The Exit Five CMO Podcast (Hosted by Dave Gerhardt)
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The Exit Five CMO Podcast (Hosted by Dave Gerhardt)
Interviews with top marketers sharing tactical tips, strategies, and lessons learned to help you grow your business. Hosted by Dave Gerhardt, founder of Exit Five, former CMO, and author of Founder Brand. Learn more at exitfive.com
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ABM (Account-Based Marketing) Overview with Brandon Redlinger
#339 | Dave is joined by Brandon Redlinger, former VP of Marketing and co-founder of The Forge, for a conversation about how to build an ABM program t...
LinkedIn Advertising: What's Working Now in 2026 (with Davang Shah, VP Marketing at LinkedIn)
Dave is joined by Davang Shah, VP of Marketing at LinkedIn, for a conversation about what actually works with LinkedIn ads right now. They cover why b...
Building a Marketing Machine from Scratch (with Erin May, CMO at User Interviews)
#337 | Dave sits down with Erin May, CMO at User Interviews, who joined as the company's first marketer with a two-page website and zero recurring rev...
How Marketers Are Creating High Quality Content with AI (That's Not Slop!)
Eoin Clancy (VP of Growth at AirOps), Connor Beaulieu (Senior SEO Manager at LegalZoom), and Adina Timar (Head of AEO at Weflow) join this live sessio...
How to Build a Product Marketing Motion That Works (with Jeff Hardison)
#335 | Jeff Hardison, now VP of Product Marketing at Sanity, joined Dave when he was running product marketing at Calendly to break down what the prod...
What B2B Marketers Can Learn from Restaurant Marketing (with Jessica Serrano, CMO at Bagel Brands)
#334 | Dave is joined by Jessica Serrano, CMO at Bagel Brands (Einstein Brothers, Noah's, Bruegger's, Manhattan Bagel), for a conversation about what...
How to Navigate a Rebrand with Clare Schmitt
#333 | Dave is joined by Clare Schmitt, a seasoned marketing leader and a member of our CMO community, to walk through what it actually takes to lead...
How Domitille de Saint-Exupéry (CMO at Lemlist) Turned $1.2M into $31M in New ARR
#332 | Dave is joined by Domi de Saint-Exupéry, CMO at Lemlist, a bootstrapped $40M ARR sales engagement platform, to break down exactly how she turne...
ABM: What Ramp, Snowflake, and Hightouch are doing in 2026
#331 | Dave is joined by a group of marketing leaders from Ramp, Snowflake, and Hightouch for a discussion about ABM and their plans for 2026. Casey P...
How to Build a Brand in B2B with Ryan Narod (VP of Marketing at Rippling)
#330 | Dave is joined by Ryan Narod, VP of Marketing at Rippling, to break down how Rippling has built one of the stand outbrands in B2B right now. Ry...
How to Upgrade Your Webinar and Email Strategy for 2026 with Jay Schwedelson (Founder, SubjectLine.com)
#329 | Dave is joined by Jay Schwedelson, Founder of SubjectLine.com and GURU Media Hub, to break down why most webinars and email programs underperfo...
The Strategy Behind Canva’s B2B Growth with Emma Robinson and Kristine Segrist
#329 | Dave is joined by Emma Robinson, Head of B2B Marketing at Canva, and Kristine Segrist, Global Head of Consumer Marketing at Canva, to break dow...
How to Lead Marketing Through the AI Shift with Bill Glenn (SVP of Marketing at Esper)
#328 | Jess Lytle is joined by Bill Glenn, SVP of Marketing at Esper, for a conversation about what it actually looks like to lead a marketing team th...
How to Use AI for Content Without Creating Slop with Eoin Clancy (VP Growth at Airops)
#326 | Dave is joined by Eoin Clancy, VP of Growth at Airops, to break down what it takes to create great content without pumping out AI slop. They ta...
How To Drive Revenue Through Content with Lashay Lewis (Founder, Authority Plug)
325 | Lashay Lewis helps B2B SaaS companies create profit driven content strategies. We talk about why a B2B content strategy should be built from the...
How Marketing Leaders are Thinking About AEO
#324 | Dave is joined by three marketing leaders from different industries to talk on a live session about AI and SEO and what they've learned over th...
How to Master B2B Positioning with Anthony Pierri (Fletch PMM)
#323 | Anthony Pierri from Fletch PMM joins Dave to talk about what actually matters in B2B positioning and messaging. They break down how to think ab...
How to Stand Out in B2B Marketing (with Louis Grenier, Author of Stand the F*ck Out)
#322 | Louis Grenier joins Dave for a conversation about what it actually takes to stand out in B2B marketing when everything feels the same. Louis se...
Influencer Marketing, Podcasting Strategy, and Brand Driving Demand with Jess Cook (VP Marketing at Vector)
#321 | Jess Cook, VP of Marketing at Vector, joins Dave to break down what’s actually working in early-stage B2B marketing. They dig into how she thin...
How to Build a Community People Trust with Matt Carnevale
#320 | Matt Carnevale, Head of Community at Exit Five, joins Dave for a discussion about community building. They dive into a bunch of the lessons lea...
How B2B Marketers Are Actually Using AI at Work with Jess Lytle
#319 | Dave sits down with Jess Lytle, Head of Marketing at Exit Five, to talk about how AI is changing the job of B2B marketers and the reality of ho...
The Future of B2B Marketing with Kieran Flanagan
#318 | Dave is joined by Kieran Flanagan, SVP of Marketing at HubSpot and former CMO at Zapier. They break down how AI is reshaping B2B marketing work...
How to Master LinkedIn for B2B
#317 | Dave hosts a live session with Dasha Shakov (Head of Marketing, Proton.ai), Emeric Ernoult (Founder, CEO, Agorapulse), and Finn Thormeier (Foun...
How to Build a Brand People Pay Attention To
316 | In this episode, Dave breaks down how the best companies win by standing out through smart ideas, creative execution, and consistent attention....
How Marketing Teams Are Using AI to Drive Pipeline
315 | Jess Lytle (Head of Marketing at Exit Five) hosts a live roundtable with Morgan Cole (VP of Demand Gen at Red Canary), Lisa Cole (CMO at 2X), an...
How To Write Great Marketing Copy (And Generate More Ideas, Faster)
314 | In this episode, Dmitry Shamis sits down with Dave to break down how Dave writes—the process behind emails, newsletters, landing pages, and post...
How to Standout in B2B with Udi Ledergor, Chief Evangelist at Gong
#313 | In this episode, Udi Ledergor joins Dave to break down the ideas behind his new book, Courageous Marketing, and why most B2B marketing fails be...
How to Do Better Email Marketing
#312 | Jess Lytle (Head of Marketing at Exit Five) hosts a roundtable with a group of email experts on what’s actually working in email, SMS, and in-a...
Five Marketing Principles That Matter More Than AI
#311: Dave goes solo this week (his decision, he said give me the mic; but Dan is also on him about podcast downloads around the holidays) with a quic...
How to be Irreplaceable in B2B Marketing (with Josh Lowman)
#310 Category Creation | In this episode, Dave Gerhardt digs in with Josh Lowman, Founder & CEO of Gold Front, to unpack what “category creation” actu...
How to Make Your Product Positioning Impossible to Ignore with April Dunford (Founder, Ambient Strategy)
#309 Product Positioning | This episode is from a Drive 2025 (our annual Exit Five event) session with April Dunford (Founder, Ambient Strategy). Apri...
How To Create Urgency, Build Pipeline, and Make Outbound Work (with Jen Allen-Knuth, Founder of DemandJen)
#308 Sales Alignment | In this session from Drive 2025 titled “Building Pipeline in the Shiny Object Era”, Jen Allen Knuth unpacks why deals stall eve...
Should You Invest in Community?
#307 Building Community | In this episode Dave joined Ali Orlando Wert (Director of Content Marketing & Brand at Databox) on their podcast called Move...
What’s Working Right Now in B2B Marketing - Live from Drive 2025 with Sylvia LePoidevin, Trinity Nguyen, and Natalie Taylor
#306 Executive Insights | This episode was recorded live at our annual event, Drive 2025. I hosted Sylvia LePoidevin (CMO, Kandji), Trinity Nguyen (CM...
The Case for Influencer Marketing in B2B with Brianna Doe (Founder at Verbatim)
#305 Influencer Marketing | This episode is a live session from Drive 2025 with Brianna Doe, where she breaks down why influence is now shaping every...
The B2B Buying Experience With AI: What Changes?
#304 | AI Buying Shift | This episode is from a recent Exit Five live session where I pulled together Lindsay O'Brien (Head of Marketing & Operations,...
The Day You Become a Better Storyteller with Harry Dry (Founder of Marketing Examples)
#303 Storytelling | This episode is from Drive 2025, our 2-day in-person event for B2B marketers in Burlington, VT. Harry Dry, creator of Marketing Ex...
From Comms at Zoom to VP of Marketing at Neat, with Priscilla Barolo
#302 Growth | Dave is joined by Priscilla Barolo, former head of comms at Zoom (for nearly 10 years, including the pandemic) and current VP of Marketi...
Why Marketing Is Back In The Driver Seat (with Maura Rivera, CMO at Qualified)
#310 Leadership & Strategy | I sat down with Maura Rivera, CMO at Qualified, to talk about what it’s like leading marketing at one company for six yea...
What Your Messaging is Missing: How to Close the Meaning Gap (with Diane Wiredu, Founder of Lion Words)
#300 Drive | This episode is from Drive 2025, our 2-day in-person event for B2B marketers in Burlington, VT. It features Diane Wiredu, Founder of Lion...