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Getting conversational: HubSpot’s CEO on a new species of disruptor

Intercom, Inc.

Brian also shares HubSpot’s strategy for creating an industry-defining category that helped more than 86,000 customers in over 120 countries move from unwelcome outbound marketing to permission-based inbound marketing. Gartner’s 2019 Hype Cycle for Digital Marketing and Advertising echoes this sentiment.

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The Activities of a Strategic Product Manager

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A strategic product manager (PM) is responsible for shaping and sharing a strategic vision for a product, and yet—oddly enough—finding time for strategic activities can be a very real challenge. How can you take responsibility for the vision and shape the future of your product when you don’t control strategy at the corporate level?”.

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Dear Strategy: 058 SEO, SEM, and Other Marketing Strategy Trends

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This usually exists at a business or business unit level and covers the high-level vision, objectives, and strategic initiatives for the overall company. Inbound and Outbound Marketing. On the other side of the coin, outbound marketing is all about being seen when people aren’t otherwise looking for you.

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Spendesk’s Nicolas Marchais on evolving with your market

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As Head of Sales for Spendesk, Nico was initially inspired by the vision of founder Rodolphe Ardant who had spotted a gap for ‘spend management’ in the B2B market based on personal banking trends. So virtual cards to help you buy a new subscription or do a new digital marketing advertising campaign on LinkedIn.

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Brex’s Michael Tannenbaum on fintech growth strategies

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For Brex, the first one was having their CFO run marketing, along with a few other things typical fintech startups wouldn’t do, like outdoor advertising. What made you trust the founder’s vision and make that jump? A big, notable one has been outdoor advertising, which we can talk more about. Michael: I was really aligned.

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Kevin Indig on searching for meaning and the meaning of search

Intercom, Inc.

In addition to this, our conversation also covers his time at Altassian and contrasts this with his G2 role, his thoughts on Google updates and how they impact his industry and his vision for the future of SEO. Atlassian does not have an outbound sales team. If you’re short on time, here’s some quick takeaways.