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#58

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Exit Five Newsletter #57

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#56

Exit Five Newsletter #56

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The Five: 7.11.23

The Exit Five Newsletter #54

Lead Gen & Gated Content & eBooks Are leads dead in B2B?No.There’s a lot of debate here about lead gen vs demand gen.And there’s a lot of talk about...

The Five: 6.28.23

The Exit Five Newsletter #53

Do Webinars Stink? What about Live Sessions?Just call it a Live Session vs. a Webinar and boom, you're good right?Hear me out:I don't think there's...

The Five: 6.22.23

You need better goals + strategy

Goals vs. TacticsAfter spending 10 years working in B2B SaaS in marketing roles, as a CMO, and later advising startups in the space, hosting the Exit...

The Five: 6.15.23

Was there a playbook for building Exit Five?

Going from CMO to Building Exit Five - Is There A Playbook?"Hey Dave how did you build a successful community? Any tips?"Once you reach a certain...

The Five: 6.6.23

Hang in there...

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The Five: 6.1.23

The Five: Here's The Five 6-1

Thanks to the 2023 Exit Five presenting sponsorsJasper (AI), Demandwell (SEO),andZapier (Automation)Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of...

The Five: 5.11.23

The Five: Here's The Five 5-11

Thanks to the 2023 Exit Five presenting sponsorsJasper (AI), Demandwell (SEO),andZapier (Automation)Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of...

The Five: 5.4.23

The Five: Here's The Five 5-4

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of The Five, a weekly collection of B2B marketing lessons, learnings, thoughts… ok fine it’s stuff. B2B...

The Five: 4.19.23

The Five: Here's The Five

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of The Five, a weekly collection of B2B marketing lessons, learnings, thoughts… ok fine it’s stuff. B2B...

The Five: 4.13.23

The Five: Doing More With Less

Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of The Five, a weekly collection of B2B marketing lessons, learnings, thoughts… ok fine it’s stuff. B2B...

The Five: 4.6.23

The Five: Reporting to the CEO

The Five from Exit Five Thanks to the 2023 Exit Five presenting sponsors Jasper (AI),Demandwell (SEO), andZapier (Automation). This is a new...

#E5N 033

Here's the Exit Five weekly newsletter

Hey - it's me Dave. Back with the weekly Exit Five newsletter.Here's a link if you'd like to share this email with other B2B...

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Here's the Exit Five weekly newsletter

Hey - it's me Dave. Back with the weekly Exit Five newsletter. Can you follow our Instagram account? It'sExit Five Marketing...

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How's your public speaking?

Hey - it's me Dave. Back with the weekly Exit Five newsletter. Can you follow our Instagram account? It'sExit Five Marketing...

#E5N 030

Don't build a marketing team

Marketing Team vs. Media Company There's this concept I've been sharing for a few years now. I say it in different ways at times, but this is...

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Will you read me on a Monday?

Hey - it's me Dave. Back with the weekly Exit Five newsletter. Can you follow our Instagram account? It'sExit Five Marketing...

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What's on my mind this week...

Hey - it's me Dave. Back with the weekly Exit Five newsletter. Reply back or say hi on Twitter or LinkedIn, it's me. For real life! As...

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Open for a career hack

Hey - it's me Dave. Back with the weekly Exit Five newsletter. Here's a little career hack I don't see talked about often... You can...

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Will AI change the game for B2B marketers?

As of this moment (January 2023) AI is the most talked about thing among businesses, entrepreneurs, and marketers.Is it hype?Is it...

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Commit

Change is hard. We are all human (at least I think, if you're reading this email but who knows there's a lot going on with AI right now).

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I am not good at presenting data

I saw a post recently about how important "how" you present your data is... And how looking at changes month over month when presenting to...

#E5N 023

My friend Tim

I was in the mood to do something completely different this week, so I had my friend from high school Tim on the Exit Five podcast. I'm...

#E5N 022

Fix this

When it comes to driving revenue we obsess over tactics. When so often the root cause is actuallypositioning, which is a company problem...

#E5N 021

Should you create a category?

Should you create a category? There was a question a few weeks agoin the Exit Five communityfrom Calvin about category creation and I...

#E5N 020

Videos

Do you have a short form video strategy? Short form video is eating the world.Everyone is talking about it in our personal lives or as...

#E5N 019

Buckle up, marketers

Marketing has to be the revenue department. Buckle up.If you're in SaaS you've seen / felt what's happening with the economy first-hand....

#E5N 018

What should you do the first 30 days?

What should you do the first 30 days? There was a question this weekin the Exit Five communityabout starting a new job as Head of...

#E5N 016

What I wish I knew as first-time CMO

16 Lessons I Wish I Knew... I went from Marketing Manager to CMO in 4 years.And damn did I make a bunch of mistakes along the way.I didn't...

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The ROI of social media (for real)

The Real ROI of Social Media A few weeks ago I wrotea viral LinkedIn post(viral for me at least; had 1M+ views in a day). Last week I...

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No one cares

Please remember this if you work in marketing: No one is paying attention to your company. At least that's the mindset I like to have...

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Steal this LinkedIn move I use

Here's a proactive LinkedIn move to steal It's hard to build an audience with a cold start, and simply posting content won't just...

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Win/loss analysis

Should you be using Win/Loss analysis? If you are like me you are looking foranything you can add to your toolkit to help the company...

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What's the ROI of a podcast?

What's the ROI of a podcast? One of the most common questions I see around B2B startups as it relates to starting (or not starting) a...

#E5N 011

Budget cuts

Marketing in a recession. Marketing in a recession —> we're all making cuts and changes right now. I've seen it in my business personally,...

#E5N 010

Nurture nurture nurture

The solution is never more lead nurturing. I don’t mean that example specially, but here’s what I’m trying to articulate - the marketing...

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Do you need your boss too much?

Stop relying on your boss. The less you can rely on your boss, the better. If you report to a founder or senior exec at a company, they don’t...

#E5N 008

Community for B2B

Community Is The #1 B2B Marketing Trend Community is the most important trend to understand and try to harness for your business today.Smart...

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LinkedIn vs. PR

LinkedIn vs. PR You could pay a PR agency $10k/month to write and place articles in publications that few of your actual customers will...

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Marketing backwards

I like to do marketing backwards. And start with the audience first. Marketing and sales are about the feedback loop. The quicker you can...

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Why don't they measure anyone else?

They love to drown us in metrics, but ... Have you ever noticed this?When it comes to management level reporting and internal strategy...

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Blame the CEO

Blame The Founder/CEO If your brand has nothing to say, don't blame marketing. Blame the Founder/CEO. There's a reason why Andy Raskin told me...

#E5N 003

Double down on what you're good at

Double down on what you’re good at.That’s a timeless growth hack. Personally. As a company strategy. As a marketing team. We spend a lot of...

#E5N 002

Dear Founder re: LinkedIn

Founder: I am having a hard time hiring marketers. Me: Are you active on LinkedIn? How often do you talk about what you’re doing there? Founder: ...

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Solo parenting

My wife is under the weather; she's fine but she's in the basement away from us and I've been on solo parenting duty with the kids this week so I'm...

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Dave Gerhardt

About Dave Gerhardt

I've been in B2B marketing for a decade working in marketing leadership roles at Drift and Privy. Today I'm spending my time building a community of B2B marketing pros to give you the resources outside of work I didn't have available to me earlier in my career.