
B2B Growth Marketing: The Ultimate CEO Playbook for Building Resilient, High-Performing Tech Brands
- E483
- 46:03
- April 30th 2025
In this episode of Predictable B2B Success, we dive into the mind of a true growth marketing maestro, Jason Shafton. With over two decades of experience scaling giants like Google, Paramount, and Headspace, Jason reveals the secrets behind crafting killer marketing strategies that defy the status quo. From his journey of personal resilience, including the poignant stories of overcoming profound personal challenges, Jason shares how authenticity and vulnerability can transform business narratives and inspire teams to achieve the impossible.
We explore how brutal honesty, balanced with empathy, can foster environments where teams thrive and deliver exceptional results. Jason takes us through the art of understanding your audience profoundly, creating engaging narratives that resonate deeply with customers, and the importance of zigging while everyone else is zagging. He challenges businesses to break free from the mundane B2B marketing mold and embrace unconventional growth channels, even questioning the reliance on tech titans like Google and Meta.
Join us as we unravel the layers of Jason Shafton's growth playbook, where insights meet inspiration, creating a roadmap for any B2B leader aiming for unparalleled success.
Some areas we explore in this episode include:
- Growth mindset and personal resilience in business.
- Jason's experience as a growth marketer at major companies.
- Founding and the purpose of his consulting firm, Winston Francois.
- Understanding customers and developing ideal customer profiles.
- Personal challenges shaping leadership and business philosophies.
- Crafting narratives through audience understanding.
- Balancing radical candor and empathy in leadership.
- What sets great marketers apart in the B2B tech space?
- Building a successful growth flywheel with channel strategies.
- Community building and using unique marketing channels.
- And much, much more...
Predictable B2B Success
The Predictable B2B Success podcast is about creating predictable growth in a business. This is a podcast for founders, business owners, and marketing and sales executives.
In each podcast episode, we unpack an aspect of creating business growth predictably. We look at how we can expand our influence and strategies to boost sales through the creation of remarkable experiences, empathetic content, and conversations.
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