Executive Conversations

“Take risks. Don't be shy. Throw every idea against the wall—you never know what's going to stick.” - Chris C. Anderson , VP, Head of Content @ GleenSlate    In this episode, Maeva chats with Chris Anderson , VP Head of Content at Greenslate . They dive into the art of building executive relationships, presenting data-backed ideas, and navigating the unique challenges of different industri...

In this episode of Executive Conversations, Maeva talks with Jakub Rudnik, Head of Content and SEO at Softr, about the beauty of internal marketing, proving ROI for marketing initiatives, and leveraging content to drive measurable results. Jakub shares his experiences from G2, Scribe, ActiveCampaign, and Softr, highlighting the importance of effective experimentation, clear ROI demonstration, and...

In this episode of Executive Conversations, Maeva interviews Gustav Wallberg, B2B Marketing Lead & Partner at Republiken . They explore how marketing leaders navigate conversations with CEOs, CFOs, and boards to bring their ideas to life. Gustav shares his experiences and pain points in aligning marketing and sales, balancing short-term and long-term goals, and building brand recognition. They...

"You shouldn't wait until you're in a leadership position before you start going deeper into the operational aspect of a business"- Julien Sauvage In this episode of Executive Conversations, Maeva chats with Julien Sauvage, who shares his journey from creative marketer to an accomplished data-driven executive at Clari. Julien discusses the importance of balancing creativity with...

Welcome to Executive Conversations, where we explore how GTM leaders navigate executive discussions, market internally to gain support, and secure buy-in for long-term GTM strategies. In this episode of Executive Conversations, Maeva talks with Ran Yosef, VP of Marketing at Glassix. Ran Yosef had extensive experience in various marketing roles before becoming VP of Marketing. He discusses the chal...

“What I learned is that the farther up the chain I went, the more difficult it was to get things done for an end result. I was so used to being at the end result. I didn’t get to see all of the pieces that go into play in the beginning, which of course starts with marketing budget.”- Mick Essex Welcome to the very first episode of Executive Conversations, where we explore how GTM leaders navigate...

Welcome to another episode of The SEO Growth Podcast! This time, we talk with Alex Ross, a Content Marketing Head, about the tenets for the success of a company newsletter. Today we chat with Alex Ross about getting your newsletter to feel like a magazine off a shelf. Alex chats to us about her time at Clearbit and how she contributed to the wide success of their monthly newsletter. Alex provides...

"Everyone internally talks about what we do differently, and that translates to how they communicate their values externally. Anytime there's disarray inside the house, you can always feel it outside the house." Welcome to another episode of The SEO Growth Podcast! This time, we discuss with Aaron Janmohamed, VP of Marketing at BoostUp AI, about the transformative potential of a stra...

“You need to know all extraneous variables affecting your audience’s pain point and use the LEMA framework to build content around that.” Lily introduces us to the LEMA Framework, which stands for Logic, Explicitness, Memorability, and Actionability. She explains that remarkable content needs to engage readers, be clear and explicit, leave a lasting impression, and provide actionable steps for the...

“Google is attached to fresh content that includes all the latest nuances in information. We focused on our keywords, and made sure that all the reoptimised pieces were up to date with the latest information, as well as the best graphics, latest use cases, SMEs and quotes.” Welcome to another episode of The SEO Growth Podcast! This time, we chat with Justyna Dzikowska, Head of Marketing at Brand 2...

“It comes down to understanding all the metrics used in your business, not in the SaaS industry as a whole. You do need to understand what’s important and relevant to your business. And most importantly, think like a business owner.” Welcome to another episode of the SaaS Leader Interview Series! This time, we chat with Carter Severns, VP of Marketing at Place, about how to get a seat at the table...

"Using the Realm of Relevancy framework in your marketing efforts can make your content an unlimited resource for you to constantly pull from." Welcome to another episode of The SEO Growth Podcast! This time, we chat with Liam Bartholomew, Vice President of Marketing at Cognism , about creating a framework for the longevity of your content after launching a successful marketing campaign....

“We use artificial intelligence to connect more people, and that's kind of the way I think of content. So often for organizations, they're just deeply focused on the message that we're all trying to get out to meet deliverables. Human-centric content keeps those people at the forefront the whole time.” Welcome to another episode of The SEO Growth Podcast! This time, we talk to Adam...

“Product-led content is any type of content that strategically weaves a product or a service into the story, and uses it to illustrate a point, solve a problem, or help the audience accomplish a goal.” Welcome to another episode of The SEO Growth Podcast! This time, we speak to Dr. Fiorenza Dossetto, Brand and Editorial Lead at ActiveCampaign Postmark, about the importance of creating product-led...

"We've started a Global Payroll-themed talk show, which is a video-first podcast. We invite guests on the show, we interview them about topics that are relevant to global payroll leaders—as a way to build a relationship with them and to learn about our market through them, basically." Welcome to another episode of The SEO Growth Podcast! This time, we spoke to Sam Morris, Head of Ma...

Meet Sandeep John, Director of DemandGen at Outplay, as he chats about turning branding campaigns into successful lead generation machines. Sandeep discusses the importance of branding in building demand and shares insights on his background in sales and marketing. Connect with Maeva on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maevaeverywhere Previous guests include: Andrew Davis @Paddle, Casey Hill...

Gomada co-founder Julian Schaaf explains how he gained 300 sign-ups in a year via content distribution, operations, and testing strategies. He discusses hiring, wrong SEO hypotheses, and prioritizing customer feedback. Connect with Maeva on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maevaeverywhere Previous guests include: Andrew Davis @Paddle, Casey Hill @Bonjoro, Camille Trent @PeerSignal, Erin Balsa...

In this episode, we talk about: Video content production Video marketing Video marketing metrics Connect with Rish on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishabhb/ Connect with Maeva on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maevaeverywhere Previous guests include: Andrew Davis @Paddle, Casey Hill @Bonjoro, Camille Trent @PeerSignal, Erin Balsa @Haus of Bold, Emilia Korczynska @Userpilot, Brookli...

Hello again listeners! Welcome to another episode of the SaaS Leader Interview Series. This time, we’re joined by Tara Panu, VP of Marketing at VoiceFlow , the collaborative platform used to build chat and voice assistants, to talk about leveraging customer research like a product marketer.  Every marketer knows the customer needs to be at the center of all their efforts, but how do you ensure tha...

Hello again listeners! Welcome to another episode of the SaaS Leader Interview Series! This week, we’re talking to Andrew Davies about his first year heading up marketing at Paddle, a $2.4 billion valued company that helps SaaS businesses set up, run, and scale their payment infrastructure. We discuss the challenges he’s faced and the changes he’s made to grow the marketing department in three dis...

“It’s not SEO in-house vs. agency anymore. Having SEO in-house is a must, so the question for the SEO agency option is when ” Welcome to the 4th episode of The SEO Growth Podcast! This week we’re again with our founder and CEO, Maeva Cifuentes, jumping again on this popular and endless debate: should you build SEO in-house or delegate it to an SEO agency? The short answer is… both! Teams are getti...

Hello dear listeners! Welcome to our third episode of The SEO Growth Podcast. This week we’re joined by Usman Akram, Head of SEO at Flying Cat Marketing, as he talks us through how we can report our SEO efforts to leaders and stakeholders. We discuss how it can take time to show the results of your SEO strategy. So it’s important to find a way of reporting to leaders that justifies the budget you’...

“I don't think there's anything wrong with running an affiliate blog and going after high-volume keywords. It's just an understanding of what strategy you're after and how you're gonna justify going into content, then reverse engineering your strategy based on the action you want your customer to take” Welcome to another episode of the SaaS Leader Interview Series! This ti...

“Rankings are obviously very important; people just get too blinded by rankings and forget all the most important things about business and sales.” Welcome to the 2nd episode of The SEO Growth Podcast! This week we’re joined by the founder and CEO of Flying Cat Marketing Maeva Cifuentes as she walks us through measuring your SEO results. We talked about how too many people consider SEO or rankings...

Welcome to the first episode of our revamped podcast, now renamed The SEO Growth Podcast. In this episode, we explore the Flying Cat’s philosophy: holistic SEO. Traditional SEO is based on running keyword research to produce content “for SEO” (aka to make Google happy).  But holistic SEO understands search engines as a distribution channel that works as a system that you need to maintain.  Think o...