VP Marketing at SparkToro | Can keep hydrangeas alive in a vase for 10 days

I'm currently VP Marketing for audience research startup, SparkToro. I also co-host the Meme Team podcast, where Sonia Baschez and I discuss the marketing logic behind viral moments.

I've spoken at conferences like AdWorld, MozCon, and SaaStock. I've guest lectured at Columbia Business School, Cornell University, Stanford University, and University of Washington. In my spare time, I teach Content Marketing 201 which I host on Maven. I'm also a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef, and a former journalist.

Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of my profile to see the top 100 lists that I am not in.

Amanda Natividad

If you need something uncontroversial to discuss with your relatives at Thanksgiving dinner... you could always talk about B2B sales.

VP Marketing at SparkToro | Originator of "Zero-Click Content"

Good news: you don’t need a 40-page audience research deck to pick your next content channel.

You can "guess and test" your way there. Here are two paths marketers can take:

1) Use tools (like SparkToro) to see where your audience actually hangs out

2) Or, when you don’t have budget/access, run a thoughtful guess-and-test experiment instead.

What “guess and test” looks like in practice:

Step 1: Make a reasonable guess.
In B2B, assuming your audience is on LinkedIn is usually a safe starting point.

Step 2: Start tiny.
Record a short, limited-series podcast in a meeting room. Spin up a short LinkedIn series. Run a scrappy webinar. Nothing that needs a studio or a 3-month plan.

Step 3: Watch for directional signals.
Are the right people engaging? Do guests/partners share it? Is sales hearing “I saw your post/podcast…” on calls?

Step 4: Decide.
If you see traction, then invest more deeply. If you don’t, kill it without guilt and try a different format or channel.

Your job isn’t to be perfectly right upfront. Your job is to learn quickly enough that you know where to be excellent. (Of course... a tool like SparkToro can help you do all this a heckuva lot faster. 🙃)

I recently joined Dreamdata's Attributed podcast where we got into how Dreamdata did exactly this with their podcast and other “un-attributable” stunts that still clearly moved the needle. Link below.

Growth Tribe

Practical guidance to help you take control of your personal brand and attract paying customers.

Founder

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Spearheaded CX/Marketing programs including:
1. Customer Journey Mapping for Airlines, Travel & Cargo Agents (+100K Customers)
+50 Main touchpoints identified, +14 Moments of Truth &+90 improvement opportunities.
 
2. Customer Lifecycle Management Proof of Concept for Travel Agent Customers (B2B):
+$300,000 in MRR, 8% Reduction of Churn,+40% Increase in CAV & +9% increase in CSAT.

3. Voice of the Customer (VoC) Stream Lead:
Creation of a Strategic NPS marketing research methodology for all Products (Psychology & drivers).

4. Global Process Owner, Customer Mass Communications OPS for:
+100,000 Customers, ~3,000 Communication pieces annually, 4 team members across 3 locations.

Customer Experience / Growth Marketing

Program Manager for IATA Settlement Systems Business Development:
Led +120 team members for the deployment of 4 Settlement Systems Operations in Rwanda, Sudan, Lebanon and Nigeria:
+$450M new processed transactions through IATA Settlement systems
+$0.5M ARR in additional revenue
+1,000 new B2B customers (Airlines, Travel & Cargo Agents)

Marketing Specialist, Financial & Distribution Services 

Frontera

Strategic Growth Marketing Advisor (Part-time).

Advisor - Growth Marketing

 أكاديمية هاي لفل للطيران High Level Aviation Academy

Technical Trainer for Aircraft Maintenance Program.

Engineering Trainer

EgyptAir

Engineer on Job training - Aircraft Line and Base Maintenance  within EgyptAir MRO.

Maintenance Engineer

I help you attract & convert your true fans through magnetic content.

👋 I’m Sohaib, An aviation engineer turned Growth Marketer.

Over the years, I spearheaded multiple growth programs.

I helped scale products across both corporate & startup environments.

Here are some of my results:

→ Scaled products to a total of $450M in sales.
→ Built audiences for multiple startups & founders.
→ Total Growth of +$1.5M in annual revenue for brands.
→ Received 5 industry awards (marketing & creativity).

But I also made many mistakes along the way.

This year, I decided to go on a journey to build a $1M personal brand & one-person business.

I plan to do this by:

• Building a Personal Monopoly (Differentiate myself)
• Decentralizing my Income (Productizing myself)
• Forming a Personal Cartel (Replicate myself)
• Creating Infinite leverage (Multiply myself)

If you want to learn more about my journey:

→ Join Growth Tribe Newsletter: growthtribe.beehiiv.com
→ Follow me on Twitter: @albadawee
→ Email: albadawee@hotmail.com

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