We're taking a summer hiatus for the podcast and feeling excited to come back in the fall with new guests, new ideas, and new ways for you to execute your marketing campaigns. Until then, check out Banzai.io for more content like blog posts, webinars, and resources (assessments, checklists, and templates). Have a safe, happy, and healthy summer!

Meet Bridget Poetker, the Director of Content & Brand at Postal, an offline marketing automation platform and marketplace that personalizes, automates, and scales direct mail, events, branded company swag, and customized gifts. Bridget is passionate about authentic brand building and reintroducing creative campaigns into B2B marketing. In this episode, you'll learn why marketers are feeling uninspired these days, and about the intersection between attribution and creativity. You'll discover how gifting can stimulate creativity, as well as unique ways for marketing, sales, and customer success teams to use gifting as part of their relationship building. Finally, we'll reveal how the emotional buyer's journey we use at Banzai compares to the traditional sales and marketing funnel. Enjoy!

Meet Melissa Hummelt, licensed psychotherapist and Clinical Operations Manager at BetterHelp, the world's largest online therapy platform. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, this episode will teach you four mental health tips you've never heard before, as well as why mental health needs to be attended to daily. Great insights in this episode — enjoy!

Meet Corey Haines, creator of Swipe Files and cofounder of SwipeWell. Previously, he was the Head of Growth at Baremetrics and the first marketing hire at Cordial. In this episode, you'll hear why Corey created Swipe Files and how it differs from other marketing communities. You'll learn what it means to market like a media company in a B2B SaaS setting, how you can implement it within your budget and team size, and, finally, how to find a long-term balance between brand and performance marketing.

Meet Jenna Pipchuk, EVP & CSO of SMART Technologies, responsible for global sales, and her colleague, Jeff Lowe, EVP, CMO & CHRO, responsible for external brand strategy, marketing, communications, human resources, and facilities. In this episode, you'll hear how Jenna and Jeff created a new commercial organization at SMART Technologies: a "unified commercial engine" with employees responsible for the entire customer life cycle all working together. You'll learn about the catalyst for this organizational restructure, how they implemented it, and critical pieces like the pod structure and "uber metrics." Lastly, we'll reveal the results they're seeing so far in employee engagement & retention, company culture, and revenue.

Meet Maeva Cifuentes, founder of Flying Cat Marketing, a women-led, full-service SEO agency for B2B martech, salestech, and proptech SaaS companies in hypergrowth. In this episode, you'll hear how Flying Cat Marketing quadrupled a SaaS client's revenue in one year entirely through search. You'll learn how to run an SEO audit and create an SEO plan, what revenue-generating content looks like, and the key metrics to follow during implementation. What's more, you'll uncover the exact mindset you'll need to get results like this. Enjoy!

Meet Brendan Hufford, the founder of Growth Sprints, which helps SaaS companies scale from $10M to $100M ARR. Brendan is also a growth marketer at Active Campaign. In this episode, a conversation about leadership gets real. You'll hear about hiring A-players, what it means to be a manager versus an individual contributor, why we're so quick to promote contributors to managers (and if we should be), and the difference between leaders and managers. Finally, you'll learn how to deal with all of this in a remote work setting while the rest of the world is (sort of) on fire. Lots of great insights wherever you are in your marketing career. Enjoy!

Meet Mandy Thompson, co-founder and CEO of Digital Reach Online Solutions, a full-service digital agency offering holistic solutions that focus on integrations and automations. In this episode, the emphasis is on marketing leadership. You'll hear Mandy and Ashley's fun conversation as they discuss everything from overwhelm, panic, and toxic productivity to the downside of doing rather than being. They also cover the risk of over-accessibility of leaders as marketers. As Mandy says at one point in the chat, "There's nothing good about waking up and feeling like the day is chasing you." It's a shorter episode, but it's down, dirty, and super fun!

Meet Kristen Bryant Smith, the Director of Content Marketing at Help Scout, a certified B-corps whose software helps growing businesses better support their customers. Prior to Help Scout, Kristen spent three years at Wistia. In this episode, you'll hear about a powerful brand marketing initiative called "In the Works." You'll learn what it takes to put together a new online publication, the role creativity can play in brand differentiation and engagement, how to take an evolutionary approach to audience development, and the ROI in creating timeless content. Enjoy!

Meet Mandy Thompson, co-founder and CEO of Digital Reach Online Solutions, a full-service digital agency offering holistic solutions focusing on integrations and automations. In this episode, you'll hear about a SaaS case study where they combined ABM with intent data and a HubSpot integration to boost demo bookings by 1,800% and SQLs by 500%. Lots of gems about demand generation await. Enjoy!