CEO To Rainmaker
CEO To Rainmaker
Gene Valdez
Episode # 92 , Marketing Strategies That Really Work- What A Concept!!
36 minutes Posted Nov 17, 2025 at 2:00 pm.
Opening And Episode Theme
Marketing vs Sales Defined
Meet Guest Victoria Hajar
Why “Ugly Ventures” And The Mission
Language, Culture, And Market Fit
Enter AI: Hype, Promise, Caution
Foundations Before AI Agents
Common CEO Mistakes And Missing Docs
The Four Core Marketing Playbooks
Team Design, KPIs, And Leadership
Shiny Objects vs Consistency
Case Study: From Events To Pipeline
Sales Handoffs And Bottlenecks
Upskilling Leaders In Mid-Market Firms
Key Takeaway: Systems Create ROI
How To Reach Victoria And Signoff
Teaser: Santa’s Logistics And YouTube
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Send us Fan Mail Frustrated that marketing feels busy but sales still miss the mark? We sit down with Victoria Hajar—CEO of Ugly Ventures and host of The Scalable Marketing Machine—to draw a bright line between marketing and sales, then rebuild the bridge that makes both perform. Victoria shares how CEOs can move from scattered tactics to a system that creates demand, feeds closers, and proves ROI without guesswork. We start by reframing marketing as opportunity creation and brand clarity, n...