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Katie Jane Parkes

Katie Jane Parkes

Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing , Apollo.io

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Katie Jane Parkes
Apollo.io Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing | Formerly Shopify3y
I chose Demand Generation over Product Marketing because I wanted to be at the front lines of brand building. I have specialized in content creation and strategy, specifi...
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Katie Jane Parkes
Apollo.io Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing | Formerly Shopify3y
Here are the skills I think you need to be a great demand generation leader: Deep understanding of the sales processAbility to connect sales and marketing Email marketing...
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Katie Jane Parkes
Apollo.io Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing | Formerly Shopify3y
The common traits that all of the best demand generation candidates have is a growth mindset and the ability to combine both data/science and creativity in their approach...
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Katie Jane Parkes
Apollo.io Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing | Formerly Shopify2y
I will answer this specific to my creative team, as it's not quite your traditional Demand Gen team. My current video team is about 8 creatives, plus myself. Here's the c...
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Katie Jane Parkes
Apollo.io Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing | Formerly Shopify1y
Because the customer journey doesn’t end at the sale, you need to focus on a process that evolves their experience with your product (and brand). You need to focus on dri...
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Katie Jane Parkes
Apollo.io Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing | Formerly Shopify1y
My go-to demand gen strategy is actually really straightforward: gain deep audience understanding + create content that educates, not just sells. It’s simple, but wildly ...
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Katie Jane Parkes
Apollo.io Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing | Formerly Shopify1y
Best-in-class Customer Marketing teams are deeply integrated across all of marketing. They build tight knit relationships with Customer Success, Sales, Product, Brand, an...
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Katie Jane Parkes
Apollo.io Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing | Formerly Shopify3y
My advice for recent graduates looking to go straight into demand generation is to think about your own experience as a person who loves certain brands. Ask yourself what...
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Katie Jane Parkes
Apollo.io Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing | Formerly Shopify1y
This is super tough to answer without context... very much depends on your business model and maturity. I think a good rule of thumb would be anywhere between 10-25% of t...
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Katie Jane Parkes
Apollo.io Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing | Formerly Shopify1y
If we're looking at Customer Marketing strategy, there's a few key variables that can shape where we focus and how we allocate resources:Audience/customer segments: Diffe...
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Director of Social, Community & Customer Marketing at Apollo.io
Formerly Shopify
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