StrategyCast

“Without having a strong hold on what the perception is of your brand in the marketplace, you truly are guessing at all of your marketing messages.” Lori Jones, president and CEO of Avocet Communications, brings top retail, consumer, and business-to-business branding expertise to all aspects of integrated marketing. Her experience with Fortune 500 brands, middle-market challenger brands, and entre...

“Every single marketing team should have a revenue goal.” Rose McCarty is a results-driven global marketing executive with over 14 years of experience transforming marketing and communications groups into strategic teams aligned with business development. In addition to holding executive leadership positions with high-profile companies such as Stewart Title, Edge Group, and Compass Group, Rose lev...

“Reusing content is the best way to keep costs down.” Mickey Burnett is partner and vice president of marketing and sales of EVOLVE Brands, a start-up plant-based, organic snacking company with brands Supernola and Gorilly Goods. Over the course of his 20-year career, Mickey has been a high-performing consumer package goods marketer and has managed legacy brands, acquired brands, and is known for...

“Don’t get caught up with the virality of content. Take the slow, steady, and consistent approach.” As Gardenuity’s COO, Doug Platts drives business growth and defines scalable operations to support their growing customer base and product range. An international marketer with over a decade of experience in the industry, Doug has an extensive record of identifying new technologies and delivering st...

“Never waste an editor’s time.” Dex McLuskey is managing partner at Context Content, a creative content marketing consultancy targeting the financial services, technology, and healthcare industries. This former editor for such noted outlets as Bloomberg News, has had a storied career in PR, media relations, and corporate communications. Prior to Context Content, he was senior director of Public Re...

“An agency should be working WITH you, not FOR you.” Chris Ruszkowski is a senior executive with over 20 years of marketing experience and a proven track record of results-orientated advertising and communications programs. Chris' experience is built on a foundation of 12+ years of advertising agency account management, tactical execution, and strategic planning experience at McCann Erickson,...

“Marketing has to be integrated and unified before it can be amplified.” Corey Livingston is responsible for establishing the marketing vision and strategy at OneNeck IT Solutions. As VP of marketing, Corey is accountable for introducing impactful marketing programs and initiatives that drive brand affinity and market demand for services and solutions across the company’s broad portfolio in order...

“Be bold, be creative, and listen to your gut.” Having worked with Olympic level athletes in the hunter/jumper world to teaching English in an urban setting to being an executive assistant at one of the world's largest bicycle manufacturers, Sophie Coffey likes to say that she is a product not of the classroom but of the real world. Her extensive experience and nimble ability to adapt shows i...

“Customers are telling retailers what they want; the retailers aren’t receiving that feedback.” Matt Rhodus is director and industry principal for Strategic Initiatives at NetSuite, the world’s leading provider of cloud-based business management software. Matt helps lead and manage the retail apparel, footwear, and accessories vertical and the cross-functional team that represents the NetSuite AFA...

“Underneath all the metrics and reviews is a treasure trove of data that can be leveraged by a demand gen marketer.” Adam Goyette, vice president of demand generation at G2Crowd, is a growth marketing B2B SaaS expert with 15+ years of experience. He has spent his career developing digital, social, and content marketing strategies that drive customer engagement, lead generation, and revenue growth....

“If the message isn’t relevant, there’s no way anyone is going to open up that email and they will ignore you forever.” Greg Zakowicz of NetSuite and Oracle Bronto is a B2C and B2B eCommerce and email marketing strategist, analyst, speaker, content marketer, and award-winning podcaster. He has consulted with over 130 companies from around the globe on eCommerce marketing strategies, and currently...

“It’s more about the path than the page.” John Hines is the director of Global Digital Experience Strategy and Campaign Execution at Teradata, the leading provider of data ecosystem architecture, big data analytics, customer journey mapping, and cloud-based data technology. He is a successful, proven digital executive leading game-changing, data-driven digital transformations. His digital-first mi...

“If your event doesn’t have a strategy you’ll be out there floating like a jellyfish without a spine; there’s nothing there to anchor you to why you’re doing it.” Lindsay Martin-Bilbrey is CEO of Nifty Method Marketing & Events and vice president of marketing and partnerships at Pathable, an event technology platform. Lindsay has a diverse background in the events industry and specializes in t...

“It’s not just a marketing thing. It’s not just a sales thing. It’s a CUSTOMER thing.” Todd Hockenberry, founder of Top Line Results, is a consultant and advisor to B2B leaders helping them drive growth, align with buyers, and develop marketing and sales strategies. For over 10 years Todd and Top Line Results have led top-line revenue growth at B2B companies with a focus on manufacturing, technolo...

“The micromanagement of projects is no longer required and is no longer beneficial to anyone.” Renata Lerch is a global thought leader with international experience in Fortune 500, consulting, advertising agency, and not-for-profit associations. Renata has managed global marketing and market development teams for over 20 years, delivering successful programs in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Aust...

“You want to fill the room and work the room.” Rylee Meek is founder and CEO of the Social Dynamic Selling System, a value-based approach to lead generation and client acquisition that an approach that has turned dinner seminar marketing into a science. The Social Dynamic Selling System, which Rylee devised in 2010, provides a predictable, sustainable, and scalable system for entrepreneurs and bus...

“It’s about getting a feel for what moves the needle.”  May Lilley is vice president of marketing and communications at Under Canvas, Inc., a company offering all-inclusive glamping adventure packages through their eight luxury glamping resorts, and whose mission is to bring the glamping experience to life anywhere in the country. May’s experiences, studies, and interests cross all areas of data-d...

“Tap into your audience as a culture.” Andrew Ostry is the strategic marketing manager at the American Heart Association. He is an innovative professional with an impressive history of translating data into real insight, leading to action that builds brands and drives business performance. He knows what it takes to propel a brand from good to great. Throughout his career, he has designed, implemen...

“The more cohesive the content, the higher the spikes in our metrics.” Kaylie Bruno is the digital marketing strategist for the Annie Selke Companies, a spirited, design-driven family of companies that create enthusiasm through its timely and timeless lifestyle products. Her background in art and design inform the content she manages on behalf of the company, and she skillfully bridges the gap bet...

“You can't take the risk out of everything.” Jon and Gila Kurtz are co-founders of Dog is Good, one of the most popular eCommerce brands today. Dog is Good is a lifestyle brand for dog lovers. In addition to selling wholesale and retail products, all of which celebrate the unique joy of living life with a dog, the company licenses the brand to numerous manufacturers in the pet, gift, and home...

“You can’t send out an email just because it’s Wednesday.” Stephanie Maassen is the senior CRM manager at Balsam Brands, a B-to-C eCommerce retailer specializing in selling high-end Christmas trees and home décor products both domestically and internationally. As senior CRM manager, Stephanie manages the catalog and email channels from concept to completion across multiple brands. She oversees a t...

“Keeping the Perfectly Post brand simple and ‘intentionally shallow’ is the key to the company’s success.” As Perfectly Posh's chief operating officer, Jonée is responsible for the acquisition, presentation, operation, and improvement of the systems that create and deliver Perfectly Posh's product and brand experience to Influencers and consumers. Prior to joining Perfectly Posh, Jonée w...

“We are now a web of things, not strings.” Bradley Benner, a self-proclaimed digital marketing addict, is the co-founder and senior partner at Semantic Mastery, an online SEO and semantic web training and education site. In his role as instructor and coach at Semantic Mastery, he regularly holds private and group training sessions to educate marketers on achieving results through online marketing...

“Brands in the coming years are going to have to increase their emotional intelligence.” Heather Larrabee is executive vice president of marketing for GoSpotCheck, a platform that is reimagining how the mobile workforce works. Their software helps teams perfect merchandising, increase sales, reduce labor and expenses, ensure safety and quality, and improve profitability from the field. Heather is...

“The winners in today’s marketplace tend to be better at execution and faster to move.” Allen Adamson, NYU professor and co-founder and managing partner of Metaforce, is a noted industry expert in all disciplines of branding. He has worked with a broad spectrum of consumer and corporate businesses in industries ranging from packaged goods and technology to healthcare and financial services to hosp...