The Content Cocktail Hour

Elizabeth Irvine is the VP of Marketing at MarketMuse, a content intelligence and strategy platform powered by artificial intelligence. MarketMuse is hosting a Content Strategy Collective Live Conference on June 7-9 that will focus on personalizing audience experiences. Since using Mutiny to customize their website, MarketMuse has witnessed a substantial conversion rate increase.  0:00 Intro  1:00...

Brett invites Mindy Metz from The Juice’s Sales Team to discuss her modern approach to sales outreach. The days of cold emailing are long gone. Mindy thoroughly researches and studies the content of whoever she is considering reaching out to beforehand, so that they can build a personal relationship. 0:00 Intro 1:03 Conversation with Mindy 2:28 Indy 500 5:50 Modern outreach 7:40 Traits of great le...

Charlie Whyman is a B2B Marketing Mentor, Fractional CMO, podcast host, and speaker. Her company, Curious B2B Marketing, offers training, programs, consulting, coaching, and masterclasses. She’s best known as the creator of the OTTER Framework (Objectives, Tools, Training, Expectations, Review & Reflect). The topic of today's conversation with Brett is public speaking. Giving speeches was inti...

After speaking at “The Modern Day Marketer” webinar hosted by Goldcast, Brett McGrath reflects on his aspirations to speak at more events and thinks even more critically about the quality versus quantity debate. It inspired him to write his latest article, “3 Modern Day Marketing Ways to Build for Quality Over Quantity.” One, be a community-oriented marketer. Two, promote your content the modern w...

Joel Primack is a community-led growth expert. He’s an advisor and podcast host of The Community Led Growth Show at Charla, a community intelligence platform. He also leads social and community at Lattice, a people management platform. In this episode, Joel and Brett discuss the traits and give examples of successful B2B communities. Nowadays, the internet is overflowing with communities, making i...

After a recent board meeting, Jonathan sorts through feedback from stakeholders and explains how he plans and organizes for these important meetings. Jonathan tells Brett that that receiving, filtering, and incorporating feedback is an essential part of being a CEO. It’s not always easy, but a great leader makes their team feel heard and is able to clearly communicate priorities. 0:00 Intro 0:54 C...

Nick Bennett is the newly promoted Director of Evangelism and Customer Marketing at Alyce, a B2B gifting platform. Nick proposed this new position at Alyce after creating successful business pipelines with his consistent LinkedIn content. On this episode, Brett and Nick talk about building an online personal brand, LinkedIn, the comeback of in-person conferences, and much more. 0:00 Intro 1:00 Con...

Brett McGrath emphasizes the value of consistent messaging and storytelling, which involves an enemy, hero, and solution. The enemy has been identified: content syndication. They've established who the hero is: the modern day marketer. Finally, they've discovered the solution: modern day distribution. It's time to say goodbye to outdated marketing schemes. There's a proven better way to market! 0:...

Dan Mills is the VP of Marketing at Wistia, a video software platform built for businesses. Dan studied audio, played in a band, and worked as an understudy on Broadway before joining Wistia in 2010. Brett and Dan address why businesses should be using video, as well as how they can overcome challenges such as costs, authenticity, and employing creatives. Dan's recommendation is to simply get star...

As the first quarter comes to an end, Brett and Jonathan chat about their quarterly rocks, a goal-setting framework based on the EOS (entrepreneurial operating system). Create more launch-able moments and establish content syndication as the villain are two of the goals. Rock goals should be ambitious yet attainable; they aim to complete 80 percent of their rocks each quarter. 0:00 Intro 0:54 Conv...

Patrick Ward is the VP of Marketing at Rootstrap, a custom software development agency and the tech team behind MasterClass. Patrick and Brett examine the differences between B2B and B2C influencer marketing and how to execute it the right way. Play to your team's strengths, focus on consistency rather than going viral, and engage with existing audiences, according to Patrick. Although measuring m...

Problem solving, effective communication, and tenacity are all required at a growing tech startup. Both Brett and Jonathan's positions need them to communicate data, production positioning and messaging in a clear and concise manner. A question Jonathan has asked, is The Juice a vitamin or a pain killer? There are ups and downs at any job, but especially at a startup, everyone needs to align on th...

Ali Schwanke is the CEO and Founder of Simple Strat, a marketing agency for B2B and SaaS companies who are serious about growth. Ali is the host of HubSpot Hack, a popular YouTube channel with HubSpot tutorial videos. Ali and Brett talk about the role of marketing leaders, founders, and CEOs in the creation and distribution of content. Ali chooses to be the company's face and personality because,...

Brett McGrath describes the behind-the-scenes process of launching Creator Pages beta. The successful experience prompted him to write an article titled "The Modern Day Marketing Way to Launch a New Product." The Juice has received awesome feedback on Creator Pages, and Brett intends to keep the momentum going. On Thursday, April 21, you can join the Creator Pages waitlist by going to thejuicehq.c...

Masooma Memon is a freelance content marketer who writes long-form, value-packed blogs for B2B SaaS companies such as CoSchedule, Databox, and Vimeo, among others. Masooma outlines the differences between product-led, educational, and top-of-funnel content. She explains why she doesn't end every piece with a call to action and how she turns readers into content loyalists. 0:00 Intro 1:08 Conversat...

It can be difficult to convey what a B2B software tech start-up does to someone who is unfamiliar with the field. Jonathan and Brett have an open and honest discussion about some of The Juice's product marketing and positioning challenges. They stay calm and collected by having a great support system at home and constantly keeping the big picture in mind. 0:00 Intro 0:55 Conversation 2:07 Support...

Corey Haines is the founder of Swipe Files, a SassS marketing community and personal media company. On today's episode, Corey discusses the crawl, walk, and run approach to marketing like a media company, as well as some examples of companies doing an excellent job at it. SaaS marketing is more competitive and difficult to measure than ever before; having awesome content and trustworthy personalit...

This episode is inspired by an article from Nicole Miller, the Director of People at Buffer, titled “The 10 Questions I’ve Been Asked the Most in 400+ Values Screening Interviews.” For the first time publicly, Jonathan reveals The Juice’s four core values, what they signify, and how they were chosen. With these four carefully considered core values, which took over a year to fully flesh out, The J...

Mitchell Causey is the co-founder and CEO of Demandwell, an SEO software company that helps B2B SaaS marketers turn organic search into repeatable revenue. Mitchell is an SEO expert who debunks some common misconceptions about the field. They also talk about Google as the world's largest human experiment, the distinction between quantity and quality in terms of content, and the future of SEO. 0:00...

Brett and Jonathan share their thoughts after listening to the Humans of Saas podcast, hosted by Ben Winn at Catalyst. The episode was titled “Give Before You Take” with Lloyed Lobo, Co-founder and President of Boast AI. Reciprocity is so important when building a brand and creating community. Short-term marketing efforts that are solely revenue-motivated are a recipes for disaster. 0:00 Intro 1:3...

Holly Enneking is the VP of Marketing at Lev, the premier Salesforce consultancy for marketers. In this episode, she discusses the art of marketing people in contrast to marketing products. Holly shares what she’s learned moving from a B2B SaaS marketing role to now working for a services-led business. Lev is hosting the Ultraviolet Conference on April 12th-13th and registration closes April 1st!...

Brett and Jonathan unpack an article titled“Want to Build a Successful B2B Community? Take a SoulCycle Class,” from Latané Conant. Latané is the CMO at 6sence, an account engagement platform helps B2B organizations achieve predictable revenue growth. She writes that marketers can learn a lot from SoulCycle and lists six rules of community building. Want to Build a Successful B2B Community? Take a...

In addition to a full-time position in B2B tech, Mel Yap is a freelance copywriter who helps clients create engaging content that aligns with their values, tone of voice, and core message. In this episode, she discusses her writing process, who her ideal client is, and what brands need to figure out and focus on first before hiring freelance creatives. 0:00 Intro 0:47 Conversation with Mel 1:50 Co...

This week, Brett and Jonathan listened to a podcast episode titled “How to Use Freemium Products to Gain Paying Customers” from Correlated, the leading platform for product-led revenue. The episode is a conversation between Breezy Beaumont, Head of Growth at Correlated, and David Rostan, founder of Calendly and Head of Revenue at Stonly. Calendly has been extremely successful with the freemium mod...

Allie Dyer Bluemel is the newly promoted Director of Developer Marketing at Census, an operational analytics platform. With Brett, she discusses the steps of growing and measuring communities and approaches to sharing valuable content. Building a healthy and positive B2B community takes the active mind of a modern-day marketer. 0:00 Intro 0:48 Conversation with Allie 1:45 New role 2:29 Give away y...