(4:11 Q&A Video) “Expand Marketing’s Role From Promotion to Holistic Business Growth”

In this 4:11 video, Katie Strout explains why marketing's role is expanding beyond traditional functional boundaries. She describes customer obsession, market insight, and holistic business growth as responsibilities that increasingly define modern marketing leadership. Katie also explains why combining quantitative evidence with direct customer validation creates a powerful way to demonstrate business impact.

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Part Three: The Revenue Logic of Customer Obsession

Episode #314: GTM Leader Lauren Shleifer Goldstein explains why customer obsession is the foundation of sustainable business growth. She shares practical strategies for aligning teams, building trust, and using customer insights to improve decisions across the organization. Lauren also reveals why people, processes, and customer understanding matter more than technology alone.

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(3:47 Q&A Video) “Customer Trust Starts Before The Buying Process Begins”

In this 3:47 video, Lauren Shleifer Goldstein explains why organizations should engage buyers long before formal sales conversations begin. She shares how thought leadership helps customers recognize problems earlier in their journey. Lauren also discusses practical ways to build trust before buyers create their shortlist.

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Part Three: The Revenue Logic of Customer Obsession

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Episode #314: GTM Leader Lauren Shleifer Goldstein explains why customer obsession is the foundation of sustainable business growth. She shares practical strategies for aligning teams, building trust, and using customer insights to improve decisions across the organization. Lauren also reveals why people, processes, and customer understanding matter more than technology alone.

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Case Study: Customer-Led Growth And The Alignment That Changed Everything

Episode #309: Margaret Dawson, Chief Marketing Officer at SUSE, shares a practical framework for turning customer insight into measurable business growth. She explains how customer research, AI, cross-functional alignment, and integrated campaigns transformed marketing performance and executive confidence. Learn how customer-first thinking creates a stronger pipeline, better decisions, and sustainable growth.

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(3:17 Q&A Video) “Celebrating Customers Builds Lasting Relationships and Stronger Growth”

In this video, Margaret Dawson explains why customer advocacy should create value for customers instead of simply promoting products. She shares how peer relationships, customer recognition, and meaningful success stories strengthen trust and long-term business growth. Great advocacy always makes the customer the hero.

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Case Study: Customer-Led Growth And The Alignment That Changed Everything

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Episode #309: Margaret Dawson, Chief Marketing Officer at SUSE, shares a practical framework for turning customer insight into measurable business growth. She explains how customer research, AI, cross-functional alignment, and integrated campaigns transformed marketing performance and executive confidence. Learn how customer-first thinking creates a stronger pipeline, better decisions, and sustainable growth.

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The New Board Agenda to Achieve Growth

Episode #298: Richard O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer at B2B Marketing, shares why traditional growth structures are breaking down across modern B2B organizations. He explains why CEOs and boards must rethink how sales, marketing, brand, and customer understanding work together to drive sustainable growth. He also explains why disruptive thinking is necessary to reinvent the way organizations approach growth.

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The New Board Agenda to Achieve Growth

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Episode #298: Richard O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer at B2B Marketing, shares why traditional growth structures are breaking down across modern B2B organizations. He explains why CEOs and boards must rethink how sales, marketing, brand, and customer understanding work together to drive sustainable growth. He also explains why disruptive thinking is necessary to reinvent the way organizations approach growth.

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Modern CMO Evolution: From Truth to Trust

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Episode #290: Margaret Dawson, Chief Marketing Officer at SUSE, explains how the modern CMO role is evolving from simply communicating products to building trust through customer understanding, storytelling, and authority. She shares why AI-driven buying behavior, growing market noise, and delayed buyer engagement are forcing marketers to rethink how they earn credibility. The conversation highlights why customer-centric messaging, human engagement, and differentiated positioning remain foundational to sustainable B2B growth.

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