This episode of "Let's Talk Marketing" explores customer connections in marketing. Host Katya Allison interviews Maria Sipka from Linqia about meaningful customer connections through authenticity. Maria shares how she uses social listening and hashtags to gain insights into people's lives. She challenges brands to connect through vulnerability instead of just selling. For those struggling to personalize, Maria provides advice on voice of customer research. The discussion also explores challenges women entrepreneurs face and how to turn weaknesses into strengths. Insights around balancing career and motherhood through quick decision-making are shared. The value of communities for support and unlocking potential rounds out the episode. Listeners will walk away with impactful learnings around customer relationships and personal growth.

Listeners will walk away with insights on:

• Developing deep customer insights through social listening and hashtags
• Connecting through vulnerability and intimacy rather than just selling
• Involving customers through authentic research like real conversations
• Overcoming self-doubt and challenges as a woman entrepreneur
• Balancing career and motherhood through quick decision-making
• Embracing weaknesses and turning them into strengths
• Building internal and external communities for support and growth

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This episode of "Let's Talk Marketing" explores brand strategy and influencer marketing in today's digital landscape. Host Katya Allison interviews Denise Vitola about her career journey starting in sports marketing and transitioning to leading influencer programs.

Denise emphasizes the importance of truly listening to consumers and developing brand strategies based on their feedback rather than rigid guidelines. She advocates for staying consistent with your brand identity while acknowledging changing trends. And also discusses the value influencers provide when authentically sharing relatable stories that align with a brand's tone.

When it comes to measuring influencer marketing success, she recommends aligning metrics with specific marketing funnel goals like awareness or purchase intent. Leverage Nielsen ratings and MTA tags to holistically measure ROI against other tactics and don’t forget to involve multiple touchpoints and infrastructure for comprehensive measurement.

Katya and Denise discuss absorbing new ideas from diverse content on various platforms for inspiration and perspectives. How taking calculated risks and reframing failures as learning opportunities can help you stay nimble in a changing landscape.

Listeners will walk away with insights on:

- Developing consumer-led brand strategies through feedback

- Ensuring influencer content is authentic and consistent with your brand

- Measuring influencer marketing across awareness, engagement, sales metrics

- Gaining inspiration and perspectives from thought leaders on different platforms

- Embracing risks and failures as opportunities for growth and innovation

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This episode explores the pivotal role of personal branding for both executives and their companies. Guest Loreta Tarozaite shares her insights on how leaders can leverage their personal brand to build authority, enhance visibility and boost their organization's reputation.

What You'll Learn:

• How personal branding builds thought leadership and credibility for executives
• The value of video content for enhancing personal and corporate brands
• Tips for overcoming fears of public speaking and being "on camera"
• Strategies for engaging authentically on social media as an executive
• The importance of continuous innovation in marketing strategies
• Best practices for elevating your presence on LinkedIn
• Advice for hiring the right talent for your growing brands
• Examples of executives with strong personal brands like Gary Vee and Richard Branson
• Insights on humanizing corporate brands and storytelling

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