Sunny Side Up

Episode Summary In this episode of Sunny Side Up, host Erik Blaze interviews Mary Gilbert, CMO at Folloze, who shares her expertise on navigating the new marketing landscape and ABM-driven strategies. The conversation covers the concept of agility as a prominent factor for CMOs, the importance of customer engagement as a valuable asset, and the need for a holistic and personalized approach. Mary emphasizes the shift from traditional demand generation to ABM on steroids, combining insights, targeting, and measurement. They also discuss the integration of third-party and first-party intent signals, the transition from outreach emails to a value-added engagement approach, and the significance of ABM-driven demand gen.  About the Guest Mary, CMO at Folloze, has over 20 years of experience in leading integrated B2B marketing organizations. She led digital transformation for Microsoft, HP, and Cisco, introducing B2B buyer journey alignment. Mary launched early ABM programs for companies like Centrify, Microsoft, an