What if spending more on marketing is actually making your marketing worse? 😅 In this episode of Blame It On Marketing, Emma and Ruta are joined by Steve Armenti, lifelong marketer and founder of twelth agency, to talk about the big B2B trap: more budget, more leads, more outbound, more tools… but somehow worse results. Steve has worked across agency, Google, DigitalOcean and now ABM, so he’s seen the demand gen machine from multiple sides — including the part where everyone realises the MQL ...

Is creativity really about coming up with beautiful campaigns—or is it simply finding clever ways to solve difficult problems? In this special in-person episode, Emma and Ruta are joined by the team behind Technology for Marketing and eCommerce Expo to explore this year’s theme: Creative Intelligence in Action. We talk about what creativity actually looks like inside a modern marketing team, particularly when budgets are tight, workloads are growing and AI can produce almost anything at the c...

Why are we still having to prove that marketing contributes to revenue? 😅 In this episode of Blame It On Marketing, Emma and Ruta are joined by Karen Lloyd, podcast host, recruiter, headhunter and founder of Armstrong Lloyd, to finally give revenue the dedicated airtime it deserves. We talk about why marketing needs to be commercially accountable, how to prove contribution without getting lost in attribution drama, and what happens when sales and marketing stop trusting each other. Mark...

Live recording from the Leadoo Big Conversion Meetup! This episode focuses on the content portion of websites and how that leads to better conversions. We are joined by Joe Rogers, Fractional Head of Content, and Jonny Kenyon Head of Marketing at Jungle IT.

Is your ICP actually an ICP… or is it just “women aged 25 to 45” in a trench coat? 😅 In this episode of Blame It On Marketing, Emma and Ruta are joined by Ada, CMO of the Year in Lithuania and marketing leader at Norcurrent, the biggest Baltic mobile gaming company, to talk about ideal customer profiles and why most companies still get them painfully wrong. We get into what ICPs really are, how gaming uses customer behaviour to understand value, and why B2B marketers need to stop confus...

Going after a new segment sounds sexy… until you actually try to do it. 😅 New vertical, new geography, new buyer, new motion — and suddenly everything breaks: messaging, pricing, onboarding, customer success, and your sanity. In this episode, Emma and Ruta are joined by Anastasia, founder of B2B Practitioners, to talk about when segment expansion is actually smart — and when it’s a fast track to chaos (especially in seed and Series A land). Marketing confession of the episode: Ana...

B2B influencer marketing is having a moment… but most teams are still treating it like a vibes-based experiment. 😅 In this episode, we take a different angle: B2B influencers as a paid media channel, and what changes when you treat it like a proper media buy. We’re joined by Will and Chris from Moon at Dawn to break down paid, owned, and earned media, where influencers sit across all three, and how to measure impact without pretending a single post is going to “drive pipeline” on its ow...

Side hustles used to be the vibe… but are they still “allowed” now? 😅 In this episode of Blame It On Marketing, Emma and Ruta are joined by Liz Maguire (email marketer for SMEs) to unpack the reality of side hustles in 2026 — what’s healthy, what’s risky, and what it actually teaches you as a marketer. Liz shares her passion project, Flea Market Love Letters — a digital archive of vintage love letters — and we get into the messy middle: monetisation, boundaries, employer perceptions, and why ...

Should you stay… or should you go? 😅 With the job market doing the absolute most, marketers are stuck in the same loop: tolerate the chaos, or risk jumping into something worse. In this episode, Emma and Ruta are joined by Ana Rogerson — B2B marketer turned career coach and mentor — to unpack the real decision framework behind leaving a role, staying put, or going freelance. No “just manifest it” nonsense. Just practical advice for marketers who are tired. Marketing confession of the episode...

If your leadership team only cares about “what did we close?” but you’re stuck reporting traffic, followers and vibes… this episode is for you. 😅 In this live session, we’re joined by Paul (20+ years in marketing, now at Marmalade Marketing and a HubSpot Gold Partner) to get into the actual data and metrics that matter — what to stop reporting, what to track instead, and how to explain B2B buying journeys without hiding behind a funnel diagram. Marketing confession of the episode: Paul ...