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S1E1: Dinosaurs, leave-behinds, and the art of evoking jealousy.
Garrett Mehrguth has a heart-to-heart with Alina Vandenberghe, Co-founder & co-Ceo @Chili Piper, about the merits of physical gifts from vendors, and how sales and marketing should be pointing their ship sin the same direction… or sink on their own.
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Think you know how to best your competition? Comparison may be the exact opposite thing you should. See why when Garrett Mehrguth sits down with Anthony Kannada, Founder & CEO at AudiencePlus.
S1E3: Being singularly focused, versus being everything to everybody.
With digital covered, how do you effectively surround an account from a physical perspective and really get them to notice you? Garrett Mehrguth gets the scoop from Corinna Owens, Fractional ABM, GTM Advisor, and podcast host.