Clay went from zero revenue to a 3.1 billion dollar valuation in just 2 years. Was it luck, skill, or are they just riding the AI hype bubble?Meet Bruno Estrella, the Head of Marketing at Clay. He joined when the company was just 20 people and helped build one of the most effective partner and community-led marketing engines in SaaS.In this episode, Bruno reveals Clay’s full growth playbook, from the influencer strategy that popularized the “GTM Engineer” role to the strategy behind their 7-figure campaigns.Here’s what you’ll learn:00:00 Intro00:53 The GTM Engineer: How Clay created a new role through influencers07:13 The story behind Clay’s iconic “Play-Doh” branding09:55 How to split marketing for self-serve vs. enterprise16:26 Clay’s programmatic SEO play generating 60 percent of their traffic21:27 Why Clay uses Substack instead of a traditional blog25:33 The playbook for scaling to hundreds of global events31:09 How to get the right people to attend your events38:20 Why adding a service arm accelerates enterprise revenue40:57 How Clay uses its own product to grow45:00 Clay’s social media and executive content strategy51:31 The strategy behind Clay’s 7-figure billboard campaigns55:41 Your brand is your advertising budget01:00:28 The secret to hiring A-players01:05:15 Clay’s single most effective growth tacticWhere to find Bruno:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brunoestrella/Where to find Tim:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timsoulo/X: https://x.com/timsouloWebsite: https://www.timsoulo.com/Referenced:Clay: https://www.clay.com/OpenAI: https://openai.com/HubSpot: https://www.hubspot.com/Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/Webflow: https://webflow.com/Substack: https://substack.com/Miro: https://miro.com/Gong: https://www.gong.io/ClickUp: https://clickup.com/Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/
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