B2B Marketing Podcast

In this week’s episode of the B2B Marketing Podcast, David Rowlands Head of Product, B2B Marketing and Propolis sat down with Lynzi Ashworth, Marketing Director, Aon to discuss marketing’s impact on the overall business and more importantly - how to prove it. From understanding the growth priorities in the business to getting into a strategic mindset and showcasing your brand success, they discuss...

In this week’s episode of the B2B Marketing Podcast, Joel Harrison is joined by Chris Wright, Commercial and Marketing Director, BSI and Simon Rusling, Head of Marketing, Barnett Waddingham. This week’s podcast is in association with Propolis, our community and intelligence platform which gives you access to insights to make decisions, connect with experts and unlock actionable guides and content....

In this week's episode of the B2B Marketing Podcast, Joel Harrison, Editor-in-chief, B2B Marketing sat down with Marcio Arnecke, CMO of digital marketplace, Stenn. They talk about where Stenn’s name comes from, how the company has evolved in the last few years, as well as the brand’s ultimate growth objective. In addition, Joel brought up how growth marketing was the number one trend in our 2024 T...

In this episode of The B2B Marketing Podcast, David Rowlands, Head of Product at Propolis, caught up with Shane Redding, Propolis Strategy Expert to discuss the need for marketers to become commercial marketers. David and Shane define what we mean by ‘commercial marketer’ in the first place, why so many marketers aren’t acting in this fashion, and what we can do today to start changing the way we...

In this week's episode of the B2B Marketing Podcast, Joel Harrison, Editor-in-Chief, B2B Marketing, spoke with Andrea Herbert, Marketing Director, Gamma to discuss the company’s new fluffy (in a good way) brand. They talk about everything from Gamma’s current goals as a brand to its culture and people-first approach. They then dived into Gamma’s #GoodTogether brand campaign, which features a big f...

In this week’s episode of the B2B Marketing Podcast, Joel Harrison, Editor in Chief, B2B Marketing, spoke with Helen Whetton, Global Brand and Marketing Director, BT to discuss their latest campaign and brand transformation. The two delve into everything from running a global marketing team to why the word ‘business’ was mentioned 21 times in its brand campaign, “We’ve Got Your Back” – there is a...

In this latest episode of The B2B Marketing Podcast, David Rowlands, Head of Content, B2B Marketing, catches up with Eric Glass, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, at Dayforce - a human resources software and services company. Eric explains the impetus behind the rebrand, how they put storytelling at the very heart of the endeavour, and the results it's driving so far.

In this week’s episode, Kavita Singh, Senior Content Editor, B2B Marketing, spoke with Gareth Clark, Senior EVP Customer Experience, Just Global to talk about their win for ‘B2B global agency of the year’ at our 2023 B2B Marketing Awards. They talk about everything from Just Global's people-first approach to the key to global alignment and some top tips for nurturing a good agency-client relations...

Guess what? Our 2024 Trend Tracker is now live - we asked both client-side and agency-side marketers to share their thoughts on various B2B trends making headlines in the industry. In this week’s episode of the B2B Marketing Podcast, Joel Harrison, Editor-in-Chief, B2B Marketing, spoke with Shane Redding, Strategy and Evolution Expert, Propolis to dive into some of the exclusive insights from our...

In this episode of The B2B Marketing Podcast, David Rowlands, Head of Content, B2B Marketing spoke with Benoit Soucaret, the Chief Experience Officer at Merkle EMEA, to chat through Merkle’s latest report: B2B Futures: The View from 2020, which you can read here: https://bit.ly/4a1n095 Benoit talks through the five key areas that B2B marketers should focus on if they want to differentiate themselv...

In this week’s episode of the B2B Marketing Podcast, David Rowlands, Head of Content, B2B Marketing, spoke with David DeCheser, Chief Creative Officer, Valtech to talk about Valtech’s rebranding and why the experience innovation company decided to do it in the first place. They delve into everything from what traps to avoid when creating your brand creative to why building diverse teams is key for...

In this week’s episode of the B2B Marketing Podcast, David Rowlands, Head of Content, B2B Marketing spoke with Johan Thorbjornsson, Partner, McKinsey and Company about the pros and cons of utilizing generative AI. They dive into everything from which leaders oversee AI technology to the business implications of genAI as well as the pros and cons that come with experimentation. They also tease his...

Want to know the secret behind a brand-driven award-winning campaign? In this week’s episode of the B2B Marketing Podcast, Kavita Singh, Senior Content Editor, B2B Marketing sat down with Aniela Unguresan, Founder, EDGE and Andy Greaves, Global GTM Lead, Gravity Global to discuss their Gold win for ‘Best Brand Initiative’ at the 2023 B2B Marketing Awards. They dive into the success of their divers...

A few weeks ago, it was announced that Havas acquired Ledger Bennett to advance its ambitions in the UK and globally. In this week’s episode, Joel Harrison, Editor-in-chief, B2B Marketing sat down with Andrea Glenn, CEO, Ledger Bennett to talk about the acquisition. They talk about how this acquisition affected their agency from a global perspective as well as how Ledger Bennett navigated the sale...

In this episode, David Rowlands spoke with Sophie Bowkett, CMO, Bird & Bird about their recent rebrand. They discuss everything from the importance of brand in the first place, right through to how you can put emotion at the centre of everything you do. If you'd like to learn more about Propolis, just head here: https://b2bmarketing.net/propolis

In this week’s episode of the B2B Marketing Podcast, Kavita Singh, Senior Content Editor, B2B Marketing, spoke with Mark Hodge, Vice President of Marketing, McCain Foods; Gavin Dunn, Managing Director, KERB+ as well as Rebecca Lewis-Stanton, Client Services Director, Omne and Jasmine Preen, Senior Account Manager, Omne to discuss their Bronze win for ‘Best purpose-led program’ at the 2023 B2B Mark...

In this episode of The B2B Marketing Podcast, David Rowlands caught up with Emily Randall, Head of Marketing Activation at Mott MacDonald, to discuss the benefits of taking a serious, project management approach to marketing. Emily and David chat through the mistakes some marketers make, as well as the opportunities for running much tighter projects. If you'd like hear more from Emily at Martechop...

At the 2023 B2B Marketing Awards, Revere took home the Gold for ‘Best channel marketing initiative’. The agency worked with Westcoast, an IT distributor, to create a holistic campaign which utilised a plethora of channels. In the end, Revere smashed its target with a 20% open rate on emails, a click through rate of 6% and 33,000 impressions from the initial campaign launch. Kavita Singh, Senior Co...

Channel partner marketing can be a very misunderstood strategy, with a handful of marketers championing the amazing results it can deliver, but vast swathes of marketers not giving it their full attention. In this podcast, our new Propolis Expert for Strategy & Channel Partner Marketing, Georgie Gilmore, explains why it's so misunderstood, and what needs to change in order for marketers to beat th...

Dive into the latest episode of the B2B Marketing podcast, where David Rowlands, Head of Content, B2B Marketing, engages in a captivating conversation with Brian Macreadie, Head of Marketing, Addleshaw Goddard. Discover the secrets behind Addleshaw Goddard's recent B2B Marketing Awards success, winning gold for 'Best Demand or Lead Generation Campaign' and 'Best Use of Creative'. Get ready for a d...

In this week’s episode of the podcast, David Rowlands, Head of Content, B2B Marketing sat down with Michelle McCann, CMO, Author, Speaker, to discuss how to build and retain high performing marketing teams. They talk about everything from what makes a good CMO to how to work with your CEO to the key to unlocking your team’s potential. They also talk about how to use 'radical candor' when it comes...

At the 2023 B2B Marketing Awards, Sarah Sutton, CMO, Send Technologies and Ryan Almond, Global ABX Director, Henkel, were both awarded ‘B2B marketer of the year’ as joint winners. In this week’s podcast, David Rowlands, Head of Content, B2B Marketing, sat down with Sarah to discuss her big win. She shared how she got started in B2B, her philosophy as a CMO, how to build a collaborative relationshi...

Since 2020, there’s been a clear shift in working behaviours from going completely remote to adapting to a hybrid style and heading back to the office on a regular basis. In this week’s episode, Head of Content David Rowlands is joined by Co-founders of The Inspired Marketing Group, David Coghlan and Richard Johnson. They dive into the definition of a flexible work environment, how it’s being show...

Influencer marketing can be a foreign concept in the world of B2B. In this week’s episode of The B2B Marketing Podcast, Head of Content David Rowlands sat down with Global Head of Influence at Ogilvy, Rahul Titus to discuss how B2B brands are utilising influencer marketing from a business to human perspective. They talk about the potential challenges of working with influencers, from finding the r...

In this latest episode of The B2B Marketing Podcast, Head of Content David Rowlands sat down with Global ABX Director of Henkel Ryan Almond to discuss the evolution of ABM and if there is a fundamental difference between ABM and ABX. They also delve into everything from how AI is seeping into ABM from a content and analytics perspective to where sales is going with its relationship to marketing. P...