, North America Marketing at Oracle. Kevin describes how his team is augmenting their workforce with virtual sales assistants powered by AI to produce more conversation-ready leads, aka CoRE.

In this episode, Jay McBain walks through the history of marketing automation, why through-channel marketing is the future, and what businesses can and should do today to prepare. This episode is full of great tips and information if your company is looking to move into the third stage of marketing automation to leverage distribution channels more efficiently.

Tune into today’s episode as Bernie and his guest Kurt Shaver, Co-founder and CSO at Vengreso, summarize the key findings that are published in the 20-page report. Get the full report on the Vengreso website or at stateofdigitalselling.com. Don’t miss out on the full report’s finding to understand how reps are being effective in digital selling through LinkedIn.

In this episode, John Steinert, CMO of TechTarget explains the power of intent data and how marketers can harness it in account-based marketing (ABM). Be sure to listen all the way to the end, as John provides an in-depth view of the process through which TechTarget garners information supporting their buyer intent signals.

The marketing and sales teams in fast-growing technology companies must be aligned to produce measurable results. Conversica is a fast-growing tech company with a leadership team dedicated to marketing and sales being tightly aligned. Learn what it takes to create united marketing and sales groups and how unity produces measurable results, with Rashmi Vittal, CMO, and Gregg Ames, CSO of Conversica.

Utpal Bhatt heads up marketing and is responsible for brand awareness, product marketing, and lead generation at Qubole. In this episode, Bernie and Utpal discuss the different go to market strategies that should be used when entering a cold market versus a hot and happening market. Listen to learn how to determine if you should create a new marketing category or if you are in an existing category and need to differentiate your product.

You won’t want to miss this episode as Dr. Wes Martz, VP of Marketing, and Carl Howe, VP of Sales, discuss how embracing digital transformation at Kadant has positively impacted their marketing and sales alignment and practices allowing their teams to reach customers previously unavailable to them.

Listen to this episode to learn how brands are doing great content marketing, why webinars are still very effective, what isn’t working for content marketing, and why having a clear picture of your audience's content consumption preferences is one of the most important things to understand. As GM of the Content Marketing Institute, Stephanie brings a wealth of experience to this topic, so be sure you listen!

Listen in to learn how Marketing Leadership can create a vision and a plan in collaboration with Sales Leadership to develop the most successful high-performance sales teams. Bernie’s guest on this episode is Meshell Baker, Director of Global Sales Development at the National Association of Sales Professionals and the founder and spokesperson for the Women of Sales & Influence.

Bernie’s guest on this episode is Darryl Praill, CMO of VanillaSoft. On this episode, he provides a clear picture of the evolving role of the Chief Marketing Officer, how it came to be the huge responsibility that it is, and even peeks into the future with his predictions of what is likely to happen for CMOs as time goes on. Don’t miss this episode.

In this conversation, Bernie and Brightcove CMO Sara Larsen talk about the ways brands are using video to reach out and engage their target market, to highlight customer stories, and to make a human connection with those in their audience. Sara also shares a way you can attend the upcoming Brightcove PLAY event via a discounted rate. Be sure to listen to get all the details.

Account Based Marketing is by no means a new topic to marketing professionals. But the advent of new technologies makes the ABM process potentially more effective - if we know how to integrate the proper tech and mindsets into our strategy. On this episode, Bernie speaks with Sydney Sloan, CMO of SalesLoft. Sydney brings a wealth of experience to the conversation, including a prolong at Adobe.

Armen Najarian is a 15 year Silicon Valley marketing veteran who serves as CMO at Agari. Armen led the charge in rebranding the company in order to more effectively differentiate themselves in their market. In this episode, Armen explains why brand marketing must be integrated with the other demand generation vehicles already in place to make the most of your opportunities and stand out in your industry. Join Bernie and Amen on this episode of Modern Marketing Engine.

Chris Sikora has been working diligently to equip his team at CenturyLink to use digital tools to be effective at reach, engagement, and building sales pipeline. Chris is Vice President of Marketing for Strategic Enterprise and The Public Sector at CenturyLink. His background in sales uniquely equips him to help with the digital transformation journey the company is making - and it’s not a small undertaking for a company as large as CenturyLink.

The modern business landscape has changed - and that change is constant. It's imperative that business leaders, sales professionals and marketing teams lead the way in getting stuff done effectively. This episode features Alex Shootman, CEO of Workfront.