The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

Lars Nilsson, fmr Cloudera Global VP of Sales, on a career full of learnings, mentorship, and gratitude.

Episode Outline

[01:25] The importance of mentorship and how to choose a mentor

[02:57] The second type of mentor

[04:56] Why you need to know how to ask for help and how asking for help will put you ahead

[08:20] Mentorship for underprivileged and underrepresented populations

[10:34] Prospecting and selling are two different skill sets

[14:54] How to use SalesSource

[17:20] Lars’s career, what he has learned, and his priorities now


Lars’ Inspirations

Dennis Lyandres

Sarah Brazier

Tom Reilly


Connect with Lars

Linkedin

Twitter

The Demand Efficiency Podcast

Podcast

Audio

Demand Generation

Growth

In this episode, we have Hiten Shah, founder of multiple successful companies, including Crazy Egg, KISSmetrics, and FYI. He shares the knowledge he has gained from starting the businesses and also how being curious about observing other businesses has helped him along the way.

Hiten explains the power of branding, highlighting three keywords: New, Different and Right. He also mentions the importance of setting the right intention with content as well as producing high-quality content which is in understanding of the market and its people.

He later mentions why identifying immature and mature channels and understanding the difference is key while scaling a business and also gives out the criteria he uses to evaluate channels.

Outline of this Episode

  • Content marketing - Hiten talks about the potential customer journey whether it's decisions around purchase or landscape of the product.
  • WebTraffic - FYI focuses on content that is specifically aligned with the audience.
  • The Audience - Hiten shares his experience on the selection and understanding of your audience.
  • Market research - FYI focuses on understanding the customer experience and sentiment analysis.
  • Channels - Hiten describes managing them and scoring channels.
  • Blog content - Hiten shares the importance of creating the structure and time needed to be put in before seeing results.


Hiten's Inspirations

  • Joel Gascoigne (Buffer)
  • Nathan Barry (Convertkit)
  • Matthew Kobach
  • Eric Yuan (Zoom)
  • Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson (Basecamp, previously 37Signals)


Connect with Hiten

LinkedIn

Twitter

Facebook

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