Ctrl + Alt + Marketing

Welcome to Ctrl+Alt+Marketing, the podcast that spills the tea on building a successful marketing career. 🍵 Join host Mita Mandawker as she chats with seasoned marketers who share real career stories, wins, fails, and the unfiltered advice they wish they'd had.Newbie or experienced, if you're looking to level up your marketing career and stay ahead of the curve, this podcast is packed with no-BS career advice and actionable insights.Because with the right insights and inspiration, you can achieve great things in your marketing career.New episode drops every Thursday. 🔔Hit subscribe and take control of your marketing career!

Ctrl + Alt + Marketing is a business podcast hosted by Marketers Help Marketers, with 25 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Marketers Help Marketers hosts Ctrl + Alt + Marketing, a business show with 25 episodes published.

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  Episode #22

  Ep. 22 ROI guide for startup marketers | Rapti Gupta, Head of Marketing at Aavaatar Venture, a fractional CMO and prev. CMO at Bugasura

  Nov 11, 20252h 49mS2

  Here's the truth: most startup marketers can't prove their campaigns drove revenue. They're trapped between "we need more leads" and "can you show ROI?" Armed with incomplete data, conflicting dashboards, and a founder who compares them to their friend's company. Rapti Gupta has lived this reality for over 13 years at startups, from bootstrapped to funded companies. Now, as Head of Marketing at Avataar Ventures, fractional CMO, and former Bugasura CMO and co-founder, she reveals the frameworks that actually work: tracking metrics before the pipeline shows up, building attribution without complex tools, and actual examples from her experience. This conversation will...

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  Episode #21

  Ep 21. What Mailmodo teaches about marketing in crowded markets | Zeeshan Akhtar, prev. Head of Marketing (Mailmodo)

  Oct 17, 20251h 49mS2

  Zeeshan Akhtar breaks down four years of marketing at Mailmodo, from solo marketer to leading an 8-person team. He gets into the specifics: how they differentiated with AMP emails, which early channels worked (and which didn't), why they bet big on the State of Email report, how they structured the team into pods, and what their high-velocity creative culture actually looks like. You'll hear about building a marketing team with the right problem-solving DNA, how they are using AI to cut down campaign time, and evolving KPIs as the business matures. -------------- In this episode, you'll learn: (00:00) Intro (02:18) Positioning strategy...

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  Episode #20

  Ep 20. Content marketing leader breaks down what really gets you hired

  Jul 20, 202541 minS2

  Most hiring processes are fundamentally broken. Disha, content marketing leader at PriceLabs, reveals the uncomfortable truths about what really happens behind closed doors. Discover why 30-minute interviews fail both candidates and companies, the mistakes freelancers make when transitioning full-time, and the red flags in job descriptions that signal chaos ahead. Plus: how to strategically pick industries that accelerate your career, approach side hustles while keeping your manager and organization in know and more. Real talk from someone who's been hiring content marketers for years. -------------- Where to find Disha Parekh LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/parekhdisha/ -------------- In...

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  Episode #19

  Ep 19. Career wisdom from content marketing leader: managing founder expectations, scaling from IC to team lead, and why planning short-term wins long-term | Disha Parekh (Head of Content, PriceLabs)

  Jul 13, 20251h 8mS2

  Most content marketers get stuck doing the same thing for years. Disha Parekh took a different approach over her 15-year career. Starting at a publishing house, she worked at agencies, then moved to the brand side, strategically moving industries - from travel tech to HR tech to B2B SaaS - while climbing the content marketing ladder. She has followed a philosophy: plan short-term to win in the long run. She now leads a 14-person content team at PriceLabs and has cracked the code on managing founder expectations, building specialist teams, and turning content marketing into a strategic growth engine. ...

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  Episode #18

  Ep. 18 Why aiming for second best works + 3 jobs to find footing + career lessons that matter

  Jun 29, 202552 minS2

  Most marketers chase being #1. Siddhartha Kathpalia built his career aiming for second best—and it worked brilliantly. This marketing leader turned his progressive rock band into a profitable business using performance marketing, growing from ₹2K to ₹2.5L budgets while overselling venues by 230%. His contrarian career wisdom: aim for second best, do many things so one takes off, and remember the company is always bigger than you. Real talk on building sustainable success without the hustle culture BS. -------------- Where to find Siddhartha Kathpalia -LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/siddhartha-kathpalia -------------- In this episode - - (00:00) Intro - (00:46) Why Time Throttl...

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