OnBase: Smashing Sales and Marketing Misalignments

Jennifer Ravalli from PandoLogic joins Harry Leavitt to discuss the importance of an integrated marketing strategy. Jennifer outlines four key content themes that ladder up to the brand message, how they align with marketing, and how they influence revenue. She also discusses how an integrated approach helps marketers deliver their message most efficiently. Listen in as she shares her perspective...

AI systems are biased and can mimic human biases in hiring, which can lead to unfair outcomes for diverse candidates. In this episode, Lindsey breaks down the ways to prevent this. She is passionate about helping companies build good interviews that measure attributes that are important for a particular job and assess all the candidates in the same way. With the help of quantitative methods and po...

Private networking refers to the ability of businesses and consumers to connect directly with each other instead of relying on third-party providers such as cellular networks or ISPs. 5G is a significant technology shift that will allow for even faster connections between devices. Private networking is an important part of the transition to 5G, as it will allow for more efficient use of bandwidth...

What are the keys to staying relevant for a long time? How do legacy brands do it? It takes a lot of effort and observation to keep up with the times and Devon Watson’s experience in Diebold Nixdorf attests to this. Listen closely as he talks about some of the challenges that come along and the marketing strategies to employ in the aim to transform a brand over time. Connect with Devon Watson | Fo...

Sales and marketing need to be aligned at a high level but also be aligned on the specific tactics or campaigns or accounts targeted to maximize impact and success. Tracking sales growth is critical in making the most informed decisions about where to allocate your resources. It's important for both sides to feel supported and work together as a team, not just go their separate ways. The key is to...

Scaling Go-To-Market requires strategy and further consideration of the variances in regulations and compliance measures. In this episode, our guest, Bas Paumen, discusses the tactics and shares horror stories in dealing with this transition. He emphasizes the importance of due diligence and contingency plans in the process. Ultimately, the goal is to elevate the consumer experience. By being clos...

How do we ensure an amazing customer experience in this day and age? In today’s episode, Robbie highlights the significance of using technology to personalize and optimize the systems for better delivery of customer expectations. Listen in as he discusses the necessary tools and strategies. Connect Robbie Freeman | Follow us on LinkedIn

To get buy-in for anything, a strong business case is necessary. The way to do this is by understanding the value proposition, and genuinely understanding our customers and their needs. After acquiring the critical information, we build a narrative around it and present it to the team. Through this, the way to execution becomes clearer as those involved are now vested in the success of the project...

Are you struggling to keep up with the ever-changing technology, economics, culture, and movements in the world? It can be hard to stay on top of all these changes while still selling to customers effectively. But according to Dillon Nugent, VP of Demand Generation at Khoros, it’s not impossible. In this episode, Dillon recommends that companies get their customers involved at all levels of their...

Join us in this episode and learn how to leverage advanced analytics for your business! The reason Viswanath Srikanth pursued a career in analytics. What is “cross channel diligence,” and why is it important? Connect with Viswanath Srikanth  | Follow us on LinkedIn

This episode of Sunny Side Up provides a definitive rundown on the magic behind MEDDPICC. David Weiss, Regional Vice President of Sales at Seismic, breaks down the acronym and explains its applications. He is passionate both about helping sellers reach their full potential and hitting their goals. With his focus on creating a lasting impact on clients and forming partnerships at all levels, David...

In today’s episode, Karl talks about Gigamon’s goal of simplifying and securing your cloud infrastructure. He covers the challenges that cloud visibility is facing and how their solutions can address them all. Gigamon offers the “industry’s first visibility and analytics fabric” that paints an understandable and consistent image of your hybrid multi-cloud network. Connect Karl Van den Bergh | Foll...

In this episode, Jeremy Foster talks about cross-functional collaboration’s do’s and don’ts. He breaks down what cross-functional collaboration is, his framework for it, and how he prepared himself to become a cross-functional leader. Jeremy also shares the challenges and opportunities he’s come across during cross-functional collaboration and how to leverage a project management organization (PMO...

In this episode, Timothy Humphrey talks about driving data adoption. He breaks down what a data platform and data services are, how to help your customers adopt your data platforms and services, the top “land mines to data adoption” you should be aware of, and more. Connect Timothy Humphrey | Follow us on LinkedIn

In this episode, Nielsen’s Tina Wilson talks about the shifting sands of consumer behavior and measuring ROI as power shifts to consumers. She shares her perspective on how consumer behavior and marketing tactics have changed since 2000, avoiding overwhelming consumers, the differences and commonalities between B2B and B2C buyers’ journeys, what technologies marketers are using right now to help t...

This episode of Sunny Side Up features Suhas Uliyar, a leader in the world of enterprise software and cloud platform technology who has held multiple leadership roles both as a start-up founder and as a key member of executive teams with such companies as Oracle, Motorola, and SAP. As VP for Digital Assistant, AI & Integration at Oracle, he is currently responsible for multiple cores and innov...

In this episode, Ryan Bearden talks about how the right content strategy can shape today’s B2B buyer journey. He shares the best B2B content strategies he has come across in his marketing career, what role content plays in effective sales enablement, and how B2B buying practices will evolve in 2022 and beyond. Plus, Ryan shares his thoughts on why marketing hasn’t evolved to adapt to the digital l...

This episode of Sunny Side Up features a business leader whose growth mindset is the key to inexhaustible energy and driving long-term business success. Keith Sampson, National Sales Director for North American Bancard, learned early in life that adversity could serve as a block or an invitation to learn. He has chosen the latter at every turn, including when pandemic shut down his bread-and-butte...

In this episode, Sarah Gieringer talks about the future of digital payments and their impact on B2B businesses. Why it’s important for marketers to learn the business they’re marketing, the biggest lessons she’s learned about disruption, the mindset needed for succeeding in a new company division, the types of data or intelligence she’s using to identify the right customers, and what you can expec...

This episode of Sunny Side Up features Gary Hurry, international marketing director for the global analytics giant IRI. Over the past year, he has instituted cross-department alignment around account-based marketing (ABM), yielding great results. Previously marketing lead at Thomson Reuters, he has a strong track record driving major revenue growth within B2B and B2C brands. Gary is an innovator a...

This episode of Sunny Side Up features Ash Parikh, chief marketing officer at Druva. As a marketing visionary with deep knowledge of B2B and SaaS, he offers a unique take on the transformational impacts of pandemic and accelerated digital advances over the past two years. No single CMO can juggle the multiple roles required – field marketing, digital, partner marketing, content marketing, demand g...

This episode of Sunny Side Up highlights a company that has made Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion a focal point within the workplace – not just for now but in the future. C Space CEO Jessica DeVlieger and Kisha Payton, head of the company’s DEI Think Tank, walk us through their journey in the wake of the pandemic and Black Lives Matter. Their workplace program no longer checks a box or offers a ba...

This episode of Sunny Side Up breaks down the biggest challenges – and smartest strategies – for taking mergers and acquisitions from execution to implementation. In his role as director of global sales & service ops at Siemens Digital Industries Software, it’s Jeff’s job to smooth the way when organizations need to come into alignment quickly post M&A. Among other things, he leads Sieman’...

This episode of Sunny Side Up features someone who has his finger on the pulse of today's television viewing habits – which in this world of streaming, browsing, and multiple devices is a more complicated accomplishment than ever. In his role as EVP at Nielsen and MD Demand Side Media, David Hohman has found new ways to understand and leverage both Nielsen's longtime role as America's source of ad...

In this episode of Sunny Side Up, the focus is on career success as anything but a straight line. For Utkalika Badu, Managing Vice President for Global Sales Strategy and Operations at Gartner®, the trajectory has been steep and often unexpected. She shares her journey from preconceived notions based on university classes to on-the-ground experiences that have shaped an entirely different concepti...