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In today's monthly review I discuss how we practice what we preach in the marketing of the MarTech Podcast. We're more than halfway through the first quarter of the year and recently hit a key milestone: our 100,000 download mark. Show NotesConnect With: The MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we get an inside view into the lessons learned from a great marketer throughout the various stops on his career. Joining us for career day is an SEO specialist turned media mogul, John Shehata. John is VP of Audience Development at Conde Nast, a premier media company that attracts more than 100,000,000 consumers across its industry. Their clients including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamor, GQ, Architectural Digest, the New Yorker, and more. Prior to his role at Conde Nast, John held a variety of SEO and consulting roles, and most recently he was Executive Director of Search and Social at ABC News. John's had an amazing career and we're excited to talk to him about going from SEO Specialist to Executive at a major media company. Show NotesConnect With: John Shehata: Conde Nast // LinkedIn // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https

Joining us today is Dave Snyder, CEO at CopyPress, to continue our conversation about content strategy, creation, distribution and optimization. CopyPress is one of the most trusted content marketplaces online. Prior to his role at CopyPress, Dave has held operational and leadership roles across various verticals including SEO, search, social and product marketing. Yesterday, Dave told us about his view of the content marketing landscape, and today he's going to share his advice for creating an effective copywriting strategy. Show NotesConnect With: Dave Snyder - CopyPress // LinkedIn // Twitter The MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Joining us today is Dave Snyder, the CEO of CopyPress, to talk about ROI-generating content marketing funnels. CopyPress is one of the most trusted content marketplaces online. Prior to his role at CopyPress, Dave has held operational and leadership roles across various verticals including SEO, search, social and product marketing. Show NotesConnect With: Dave Snyder - CopyPress // LinkedIn // Twitter The MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's Product Spotlight episode we get a guided tour of SparkPost - one of the world’s largest and most complex email, text and cross-channel messaging operations which helps customers break through the noise with data-driven email optimization. Joining us for today's episode is Amie Durr, Vice President of Product Management at SparkPost. Show NotesConnect With:SparkPost - Website // LinkedinAmie Durr - Linkedin // Twitter Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sponsored by CallRail.This week we're going to dive deep into one of the most underutilized and misunderstood marketing channels: Telemarketing. Joining us is Mark Sullivan, Director of Demand Generation & Marketing Operations at CallRail. CallRail provides intuitive software that enables marketers to understand what makes their phone ring using call attribution, routing, and conversion rate optimization services. In addition to his role at CallRail, Mark is a contributor to VentureBeat, CMO.com, American Marketing Association, Street Fight, and Search Engine Journal. Today, in the last installment of Telemarketing Week, we discuss the future of your business phone. Show NotesConnect With: Mark Sullivan - CallRail // Linkedin // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic

Sponsored by CallRail.This week we're going to dive deep into one of the most underutilized and misunderstood marketing channels: Telemarketing. Joining us is Mark Sullivan, Director of Demand Generation & Marketing Operations at CallRail. CallRail provides intuitive software that enables marketers to understand what makes their phone ring using call attribution, routing, and conversion rate optimization services. In addition to his role at CallRail, Mark is a contributor to VentureBeat, CMO.com, American Marketing Association, Street Fight, and Search Engine Journal. Today, in the fourth installment of Telemarketing Week, we discuss the data and analytics of clean telemarketing. Show NotesConnect With: Mark Sullivan - CallRail // Linkedin // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California

Sponsored by CallRail.This week we're going to dive deep into one of the most underutilized and misunderstood marketing channels: Telemarketing. Joining us is Mark Sullivan, Director of Demand Generation & Marketing Operations at CallRail. CallRail provides intuitive software that enables marketers to understand what makes their phone ring using call attribution, routing, and conversion rate optimization services. In addition to his role at CallRail, Mark is a contributor to VentureBeat, CMO.com, American Marketing Association, Street Fight, and Search Engine Journal. Today, in the third installment of Telemarketing Week, we discuss operationalizing a clean telemarketing channel. Show NotesConnect With: Mark Sullivan - CallRail // Linkedin // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California

Sponsored by CallRail.This week we're going to dive deep into one of the most underutilized and misunderstood marketing channels: Telemarketing. Joining us is Mark Sullivan, Director of Demand Generation & Marketing Operations at CallRail. CallRail provides intuitive software that enables marketers to understand what makes their phone ring using call attribution, routing, and conversion rate optimization services. In addition to his role at CallRail, Mark is a contributor to VentureBeat, CMO.com, American Marketing Association, Street Fight, and Search Engine Journal. Today, in the second installment of Telemarketing Week, we discuss driving clean telemarketing traffic. Show NotesConnect With: Mark Sullivan - CallRail // Linkedin // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at h

This week we're going to dive deep into one of the most underutilized and misunderstood marketing channels: Telemarketing. Joining us is Mark Sullivan, Director of Demand Generation & Marketing Operations at CallRail, which provides intuitive software that enables marketers to understand what makes their phone ring through, call attribution, routing, and conversion rate optimization services. Mark is also a contributor to VentureBeat, CMO.com, American Marketing Association, Street Fight, and Search Engine Journal. Today, in the first installment of Telemarketing Week, Mark and I discuss some of the misconceptions surrounding the word of telemarketing. Show NotesConnect With: Mark Sullivan - CallRail // Linkedin // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we uncover the various skills accumulated and lessons learned from a great marketer throughout the various stops on his career. Joining us for Career Day is Jon Chang, Global Product Marketing Manager for IBM Watson Marketing. Jon is an up-and-comer in the marketing world recently named to Forbes 30 under 30 List for Marketing and Advertising, and he's also an Adjunct Faculty of Social Media and Web Analytics at New York University. Prior to his current role, John worked at companies such as General Assembly, Kickstarter, and Stack Overflow. Show NotesConnect With:Jon Chang - LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we finish our conversation with Mike Gunderson, President of Gunderson Direct. In our last episode, Mike gave us an overview of the direct mail industry and how he ended up running a direct mail service business. In this episode, Mike walks us through some best practices in the direct mail industry and explains how his company evaluates their campaigns.  Show NotesConnect With: Mike Gunderson: Website // Linkedin // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we’re going to hear from an expert in a marketing channel that most people don’t associate with technology: Direct Mail. Mike Gunderson is President of Gunderson Direct, which provides direct mail services to startups, SMB’s, and enterprise-scale technology companies like SoFi, Postmates, and Square. In this episode, Mike is going to give us an overview of the direct mail industry and walk us through the career experience that led him to start his own company. Show NotesConnect With: Mike Gunderson: Website // Linkedin // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today is the second part of our conversation with Scott Vaughan, CMO at Integrate, discussing one of the most debated facets of digital marketing: Channel Attribution. Integrate provides enterprise B2B companies with a software automation layer that ensures their customers get clean and intelligent data for their sales and marketing efforts. Aside from his current role at Integrate, Scott is a regular contributor for outlets such as MarTech Today and CMO Today, and was named a top MarTech Influencer in 2017. Yesterday, Scott shared his views on the role of attribution in a marketing organization, and today we're going to continue that discussion focusing primarily on what attribution means in the B2B space. Show NotesConnect With: Scott Vaughan - Website // Linkedin // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy a

Joining us today is Scott Vaughan, CMO at Integrate, to discuss one of the most debated facets of digital marketing - channel attribution. Integrate provides enterprise B2B companies with a software automation layer that ensures their customers get clean and intelligent data for their sales and marketing efforts. Aside from his current role at Integrate, Scott is a regular contributor for outlets such as MarTech Today and CMO Today and was named a top MarTech Influencer in 2017. Today, we start our two-part conversation by discussing Scott's view of the role that marketing attribution plays in different types of organizations. Show NotesConnect With: Scott Vaughan - Website // Linkedin // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we're going to hear the second part of our interview with Kate Talbot, who is an expert in marketing to Millennials. Kate is an entrepreneur, a marketing consultant, and the author of "Oh Snap! You Can Use SnapChat for Business", which is a best-selling book on Amazon. Her work has been featured on CNBC, Tech Crunch, and Huffington Post, and she's worked with big brands like Virgin America and Apple and also consults for smaller startups. Transcript: https://benjshap.com/martech-podcast/marketing-to-millennials-snapchat-instagram-beyond Kate's book: Oh Snap! You Can Use Snapchat For BusinessSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we’re going to hear from an expert in marketing to Millennials, Kate Talbot. Kate is an entrepreneur, marketing consultant, and the author of “Oh Snap, You Can Use Snapchat for Business”, a best seller on Amazon. Her work has been featured on CNBC, TechCunch, and Huffington Post. In this episode, Kate is going to give us an overview of how she became an expert in Millenial marketing and talk about some of the key takeaways from her book. Transcript: https://benjshap.com/martech-podcast/marketing-to-millennials-snapchat-instagram-beyond Kate's book: Oh Snap! You Can Use Snapchat For BusinessSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we continue our conversation with Christine Mortensen, Founder of Sprk'd, about the role that gender plays in the MarTech Industry. Sprk’d is a B2B-oriented digital marketing agency that helps companies create campaigns that not only resonate, but ultimately convert. Christine also created a Facebook group called ‘The Women in MarTech’ which has the goal of connecting like-minded professional women. In today's episode we focus on how to improve gender equality in the MarTech Industry. Show NotesConnect With: Christine Mortensen - Website // Linkedin // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today we speak with Christine Mortensen about the role that gender plays in the career of a marketer. Christine is the Founder of Sprk’d, which is a B2B-oriented digital marketing agency that brings deep expertise in three areas core to solving today’s marketing challenges: User Experience, Visual Design, and Content Marketing. Christine also created a Facebook group called ‘The Women in MarTech’ which has the goal of connecting like-minded professional women. Show NotesConnect With: Christine Mortensen - Website // Linkedin // TwitterThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Joining us for today's episode is Scott Brinker - the VP of Platform Ecosystem at HubSpot. We discuss the trends in the MarTech landscape and the topics that will be covered at the upcoming MarTech conference which will take place in San Jose, California, between 3rd-5th April this year. Scott is also the editor-in-chief at ChiefMartec blog which covers topics at the intersection of marketing, technology, and management.Connect With: Scott Brinker - MarTec blog // Linkedin // Twitter The MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.