Georgiana is a strategic advisor, author and speaker who's passionate about turning customer value into revenue-generating outcomes. Marketing online since 2000, she began her track record as a marketing executive and product growth advisor in 2010 working with high-growth, B2B SaaS like Unbounce, Sprout Social, Bitly, Appcues, SparkToro, Invoice Simple and more.

Questions and topics we covered in this interview include:

• The origins of Forget The Funnel (and why funnels are bad for business)
• What Customer-Led Growth is and why it comes before all other growth models (like product-led, sales-led, marketing-led, or community-led)
• How do marketers begin to learn from their customers?
• What’s the best way to collect product feedback?
• What’s the best way to implement that feedback? + How does marketing champion and facilitate this process with other departments?
• You’re a prolific advisor to several big name startups, what does it take to become one?
• Georgiana’s advice on how to become a startup advisor

And more!

Important Links

You can say hello to Georgiana on LinkedIn here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgianalaudi/

You can find me on LinkedIn here- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennysoto

Get her book on Customer-Led Growth™ here - https://www.forgetthefunnel.com/customer-led-growth/book

Check out her podcast with cofounder Claire Suellentrop here - https://pod.link/1713510690

Past guests of The People of Digital Marketing include April Dunford, Amanda Goetz, Melissa Rosenthal, Bill Macaitis, Miruna Dragomir, Andrew Capland, Erik Newton, Andy Crestodina, Sarah Bedrick, Michael Wieder, Dan McGaw, Kathleen Booth, Foti Panagiotakopoulos, Tommy Walker, Lea Pica, Maya Grossman, Sara Pion, Margaret Kelsey, and more.

Music for this podcast comes from www.davidcuttermusic.com

Kate Guerrero helps early stage startups solve positioning and messaging challenges, and translates strategy to a crystal clear homepage. She's a 2x small business owner, a 2x mom, and the author of an award-winning manuscript.

Questions and topics we covered in this interview include:

• Fletch’s philosophy around product marketing
• How product positioning lays the groundwork for all other forms of marketing collateral a business will need to make and deploy
• How to sell the work of product positioning internally
• How the size of a business’s product portfolio affects positioning exercises and GTM strategy
• The core differences between brand marketing and product marketing
• The actual step-by-step process Fletch takes to update a B2B SaaS company’s homepage and product positioning
• How to identify what differentiates a product from the rest of the market
• Why it’s okay to actually talk about the competition in your positioning

And more!

Important Links

Learn more about Fletch PMM’s positioning and product marketing services here - https://www.fletchpmm.com

You can say hello to Kate on LinkedIn here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-guerrero-🖋%EF%B8%8F-42b56348/

You can find me on LinkedIn here- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennysoto

Past guests of The People of Digital Marketing include April Dunford, Amanda Goetz, Melissa Rosenthal, Bill Macaitis, Miruna Dragomir, Andrew Capland, Erik Newton, Andy Crestodina, Sarah Bedrick, Michael Wieder, Dan McGaw, Kathleen Booth, Foti Panagiotakopoulos, Tommy Walker, Lea Pica, Maya Grossman, Sara Pion, Margaret Kelsey, and more.

Music for this podcast comes from www.davidcuttermusic.com

Shelagh Dolan is the Content Marketing Manager at Quora, where she has led the content strategy for Quora for Business, the platform’s advertising division, since June 2022. With over a decade of experience, Shelagh has a proven track record of crafting content strategies that align with sales goals and drive growth for global B2B brands. Before joining Quora, she held key roles as the Director of Content Marketing at eMarketer and Senior Content Marketing Manager at Business Insider.

Topics and questions we covered in this episode include:

• The key skills every entry-level content marketer should focus on developing in 2025
• The things that HAVEN’T changed in marketing (and probably won’t)
• Shelagh’s process for launching new product features
• How to prove that content is bringing in revenue and ROI?
• Shelagh’s advice for finding (and getting) great marketing jobs
• The challenges people don’t talk about when it comes to managing a team

And more!

Important Links

You can say hello to Shelagh on LinkedIn here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelaghdolan/

You can find me on LinkedIn here- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennysoto

Past guests of The People of Digital Marketing include April Dunford, Amanda Goetz, Melissa Rosenthal, Bill Macaitis, Miruna Dragomir, Andrew Capland, Erik Newton, Andy Crestodina, Sarah Bedrick, Michael Wieder, Dan McGaw, Kathleen Booth, Foti Panagiotakopoulos, Tommy Walker, Lea Pica, Maya Grossman, Sara Pion, Margaret Kelsey, and more.

Music for this podcast comes from www.davidcuttermusic.com