<p>Jess Cook is building a marketing engine at Vector with a team of two. They're creating a new category, driving 99% inbound growth, and doing it almost entirely through content.</p><p>In this episode, Jess walks through the systems behind everything - from hiring people with built-in audiences to the moment she realized their podcast felt like an infomercial and scrapped it 8 days before launch. She introduces the "repurposing multiplier," a metric she created to prove their first episode reached 46 times more people through clips than the full video ever could.</p><p><br></p><p>This is what content-led growth looks like when you can't outspend competitors, when nobody knows your category exists yet, and when every decision has to count.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key topics covered:<br></strong><br></p><p>[00:00] Intro<br>[03:42] Vector's $45K Ad Budget Strategy<br>[05:26] Building Category Awareness While Growing Brand<br>[09:05] Hiring People With Audiences for Growth<br>[12:50] Founder-Led Content Systems and Workflows<br>[16:27] Playing Personas on LinkedIn for Engagement<br>[20:35] Measuring Brand Success Without Direct Attribution<br>[26:54] Video-First Content Strategy Decision<br>[28:42] Scrapping 4 Weeks of Work for Better Ideas<br>[34:23] Differentiation in Competitive Content Categories<br>[38:49] The 46x Repurposing Multiplier Metric<br>[41:41] Shadow Subscribers and Content Format Preferences<br>[44:14] Building Sustainable Content with Mini Segments<br>[47:22] Hiring for Growth and B2B Mascot Trends</p><p>––</p><p><br></p><p>This episode is brought to you by <strong>Hatch</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p>Hatch is a video-first content agency that helps B2B marketing teams create video podcasts, video series, and short-form video content so they can run an efficient content engine, and be seen as experts in their industry.</p><p><br></p><p>To see how we can help your company, go to <a href="https://hatch.fm">https://hatch.fm</a>.</p>

95% Content

Erik Jacobson from Hatch

Vector's 99% Inbound Growth Playbook (w/ Jess Cook, VP of Marketing)

FEB 12, 202651 MIN
95% Content

Vector's 99% Inbound Growth Playbook (w/ Jess Cook, VP of Marketing)

FEB 12, 202651 MIN

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Jess Cook is building a marketing engine at Vector with a team of two. They're creating a new category, driving 99% inbound growth, and doing it almost entirely through content.In this episode, Jess walks through the systems behind everything - from hiring people with built-in audiences to the moment she realized their podcast felt like an infomercial and scrapped it 8 days before launch. She introduces the "repurposing multiplier," a metric she created to prove their first episode reached 46 times more people through clips than the full video ever could.This is what content-led growth looks like when you can't outspend competitors, when nobody knows your category exists yet, and when every decision has to count.Key topics covered:[00:00] Intro[03:42] Vector's $45K Ad Budget Strategy[05:26] Building Category Awareness While Growing Brand[09:05] Hiring People With Audiences for Growth[12:50] Founder-Led Content Systems and Workflows[16:27] Playing Personas on LinkedIn for Engagement[20:35] Measuring Brand Success Without Direct Attribution[26:54] Video-First Content Strategy Decision[28:42] Scrapping 4 Weeks of Work for Better Ideas[34:23] Differentiation in Competitive Content Categories[38:49] The 46x Repurposing Multiplier Metric[41:41] Shadow Subscribers and Content Format Preferences[44:14] Building Sustainable Content with Mini Segments[47:22] Hiring for Growth and B2B Mascot Trends––This episode is brought to you by Hatch.Hatch is a video-first content agency that helps B2B marketing teams create video podcasts, video series, and short-form video content so they can run an efficient content engine, and be seen as experts in their industry.To see how we can help your company, go to https://hatch.fm.