Episode 33

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4th Oct 2023

33: How to Activate Your Clients As Your Best Sales People - with Michelle Golladay, the VP of Marketing at Daasity

In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing, host Jane Serra interviews Michelle Golladay, the VP of Marketing at Daasity. Michelle shares her journey into B2B marketing, her experience working at IBM and an art gallery in London, highlighting the differences between large corporations and startups. Michelle also talks about her management roles and the challenges she's faced, emphasizing the importance of empathy and observing her own managers.

Michelle talks about:

  • the speed to impact and the availability of resources and mentorship in large corporations compared to startups
  • the significance of understanding budgets and managing people
  • how she learned through mentorship and personal experiences
  • three different management styles - which to emmulate and which to avoid
  • how to activate your clients as your best sales people
  • various types of asks that can be made of clients, and the need for strong relationships
  • different co-marketing activities that can be done with clients
  • the evolution of a good customer advisory board

Key Links:

Guest: Michelle Golladay - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellegolladay/

Host: Jane Serra - https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/

Daasity: https://www.daasity.com/

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Women in B2B Marketing
A biweekly podcast dedicated to motivating marketers at all levels in their careers through real-life stories. Our goal is to inspire listeners to achieve more, strive for success, and feel a sense of understanding and community.
Women in B2B Marketing is a biweekly podcast dedicated to motivating marketers at all levels in their careers through real-life stories of victory and defeat, challenge and triumph. Our goal is to inspire listeners to achieve more, strive for success, and feel a sense of understanding and community.

This is a place where CMOs, VPs of Marketing, and all strong women B2B marketing leaders discuss their top tactics, strategies, and tips for building teams, leveraging trends, and ultimately rocking their marketing careers - however that looks to them.

Leading marketing teams everywhere from fortune 500s to startups and challenger brands, these women share their stories of rising to the top - and how they overcame any obstacles that came their way.

Made by and for women, insightful for all.

Podcast Host: Jane Serra, 15+ years in B2B marketing across all industries from SaaS to Marketing Agencies and International Outsourcing.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janeserra/

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