Artwork for podcast Women in B2B Marketing
30: Leveraging Events as Pipeline Accelerators and Generators - with Shannon Curran, Vice President, Marketing at MadKudu
Episode 3013th September 2023 • Women in B2B Marketing • Podcast Host: Jane Serra, 17+ years in B2B marketing across all industries from SaaS to Marketing Agencies and International Outsourcing.
00:00:00 00:38:21

Share Episode

Shownotes

In this episode of Women in B2B Marketing, host Jane Serra interviews Shannon Curran, VP of Marketing at MadKudu. Shannon discusses the changing landscape of marketing teams, growing the top of the sales funnel, optimizing events for quality, and leveraging data to optimize for pipeline. She also emphasizes the need for clear direction, coaching, and authentic leadership.

Shannon and Jane discuss:

  • Shannon's transition from VC to B2B Marketing
  • The rise of generalists with specialized skills
  • Exploring fractional work for career growth
  • Aligning sales and marketing through data
  • MQLs as a vanity metric
  • Optimizing events for relationship building and deal acceleration
  • How to choose which events to invest in based on attendee lists and cost-benefit analysis.
  • Predicting ROI on events based on quality index
  • Investing in employee growth and psychological safety

Key Links:

Guest: Shannon Curran - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-sweeny-curran-55332942/

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

MadKudu - https://www.madkudu.com/

Links

Chapters

Video

More from YouTube