
Driving Demand
Akseli Matila, B2B growth expert
Actionable B2B marketing advice you can implement tomorrow. Driving Demand is for European B2B marketers who want to grow by learning from leading marketers.
Hosted by Akseli Matila
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21 - My guide to B2B marketing during a recession
Driving Demand
11/30/22 • 22 min
Many companies are experiencing uncertain times, especially in B2B. The marketing department is usually one of the first to get hit in some way.
BUT, there are ways you can actually use uncertain times to come out even stronger.
In this episode of we cover everything you need to think about in your marketing work to come out on top:
👉 Why you need to focus on creating demand and not shift your entire budget to things you can attribute.
👉 How this could be the perfect time to perfect your baseline; ICP, messaging, website journey, customer research.
👉 Utilize retargeting efficiently to improve performance from all channels.
Are you ready to learn more? Join our Slack community where some of the best B2B marketers in Europe share knowledge on drivingdemand.io.
This episode is brought to you by our great partners Albacross, HockeyStack & GetAccept.

19 - Why video is a vital part of any demand strategy (With Jonna Ekman, Marketing Director at Storykit)
Driving Demand
10/17/22 • 39 min
Jonna Ekman is the Marketing Director at Storykit. Not only has she been a big Demand Gen fan for many years but with a background as a journalist she is deeply passionate about telling great stories. And stories is the backbone of any successful marketing program.
In this episode we talked about:
- Storytelling? What is is and how to nail it?
- What kind of videos win on social?
- Facebook vs Slack when you're building a community?
- And many other things...
Are you ready to learn more? Join our Slack community where some of the best B2B marketers in Europe share knowledge on drivingdemand.io.
This episode is brought to you by our great partners Albacross, HockeyStack & GetAccept.

18 - My LinkedIn Ads playbook for B2B
Driving Demand
10/03/22 • 19 min
LinkedIn Ads is one of the most important channels within a demand generation strategy. It’s the place where we can almost guarantee that our ICP are present, no matter who we are targeting in B2B.
In this episode we cover everything you’ll need to get success in your paid LinkedIn efforts:
- How to think about cold/retargeting layers
- How to nail your ICP targeting
- How to use average frequency for retargeting success
- How to measure LinkedIn success (hint, it’s not direct conversions)
Are you ready to learn more? Join our Slack community where some of the best B2B marketers in Europe share knowledge on drivingdemand.io.
This episode is brought to you by our great partners Albacross, HockeyStack & GetAccept.

16 - Your guide to Field Marketing success (With Nick Bennet, Director of Evangelism & Customer Marketing at Alyce)
Driving Demand
08/29/22 • 28 min
Nick Bennet is the Director of Evangelism & Customer Marketing at Alyce and also the host of the Rep Your Brand podcast. If you don't know Nick, you probably haven't been on LinkedIn for a long time. He is a superstar when it comes to Social Content, Dark Social, Field Marketing, Customer Marketing and all those goodies.
In this episode we talked about:
- How Nick is on track to create $1 Million in Pipeline for Alyce through Social Content
- Why it's a good thing to have your employees active on LinkedIn
- What it takes to get revenue results from Field Marketing
Are you ready to join the movement? Join our free slack community where some of the best demand marketers in Europe share knowledge on demandgenerationmovement.com.
This episode is brought to you by our great partners Albacross, HockeyStack & GetAccept.

14 - The ultimate SEO guide to grow existing demand in 2022 (with Sam Dunning, Sales Director & Co-Owner @ Web Choice)
Driving Demand
07/20/22 • 26 min
Sam Dunning is the Sales Director and Co-Owner at Web Choice and also host of the Business Growth Show. Sam is currently all over the LinkedIn feed talking about how to build out your SEO efforts and how it fits with your overall demand generation strategy.
In this episode we talked about:
- What is the difference between on- and off-page SEO?
- How to niche down your keywords to dominate rankings
- Strategy to build backlinks (yes, they are still very important!)
- How can SEO fit into your overall revenue marketing strategy?
Are you ready to join the movement? Join our free slack community where some of the best demand marketers in Europe share knowledge on demandgenerationmovement.com.
This episode is brought to you by our great partners Albacross, HockeyStack & GetAccept.

12 - Growing from 3 to 27 marketers in 2,5 years (with Frida Ahrenby, CMO at GetAccept)
Driving Demand
06/07/22 • 45 min
Frida joined GetAccept in late 2019 when they had just closed on their Series A investment. At the time they where 3 marketers focusing mainly on organic/events. She was tasked with building a world class marketing team and to create an inbound machinery to rapidly scale GetAccept's growth.
In this episode we talked about:
- Strategy to scale a marketing team from 3 to 27 people in 2,5 years
- The importance of sales/marketing alignment and getting exec buy-in
- Building a brand from scratch (it's not just a logo and a few colors..)
- What is pipeline creation anxiety? (Hint: it's what we all feel at the end of a quarter)
Are you ready to join the movement? Join our free slack community where some of the best demand marketers in Europe share knowledge on demandgenerationmovement.com.
This episode is brought to you by our great sponsors Albacross, HockeyStack & Riverside.fm.

Paula Molinar is the Senior Manager, Demand Generation at Paddle. Paula started at the company in 2019 when they where just 90 people. A few weeks ago they took in their series D investment of $200M and in this episode Paula share their biggest learnings and also marketing successes.
In this episode we talked about:
- Moving from capturing to creating demand
- Insights from having BDRs within the marketing team.
- Learnings from implementing a "how did you hear about us" form field.
- Why you should focus on Storytelling Ads that tell people everything they need to know already in the feed.
Are you ready to join the movement? Join our free slack community where some of the best demand marketers in Europe share knowledge on demandgenerationmovement.com.
This episode is brought to you by our great sponsors Albacross, HockeyStack & Riverside.fm.

For the first time ever i had two guests joining me, both working at Optimere - a Copenhagen based SaaS company. Jillian Als is the VP of Marketing and Jasmine de Guzman is the Manager, Revenue Marketing.
In this episode we talk about:
- What is Revenue Marketing at Optimere?
- Focusing on capturing vs creating demand when there already is a lot of existing demand?
- The danger of focusing too much on paid search.
- One of the hidden growth levers, working together for a really really long time (6+ years in their case).
- Marketing to marketers, one of the toughest audiences ever?
Are you ready to join the movement? Join our free slack community where some of the best demand marketers in the world share knowledge on demandgenerationmovement.com.
This episode is brought to you by our great sponsors Albacross, HockeyStack & Riverside.fm.

9 - How to start and build out your demand journey from scratch (with Adam Holmgren, Head of Demand Gen at GetAccept)
Driving Demand
04/18/22 • 26 min
For the first time ever you will listen to your host share his perspective on Demand Generation and how to build a demand framework and playbook from scratch.
In this episode we touch upon:
- How to make the transition from Lead Gen to Demand Gen?
- What's the most important metrics to follow daily?
- How do you build up and develop a successful demand team?
- How do you create your own demand framework?
- What's most important when building out playbooks for paid search and paid social?
Are you ready to join the movement? Join our free slack community where some of the best demand marketers in the world share knowledge on demandgenerationmovement.com.
This episode is brought to you by our great sponsors Albacross, HockeyStack & Riverside.fm.

23 - SEO secrets to go from 0 to 1,5M impressions in only 6 months (with Emir Atlı, Co-Founder & CRO at HockeyStack)
Driving Demand
01/03/23 • 38 min
Emir Atlı is the Co-Founder and CRO at HockeyStack. He is also the podcast host of his own show "SaaS Marketing & Growth Chats" where he has interviewed some of the best marketing people in the business.
On this episode we talk about:
- Why attribution matters for marketers and how you can use it to win
- How HockeyStack position themselves in the competitive attribution category
- How they went from 0 to 1,5M impressions in only 6 months from SEO
- How they 5xd their pipeline from LinkedIn ads in only 4 months
If you want to get more in-depth information and get a step-by-step guide into their SEO playbook or LinkedIn Ads playbook - check out The Flow, their growth bible for SaaS marketers.
This episode is brought to you by our great partners Albacross, HockeyStack & GetAccept.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Driving Demand have?
Driving Demand currently has 40 episodes available.
What topics does Driving Demand cover?
The podcast is about Inbound Marketing, Marketing, Lead Generation, Podcasts, Digital Marketing, Business and B2B Marketing.
What is the most popular episode on Driving Demand?
The episode title '35 - How to use podcasts as a revenue driver (with Tara Robertson, Head of Demand Generation at Chili Piper)' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Driving Demand?
The average episode length on Driving Demand is 34 minutes.
How often are episodes of Driving Demand released?
Episodes of Driving Demand are typically released every 18 days, 6 hours.
When was the first episode of Driving Demand?
The first episode of Driving Demand was released on Dec 7, 2021.
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