In conversation with Santa Marku - Episode 9 - Inspiring the Next CMO
Join Lou in a conversation with Santa Marku, a highly respected, senior global marketing leader with valued insight into strategic and digital transformation, marketing technology, product brand, and digital marketing. Santa talks with us about:
• her favourite word 'serendipity'
• her love of family and how her parents have inspired her
• her career with the likes of Thomson and British Standards Institution
• the importance of two way clear communication
• progressing and nurturing talent in teams
• understanding the needs of your stakeholders and managing expectations - focus on the people
• marketing technology (MarTech)
• the best advice she has been given
• her favourite reads and podcasts
Video chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
00:17 – Introducing Santa Marku
03:08 – What is your favourite word, and what does it mean?
05:38 – What is the best thing you have discovered in the last year?
09:59 – Who inspires you?
13:15 – When you were young, what did you want to be?
19:18 – If you were to have dinner tonight with anyone in the world from any time, alive or dead, who would it be?
23:28 – What have you been most proud of [in your career]?
31:16 – What have you found most challenging [in your career]?
37:29 – What is your ultimate career goal?
39:00 – If you weren’t doing your role now and money was no object, what would you be?
40:49 – Which inspiring three professional books would you say are a must-read and why?
44:05 – What is your most favourite book/podcast/blog, and why?
44:48 – If you could travel back in a time machine, what would you tell your early career self?
1:00:04 – What is the best piece of advice you have ever been given?
1:00:45 – What is your number one tip for anyone working in marketing now?
1:01:25 – What do you miss most since the COVID-19 pandemic?
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- Write to Sell, Andy Maslen - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Write-Sell-Ultimate-Guide-Copywriting-ebook/dp/B081PPBGDH/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22JUZ11073ACY&keywords=Write+to+Sell%22+by+Andy+Maslen&qid=1642596759&sprefix=write+to+sell+by+andy+maslen%2Caps%2C58&sr=8-1
- Digital Leadership, Sofie Sandell - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Leadership-Creativity-Business-Results/dp/1780356943/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HGPIWIY2J7Q5&keywords=Digital+Leadership+sofie&qid=1642596831&sprefix=digital+leadership+sofie%2Caps%2C44&sr=8-1
- Cashing in with Content: How Innovative Marketers Use Digital Information to Turn Browsers into Buyers, David Meerman Scott - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cashing-Content-Innovative-Marketers-Information-ebook/dp/B00I54CPV0/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YP6NG1IYX59O&keywords=Cashing+in+with+Content&qid=1642596895&sprefix=cashing+in+with+content%2Caps%2C61&sr=8-1
- Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers (The Strategyzer Series), Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Business-Model-Generation-Visionaries-Challengers/dp/0470876417/ref=sr_1_1?crid=121BNX3FCJQRR&keywords=Business+Model+Generation&qid=1642596975&sprefix=business+model+generation%2Caps%2C51&sr=8-1