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Welcome to Chief Evangelist, the podcast that unravels the unique and potent role of Chief Evangelists and the influential movement they lead. Hosted by Ethan Beute, each episode delves into the world of evangelism work, exploring its intricacies and shedding light on what success truly means in this space. From understanding why focusing on a problem is more impactful than a product, to the overlap and divergence with thought leadership, community building, category design, and traditional ...
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ABOUT OUR HOST An accomplished professional speaker, Javed S. Khan has been a featured keynote at hundreds of conferences, meetings and seminars having spoken to more than 8,000 organizations. In addition to his speaking business, he is the founder of EMpression: a marketing services company that works with highly motivated entrepreneurs and organizations – developing and managing marketing programs with a purpose that catch people’s attention, and over the long-term generate results through ...
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Nothing decreases the cost of acquisition and lifetime value of clients like word of mouth (WOM), and the ultimate word of mouth flywheel is a community designed around your clients and prospects. BUT where do you find the playbook that makes that happen? That is why this podcast exists- to give you the toolset you need to run your business effectively, while building your community of superconsumers. Topics include category design, evangelism, content strategy, and other modernized concepts ...
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Watch or listen to this week's episode on driving innovation and revenue through evangelism! Matt Coats, Chief Evangelist at SchoolMint, shares his path from sales to evangelism - what sparked the vision, how he sold the concept internally, how it affected his compensation, and why it landed him on the senior leadership team. Watch or listen for in…
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Creator of the Zero Trust model of cybersecurity, John Kindervag serves as Chief Evangelist at Illumio. He joins host Ethan Beute to share insights from his journey turning a new idea into a global movement. More than a dozen years ago as a Forrester analyst, he turned primary research into a new model of information security. Rather than a perimet…
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Listen in on a conversation on the relationships between sales, technical marketing, product marketing, and evangelism. Join Brian Robison, Chief Evangelist and Vice President of Product Marketing at Corellium. To that role, Brian brings experience in marketing and evangelizing hardware and software solutions with Blackberry Cylance, Citrix, McAfee…
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Join Kelly Ryan Bailey, CEO and Global Skills Evangelist at Skills Baby, as she explains the dynamic role of an evangelist with host Ethan Beute. The focus is on innovation, transformative work, and storytelling - all fueled by an authentic passion. Learn why and how Kelly developed an open-source vocabulary around skills in service of all stakehol…
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In this episode, Corrina Owens, Chief Evangelist at purple cork, draws from her account-based marketing and demand generation experience with companies like Profisee and Gong to explain how evangelists can work across functions to better serve customer needs. Hear the customer-turned-team-member story of Corrina joining purple cork and why the Chie…
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This episode features Udi Ledergor, Chief Evangelist at Gong. Udi’s been along throughout Gong’s success journey, primarily as CMO. Learn why the shift to evangelism made sense for him, the company, and their community. Get insights into how Udi created the job description, how he sources 20-25 speaking engagements each quarter, how he lines up app…
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In today's episode, Richie Cotton, who serves as a Data Evangelist at DataCamp, sits down with host Ethan Beute to discuss his strategic method for creating impactful content to drive top-of-funnel and customizing curriculum to achieve specific learning objectives. Richie takes us through his career journey, transitioning from course creation to a …
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In this episode, our guest, Martin Schneider, Head of Research and Chief Evangelist at GTM transformation firm Annuitas, discusses the crucial role of a Chief Evangelist in crafting bigger, more persuasive narratives that instill belief in the ”'why” and “how” behind your vision. Learn his path from journalist to analyst to marketer to evangelist a…
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In today's episode, we're thrilled to have Ton Dobbe, the founder of Value Inspiration and the author of The Remarkable Effect - The Essential Book for Tech Entrepreneurs on a Mission. Ton dives into the relationship between product marketing and evangelism with our host, Ethan Beute. Discover Ton's insights on achieving true remarkability and lear…
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Today’s guest is Pablo Gonzalez, CEO and Co-Founder of Be The Stage and Co-Founder and Co-Host of Category Thinkers. He joins host Ethan Beute to discuss category design, evangelism, and community. Pablo shares in-depth the significance of being deeply community-oriented. He provides valuable insights on content leverage – the strategic use of mess…
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Today’s guest is David Ross, Principal Agile Product Evangelist at Miro. He joins host Ethan Beute as they navigate the shift from being a practitioner to assuming the role of an advocate. Dave shares three specific ways he stays sharp, up to date, and in touch with the latest in his field, how he generated demand for his expertise and evangelism, …
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Today’s guest is Shaun Plant, Chief Legal Evangelist at LawVu and Community Evangelist at InView. He joins host Ethan Beute to share a better way forward for lawyers going in-house – leaving the traditional law firm model and becoming proactive business partners with deep legal expertise, supported by software and tools, to make a substantial impac…
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Today’s guest is Casey Cheshire, Founder and Chief Evangelist at Ringmaster. He joins host Ethan Beute to share why every company needs an evangelist - and a podcast! Casey explains how companies can leverage podcasts to connect with their ideal customers, as well as the benefits of podcasting in terms of capturing, learning from, and sharing the l…
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Today’s guest is Amelia Taylor, Evangelist and GTM Strategist at Regie.ai. She joins host Ethan Beute to share the story of evolving from a sales role into an evangelist role – how she did it, why she did it, and how it’s going. Amelia shares the essence of being an evangelist, a role that demands an unwavering dedication to spreading messages and …
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Today’s guest is Kristi Faltorusso, Chief Customer Officer at ClientSuccess and an active evangelist of the practice of customer success (CS). She joins host Ethan Beute to share practical and meaningful insights into change management and behavioral transformation. Kristi shares her approach to advancing the discipline of CS, which is relatively n…
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Our guest today is Jared Fuller, Co-Founder & CEO at Partner Hacker and Chief Ecosystem Officer at Reveal. Join Ethan Beute in this engaging conversation with Jared about his insights into three types of entrepreneurs, three distinct eras in B2B SaaS, the category of near bound, and the role of evangelism. Jared encourages evangelists to embrace th…
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Today’s guest is Ami Arad, Senior Principal Product Evangelist at 6sense. Ami joins Ethan Beute to share the journey of becoming an evangelist at 6sense, a company he joined after thriving at Microsoft and Oracle and 25 years after his first evangelist role Ami shares his insights into incorporating showmanship and creating excitement in truly uniq…
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Today’s guest is Jill Rowley, GTM Advisor & LP at Stage 2 Capital. Jill joins Ethan Beute to share how she began leveraging social networks not for direct selling, but to nurture relationships and connections that eventually lead to sales conversations. Jill was a pioneering evangelist in organizations like Salesforce, Eloqua, and Marketo and offer…
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Today’s guest is Kevin Hartman, Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, author of “Digital Marketing Analytics: In Theory & Practice,” and former Chief Analytics Evangelist at Google. Kevin joins Ethan Beute to share how to find success while balancing an abundance amount of opportunities and …
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Today’s guest is Chris Cochran, Advisory CISO & Chief Evangelist at Huntress. He’s also Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer at Hacker Valley Media. Chris joins Ethan Beute to share why successful evangelism may be measured through aided recall, then unaided recall. Among the insights you’ll get from Chris, a prolific podcaster, are tips for startin…
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Today’s guest is Leslie Greenwood, Founder & CEO at Chief Evangelist Consulting and Host of the People Powered Community Podcast. Leslie joins Ethan Beute to share ways to identify, activate, empower, and connect our best evangelists. They’re all around us. And they can help us scale our evangelism efforts. Among the many helpful strategies and tac…
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Today’s guest is Paul Norford, VP of Global Enablement & Chief Evangelist at Ivanti. Paul joins Ethan Beute to share how crucial it is for an evangelist to have the ability to tell a compelling story with passion and enthusiasm. These narratives can effortlessly draw in the audience and foster a meaningful connection. Paul also explains the profoun…
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Today’s guest is Joshua Burkhow, Chief Evangelist at Alteryx. Joshua joins Ethan Beute and shares insights into integrating storytelling into his role as an evangelist. Storytelling plays a pivotal role in the art of evangelism, enabling us to comprehend our client's unique perspectives and needs. Joshua also explains the process of crafting and de…
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In today's world - having a website that hooks people from the first sentence is vital if you want to survive & thrive in the digital economy, but if you're like me, we struggle to really nail that first line. That's why, for the next LIVE Q&A Show, I'm bringing the guy that has figured out exactly how to craft the first sentence: Joe Martin. Joe h…
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Today’s guest is Ari Kaplan, Head Evangelist at Databricks. Ari joins Ethan Beute and breaks down AI, machine learning, and LLMs – and shares the unique and powerful role of lakehouses. Ari delivers a brief history of AI and predictive. Ari also explains how the evangelism role was co-created and shaped within Databricks, as well as his priorities …
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It's no secret that AI has revolutionized the way we do business, from automating mundane tasks to creating personalized experiences. But as the AI revolution marches on, there's a growing misconception that human connections no longer matter. The truth is, these connections have never been more crucial. Join us for a thought-provoking exploration …
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This continuation of the show with Terry Weaver is a good one. As soon as we opened up the mic, we started asking Terry, who puts together two great events a year (The Thing), about: - how to make better keynotes - how to land speaking engagements - how to make content to increase your influence Connect with Terry and go to one of his events! Suppo…
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Today’s guest is Mark Gilham, Evangelist at Enable. Mark joins Ethan Beute and shares his experiences and expertise – in both accounting and evangelism! For him, genuine self-expression and staying true to yourself are key to success in this dynamic role. Mark explains why having integrity in your values and beliefs draws people toward your message…
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Entrepreneurship can be many things: fulfilling, maddening, lucrative, demoralizing, exhilarating, lonely, etc., and community can help normalize the roller coaster ride. But simplification is the best tool to reduce chaos. That's why keying in on one thing at a time is such a valuable practice, and Terry Weaver has built an extraordinary community…
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This is part of one of our open mic sessions where my friend Joel Mena stops by to discuss his evangelism and community building around the UX community of Miami, then I try to convince him why I think Jerry Seinfeld is a category designer. Just another ordinary day on the Relationship Driven Growth Open Mic right after the show. Come to the next o…
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Some companies are out there capturing demand from the market and doing it well. Then there are other companies that are doing things differently. Maybe it's an innovation the world hasn't fully understood yet. Maybe it's a break from the status quo in the industry that puts the client's needs first. These companies need someone that is championing…
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I recently took a call from a friend on LinkedIn asking me about things I often get hit up about, and it ended up being a great call so I asked him if I could publish it, and he said ok! He then told me what his reasons for reaching out were: "I thought you’d be able to help with strategy around building an audience and a following. Ways to use dig…
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Today’s guest is Leslie Pagel, Chief Evangelist at Authenticx. Leslie joins Ethan Beute to share the mission to help humans understand humans through the true voice of the customer. Leslie explains how she joined the team as a Chief Customer Officer, with the role of helping the team define, measure, and achieve value with customers. In the shift t…
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I recently had the honor to speak at the Community Led Growth Summit about building a community off a podcast. This isn't that presentation. This is the behind the scenes onboarding call with Charlotte Lesage from Melting Spot who where she got to truly understand what we do and how we do it. This show covers: 1. The Big Audience Lie: how I realize…
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After Rachel's amazing episode, the community stuck around and shared some real practical frameworks they've used, seen used, or heard of to get your team to help grow your brand on LinkedIn. Join us on the next Relationship Driven Growth Open Mic Session! Tinyurl.com/b2bcb2023 Support the Show.
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Today’s guest is Bryan Stallings, Chief Evangelist at Lucid Software, providers of Lucidchart, Lucidspark, and Lucidscale. Bryan joins Ethan Beute to tell the story of the relationship and shared values that brought him to the company in this unique role, as well as how their visual collaboration suite brings these values to life. Bryan explains th…
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LinkedIn has long been dismissed as just a site for recruiters. Then savvy business development professionals found success using it as a networking site - a digital rolodex for professionals. But what if we told you that LinkedIn is actually STILL untapped and underestimated platform for businesses to exponentially grow revenue? That's right, whil…
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Today’s guest is Jonathan Stephens, Chief Evangelist at EveryPoint. Jonathan joins Ethan Beute to share how his journey into marketing, content, and live streaming resulted in organizations like NVIDIA inviting him onto their platforms. Jonathan realized that his reach widened as he shifted from a corporate logo and voice to leading with his person…
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Most people think they know what it takes to build a thriving online community. But most people get it wrong. That's why when I saw Suzanne Taylor-King building from scratch and hearing from everyone involved they knew this was different than what they had in mind (in a great way), I invited her onto the B2B Community Builder Show so we can dive in…
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Hosting an event is a great way to build your brand, but people tend to overcomplicate doing it. That's why we used last week's relationship driven growth open mic to share a couple of low cost, low effort, high impact events that our community has pulled off, including: - a tea party at the Drake Hotel of Chicago - a book signing at an airport boo…
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Richard Branson famously said, "Communication is the most important skill any leader can possess," and conversations are the base of communication. But I've never seen any training on how to be a great conversationalist. That's why when Yurii Lazaruk reached out to ask me how I learned to interview people on my show, I knew it would be a great oppo…
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The strategy of category design involves creating a new category instead of competing in an existing one. By marketing the problem rather than the solution, companies have succeeded in capturing 76% market share in their category. This is because she who states the problem best, is known to have the solution. But most people believe this only works…
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Today’s guest is Anthony Kennada, Co-Founder & CEO at AudiencePlus and author of Category Creation. Anthony joins Ethan Beute to share why leading companies champion an idea, not just provide a product. They engage, educate, entertain, and host conversation. They wrap products with valuable content and a meaningful community. And evangelism is key …
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You're out there working your tail off to attract new clients, and even harder to keep them happy enough to refer you to their friends. But if you put that same effort into attracting talent, you can accomplish both those things more sustainably. That's what our next show is about! Join us for a live recording as we sit down with Ryan Englin, who w…
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Today’s guest is Justin Robbins, Founder and Principal Analyst at Metric Sherpa. Justin joins Ethan Beute to share the importance of real-world experience serving as the foundation for effective evangelism. Justin explains why many companies need a savvy, strategic evangelist, not just a spokesperson. Evangelism isn’t just about telling a story or …
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There’s a lot of talk about the effect of AI an a lot of it is super heady, but the majority of us aren’t super nerds. That’s why we had a discussion about what it means to us right now in the short run as part of our latest Relationship Driven Growth Open Mic sessions! Join us at the next one on a Monday at 5:30 by registering for the show at tiny…
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Small business owners spend a lot of time thinking about how to gain a competitive advantage, and will spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on experts to help them do so. But no one knows your clients like your clients themselves. Therefore, listening to your clients is the best way to get that competitive advantage! That's why we're bringing Mic…
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Today’s guest is Arthur Castillo, Head of Dark Social and Evangelism at Chili. Arthur joins Ethan Beute to share how he viewed and pursued the opportunity that LinkedIn represents and how it led to his transitions from sales to field marketing to evangelism. Arthur shares what’s new and not new about “dark social,” as well as best practices for set…
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We all need to keep up with the high demand for fresh and engaging content, and have been told that Artificial Intelligence tools are the answer, but don't have time to test everything we hear about. That's why I'm bringing back Jon Briggs, the ultimate content hustler, to share the tips and tricks he's learned from his community of content creator…
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