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S5 | 413: Using qualitative customer data well with Daniel Erickson, Viable

Today we’re going to talk about the value of qualitative customer data, and how to use it well. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Daniel Erickson. Founder & CEO at Viable, an AI analytics tool that enables businesses to instantly access and act on valuable insights from customer feedback.

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S5 | 411: Scaling brands while focusing on sustainability, with Richie Jones, vvast

Today we’re going to talk about what it takes to scale a brand while keeping a focus on sustainability. We’re also going to talk about scaling while focusing on company values as an agency that supports the growth of brands. To help me discuss these topics, I’d like to welcome Richie Jones, Managing Director at vvast, a D2C ecommerce agency.

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S5 | 410: Product agility, prioritization, and business value with Dan Gallagher, Slalom

Today we’re going to talk about product agility, prioritization and business value, and making sure that teams aren’t just building efficiently, but that they are focused on the things that will drive their business forward. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Dan Gallagher, Senior Principle, Product Leadership at Slalom.

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S5 | 409: Great CX is more than just talking about great CX, with Jon Picoult, Watermark Consulting

There is a lot of talk about how important customer experience is in today’s competitive landscape, but getting leaders, employees, and stakeholders all aligned to make it happen is still not a simple task. Today we’re going to talk about what it takes to create great customer experience. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Jon Picoult, Founder of Watermark Consulting and Author of the book Impressed to Obsessed.

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S5 | 407: Meeting & Exceeding B2C Expectations in a B2B World with Chris Costello, Amazon Business

Business to business or B2B marketing presents a unique set of challenges and has often been treated as a completely different marketing practice from business to consumer, or B2C marketing. But there’s one important thing to remember, and that is that all of the business customers are also B2C customers outside of their work life. Today we’re going to talk about B2C expectations in a B2B world and how consumer expectations can be managed and even exceeded in a B2B environment. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Chris Costello, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Strategic Accounts at Amazon Business.

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S5 | 406: State of the (recruiting) union with Sue Keith, Ceres Talent

In this special episode, brought to you by Ceres Talent, a marketing staffing agency run by modern-day marketing matchmakers, we’re going to talk about the State of the (Recruiting) Union, plus talk with our marketing staffing expert to provide an outlook on the marketing talent market as it currently stands. To help me discuss these topics, I’d like to welcome Sue Keith, Corporate Vice President at Ceres Talent.

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S5 | 405: AI in the Contact Center with Mary Nelson, Chief Customer Officer, Aircall

Today we’re going to talk about AI in the contact center and how to balance voice AI, machine learning, and other types of automation with human contact center agents to deliver the optimal customer experience. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Mary Nelson, Chief Customer Officer, Aircall.

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S5 | 404: Conversational Marketing and the Customer Experience with Justin Keller, Drift

Today we’re going to talk about how brands can use conversational marketing to improve their customer experience, as well as their overall customer lifetime value. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Justin Keller, Vice President of Revenue Marketing at Drift, a conversational marketing platform that works with over 5,000 customers across industries.

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S5 | 402: Agile Marketing adoption and growth with Melissa Reeve, Agile Marketing Alliance

Today’s topic is something I’m certainly passionate about, and which I recently wrote two books in my Agile Brand Guides series about, and my guest today has been very active in the community. Today we’re going to talk about Agile Marketing, and a recent report: The 6th annual State of Agile Marketing Report, by AgileSherpas and The Agile Marketing Alliance. There are a number of insights that should be interesting to all marketers and leaders. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Melissa Reeve, Principal Consultant at Agile Minds and Co-Founder of the Agile Marketing Alliance.

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S5 | 401: B2B Customer Experience at Scale, with Tommi Marsans, Verizon Business Group

The following episode was recorded at PegaWorld Inspire in Las Vegas, and I’m looking forward to this topic as well as sharing the conversation with my guest today. Today we’re going to talk about optimizing the B2B customer experience with AI, automation, cross-channel personalization, all while doing it at scale for the enterprise. To help me discuss this topic, I am joined by Tommi Marsans, Marketing Technology Strategist at Verizon Business Group.

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S5 | 399: What makes you different is what makes you, with Dharma Pachner, Contrast & Co.

I’m excited to bring you the first in a multi-part series sponsored by Contrast & Co., an award-winning brand strategy and communications agency determined to build the most strikingly different brand experiences anywhere. Today we’re going to talk about an interesting idea that Contrast & Co. applies to their branding: What makes you different is what makes you. We’re going to talk about what this means, and how brands that apply this idea create a memorable and valuable experience for their customers. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Dharma Pachner, Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Contrast & Co.

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S5 | 398: AI and the workforce, with Alice Fournier, CIO, ISS Americas

AI4, the world’s premier conference discussing artificial intelligence and its many applications for business is being held August 7-9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. I’m happy today to be joined by one of the many great speakers that will be leading the conversation in a few weeks. Today we’re going to talk about AI and how it is shaping—and will shape—the future of the workplace. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Alice Fournier, CIO at ISS Americas.

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S5 | 397: Enterprise SEO with Adrien Menard, CEO of Botify.com

Google can’t access every variable on the internet – and with the amount of content created every day, brands can struggle to have pages be seen by Google and generate revenue. Enter organic search marketing, a sustainable and affordable traffic and revenue source. While SEO was one of the earliest forms of digital marketing, with the rise of social media, programmatic advertising, and more, SEO sometimes gets less notice as a major marketing channel. Today we’re going to talk about organic brand visibility and how Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is still a vital part of marketing. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Adrien Menard, Co-Founder & CEO of Botify.com.

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S5 | 396: The ongoing relationship between businesses and their location, with Michael Steifvater, Arlington Economic Development

Welcome to a special episode of the show brought to you in partnership with Arlington Economic Development, where we discuss issues related to the workforce, the role of place in the future of work, and the role of the creative sector in a larger business context. We call this Return on Creativity. Today we’re going to talk about the partnership between business and their location, and the benefits of partnership. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Michael Stiefvater, Acting Director, Business Investment at Arlington Economic Development.

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S5 | 395: Professional Services and the Customer Experience with Blake Godwin, Client Savvy

In May, I was fortunate to be in Durham North Carolina at the 2023 CXPS - that’s Client Experience for Professional Services - Conference, where professionals from around the country met to discuss some of the unique challenges that Customer Experience presents to professional services first. Today we’re going to continue the conversation and talk about CX and professional services and some of the unique challenges and opportunities. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Blake Godwin, Partner, President, Client Savvy.

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S5 | 394: Agile marketing and walled gardens with Oli Marlow Thomas, Chief Innovation Officer, Smartly.io

Marketers and advertisers for the world’s leading brands need to understand and adapt to a rapidly changing landscape, on a continual basis. Whether it is the consumer behavior known as “channel switching” between devices, platforms, etc. or the continued behavior of scrolling through numerous walled gardens such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat, the marketing and advertising technology industry grows increasingly fragmented. Today we’re going to talk about “The Agile of the Omnibrand” and what it means for both brands and the marketers behind them, as well as their customers. To help me discuss this topic, I’d like to welcome Oli Marlow Thomas, Chief Innovation Officer at Smartly.io.

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