Exceptions from the Drift Podcast Network is a docuseries exploring how and why a handful of B2B companies have built brands to experience breakout success. For years, "brand" was a dirty word in B2B. But today, in an era full of choice and noise, brand has become THE go-to strategy for differentiating your company. Join Drift and your host, author and keynote speaker Jay Acunzo, as we journey around the B2B world to understand what makes these companies tick and experience for ourselves the power of brand. Learn what it takes to become an exception.
https://drift.com/podcasts/exceptions
episode 1: Stop Marketing Blind with Rand Fishkin & Casey Henry (SparkToro)
How do we divide up our time as marketers to build a great brand? Do we know? Do we have a PLAN to do so? In the Season 2 premiere of Exceptions, host Jay Acunzo goes inside SparkToro, the audience intelligence search engine, cofounded by former Moz cofounder and CEO, Rand Fishkin, and Casey Henry, formerly of Moz, HubSpot, and Wistia. The duo explains where brand fits in the earliest days of building a company, and they expose the issues with how most marketers spend time, especially when it comes to audience development and customer research.