FiredUp! is the show for marketers working in early and late-stage startups. Each week, we walk through fresh strategies and tactics to build brand and drive demand for your startup. Featuring interviews with marketing leaders, our take on the latest trends, and practical tips about PR, content marketing and growth marketing, we promise plenty of signal with some noisy fun along the way.
FiredUp! is hosted by the team at startup marketing agency, Firebrand. Learn more at firebrand.marketing today.
While lead scoring is a critical strategy that startup marketers use to prioritize their most promising prospects, it doesn’t come easy. This highly sought-after marketing strategy still has a lot of…
As a startup, understanding how an agency builds its pricing, will equip you with the understanding to set a scope of work more accurately, agree on a budget quickly, and help you be a better partner…
With more technology, more data, and more processes than ever before, CMOs and heads of marketing are constantly defending decisions and trying to prove the value of marketing. Today’s guest Grant Jo…
In our work, we run into common questions about PR best practices, industry trends, and strategies for startups. As a result, we started a series where our team gets together on the podcast to answer…
At Firebrand, we aim to keep our finger on the pulse of everything happening in the marketing sphere, sharing it with our audience. So, while most startup marketers are finding themselves in the tren…
Regardless of the agency you’re working with, the professional relationship you set will build the foundation for what you get out of the partnership. Here at Firebrand, we have worked with a range o…
As startup marketers, we can see the challenges and opportunities we are facing. But are these unique to us or are other startups experiencing something similar? To get to the bottom of this, we at F…
We like to think that we understand a lot about buyer behavior with the attribution tools that give us insight into what’s going on when people come to our website. But the truth is, a lot of buyer b…
Enablement involves arming go-to-market teams with the resources, tools, and skills they need to be effective in their role and creating the consistency that allows these teams to grow. All businesse…
The different types of PR exist on a spectrum. Traditional PR exists to boost a brand’s reputation and bring exposure to the best parts of the business, whereas crisis management sometimes works to l…
When releasing a story to the media, companies are often faced with the decision to release the story under an embargo or pitch it as a media exclusive, allowing one publication to publish the news b…
In today’s crowded and complex digital landscape, marketers often struggle to effectively target their advertising efforts. Many are unaware of the powerful tools and platforms that can transform the…
Gen Z, a self-reliant, digitally native, and mobile-first generation is entering the workforce and bringing a different approach to business and buyer behavior. Ian Baer, Founder of Sooth, joins us t…
Running a startup is inherently risky with a lot of unknowns. One of the ways to address the unknown is by conducting market research to uncover your ICP, understand how big the market is, whether or…
The Content Marketing Institute has released some interesting stats from a recent survey of B2B tech companies. We wanted to join in on the fun and discuss some of what they have found with companies…
Traditionally, out-of-home advertising has been limited to brand awareness rather than direct response campaigns as it has been difficult to measure. Advancements in technology have created the oppor…
Marketing in an online world can feel challenging when trends, algorithms, and our ideal audience are changing faster than we can keep up. You may be wondering, ‘What are the best practices when it c…
The topic of programmatic advertising is complex and with the increase in privacy regulations and removal of third-party cookies, the landscape is only becoming more challenging to navigate. Sean Cra…
It’s no surprise to PR professionals out there that starting in PR can open doors in marketing and communications across a multitude of industries. So while the path from PR professional to CMO is on…
Although we recognize that AI tools cannot completely replace the human touch, it is becoming increasingly important for professionals to adapt to its evolution, leveraging AI while adding their uniq…