Guest: Justin Gray

Program host, Jim Obermayer, read a recent press release from LeadMD and what caught his eye was the 133% growth figure for their year over year sales so far in 2019. “Why” is the question Obermayer asked the company. The answer prompted the interview for this program with Justin Gray the CEO of LeadMD. His response is both interesting and predictable for a company that counts several thousand companies as its clients.

  Program host, Jim Obermayer, read a recent press release from LeadMD and what caught his eye was the 133% growth figure for their year over year sales so far in 2019.   “Why” is the question Obermayer asked the company.  The answer prompted the interview for this program with Justin Gray the CEO of LeadMD.  His response is both interesting and predictable for a company that counts several thousand companies as its clients.

This is an on-going series of interviews with executives on SLMA Radio and CRM Radio.

It's one thing to buy a marketing automation tool and install it. Its quite another thing to use it every day to manage and nurture, your most precious asset: sales leads. And yet some would say that this leading edge technology could be aptly named bleeding edge because of the effort it extracts from the users to make it work. In the interview with Justin Gray, CEO of LeadMD we discuss how to avoid being part of the 87% of marketing automation users who fail. The host this week is Susan Finch

Marketing Automation has promise, no doubt about it, but how do you turn promise into measurable wins that can be shown to management and sales? In this week’s SLMA Radio program, Justin Gray, CEO of LeadMD gives us a roadmap to get quick wins in 30 days for new marketing automation installations. The host for this program is Jim Obermayer.   Justin Gray, CEO & Chief Marketing Evangelist You might know Justin from the incredible amounts of quality best practices content LeadMD churns out on a monthly basis.  You might say he drank the content marketing Kool-aid.  You might also say he spiked it with Everclear and slept behind a Walgreens last night. Justin founded LeadMD with the vision of being a little different, the dream of igniting a fire around marketing, fueled by “doing”.  The result is a true Marketing-as-a-Service offering, which has become the benchmark of excellence and a Preferred Service Partner for both Marketo and Salesforce.com. Mr. Gray has emerged as a strong voice for demand generation, value-based marketing and conversational best practices. As a recognized speaker, Justin has been published over 250 times in industry publications. Meanwhile, his Blog, The Marketing Evangelist is one of the top marketing blogs in the marketing automation the space.   Company Twitter: @myleadmd Personal Twitter: @jgraymatter LinkedIN: http://www.linkedin.com/in/leadmd   About LeadMD LeadMD is a full-service marketing and sales consulting firm specializing in conversational marketing and revenue performance management. With deep expertise in Marketo, Salesforce.com and respective integration, LeadMD helps businesses make sense out of marketing automation and increase revenue by developing, streamlining, and maximizing any lead generation program. For more information, visit http://www.leadmd.com & http://navigate.leadmd.com

Justin Gray is the CEO & Chief Marketing Evangelist of LeadMD. He founded the company in 2009 with the vision of transforming traditional “grassroots” marketing efforts through the use of cloud based marketing solutions. Realizing the potential for growth in this space, Mr. Gray created a true Marketing-as-a-Service corporation, which specializes in outsourcing the core functions of a marketing department either through on-demand solutions, consulting or both. Since that time Gray has emerged as strong voice for Marketing Automation and Conversation Marketing through both industry publications and his Blog, The Marketing Evangelist. Prior to launching LeadMD, Gray has spent the last 12 years helping companies of varying size overhaul and optimize their marketing and sales departments including CEO for MaaS Impact, and Vice President of Sales & Marketing at BillingTree.   http://www.leadmd.comVisit LeadMD for more information on marketing automation