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The 4 Principles G2’s CMO Used to Grow Monthly Organic Visitors from 500k to 5 Million
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The 4 Principles G2’s CMO Used to Grow Monthly Organic Visitors from 500k to 5 Million

In a recent episode of Ground Up, we spoke with Ryan Bonnici. Ryan is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for G2—formerly G2 Crowd. He talked ...

Author's avatar by Kiera Abbamonte | Sep 19, 2021
The 3-Step Approach HubSpot’s VP of Marketing Uses to Set Goals for Continuous Growth
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The 3-Step Approach HubSpot’s VP of Marketing Uses to Set Goals for Continuous Growth

Back in October, HubSpot’s VP of Marketing, Kieran Flanagan, sat down with our own John Bonini for an episode of Ground Up. Kieran shared a ...

Author's avatar by Kiera Abbamonte | Sep 19, 2021
Vimeo’s Journey to Full-Service SaaS & One Million Paying Subscribers
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Vimeo’s Journey to Full-Service SaaS & One Million Paying Subscribers

Vimeo doesn’t have a brand awareness problem, but rather a change awareness problem. (So says CEO Anjali Sud.) They have 1 million paying customers, 90% of ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Dec 6, 2019
How (and Why) ThriveHive Went All-In On Small, Local Businesses
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How (and Why) ThriveHive Went All-In On Small, Local Businesses

Acquisition costs will be tough to keep down.  Churn will be high.  You need to build sales pipeline quickly, and… You can’t pay for it.  ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Nov 26, 2019
How ActiveCampaign Grew to 80k Customers By Focusing On Product First
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How ActiveCampaign Grew to 80k Customers By Focusing On Product First

Maria Pergolino had never heard of ActiveCampaign.  Which is funny, because Maria is a veteran marketing executive in the software space. She’s worked for other ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Dec 10, 2019
Inside G2’s Explosive Growth with CMO Ryan Bonnici
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Inside G2’s Explosive Growth with CMO Ryan Bonnici

Early on, Ryan Bonnici told his bosses at G2, “if I don’t hit the numbers, fire me.”  He calls it naively confident, in that (at ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Nov 14, 2019
Inside Tettra’s Long, Winding, and Persistent Path Toward Achieving Profitability
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Inside Tettra’s Long, Winding, and Persistent Path Toward Achieving Profitability

What’s the worst thing that can happen?  That’s what Andy Cook asked himself when Tettra was about 2 weeks away from going out of business. ...

Author's avatar by Spela Mlekuz | Nov 8, 2019
Building a Content Engine & The Importance of Left Brain/Right Brain Marketers with Elle Woulfe
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Building a Content Engine & The Importance of Left Brain/Right Brain Marketers with Elle Woulfe

Elle Woulfe has been marketing technology solutions to marketers for close to 12 years.  Eloqua, Lattice Engines and Path Factory are some of the notable ...

Author's avatar by Spela Mlekuz | Nov 1, 2019
From HubSpot to Toast to Crayon: The Evolution of the Inbound Marketing Playbook with Ellie Mirman
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From HubSpot to Toast to Crayon: The Evolution of the Inbound Marketing Playbook with Ellie Mirman

Imagine this: It’s 2008 and simply having a blog as a business is a massive competitive advantage. Ellie Mirman remembers. She was at HubSpot in ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Oct 25, 2019
How HubSpot Instilled a Culture of Growth That Expanded Well Beyond Marketing
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How HubSpot Instilled a Culture of Growth That Expanded Well Beyond Marketing

Growth was pissing everybody off.  It was 2016 and Kieran Flanagan was running marketing and growth for HubSpot’s freemium tools.  But, growth as a discipline, ...

Author's avatar by Spela Mlekuz | Oct 20, 2019
How CloudApp Grew to 3 Million Users Without a Marketer on Staff (And How Things Have Changed Now That They Do)
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How CloudApp Grew to 3 Million Users Without a Marketer on Staff (And How Things Have Changed Now That They Do)

Imagine growing to 3 million users without a marketer on staff. Sounds like a dream, right?  Well, have you heard of CloudApp? Judging by those user ...

Author's avatar by Spela Mlekuz | Sep 19, 2021
How a Vulgar Card Game Helped Shape Transistor & Disrupt Podcast Hosting
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How a Vulgar Card Game Helped Shape Transistor & Disrupt Podcast Hosting

Subscribe to Ground Up in your favorite app and get the next episode in time for your morning commute 🙌🏻 For Justin Jackson, a great ...

Author's avatar by Spela Mlekuz | Sep 19, 2021
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