Shay Howe: Integration, Automation and Marketing Insights to Scale to $165M ARR
Shay Howe is the Chief Marketing Officer at ActiveCampaign, a cloud-based email and CRM automation platform with 185,000 customers worldwide and secured $360 million in funding through three rounds.
He's a product leader with a design and engineering background. Before ActiveCampaign, Shay served as Vice President of Product at Belly and Yello, overseeing product strategy and design. He led product teams at high-growth companies like Groupon and advised at Techstars, Lightbank, and Prota ventures. Additionally, he authored "Learn to Code HTML and CSS '' published by Pearson Education.
In this episode we cover:
00:00 - Intro
01:27 - The Financial Growth Story of ActiveCampaign
03:34 - Unveiling the Postmark Deal
08:41 - Identifying Customer-Centric Integrations
13:19 - Choosing the Right Pricing Model
20:13 - Successful Strategies to Mitigate Single Platform Risks in 2023
22:46 - The Power of AI in ActiveCampaign's Automation and Marketing
29:02 - Shay's Favorite Activity To Get Into a Flow State
29:49 - Shay's Piece Of Advice For Your Younger Self
31:19 - Shay's Biggest Challenges at ActiveCampaign
32:43 - Instrumental Resources For Shay's Success
35:35 - What Does Success Mean for Shay Today
37:38 - Get In Touch With Shay
Get In Touch With Shay:
Shay's LinkedIn - / shayhowe
ActiveCampaign Website - https://www.activecampaign.com
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Postmark - https://postmarkapp.com
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Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss - https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Di...
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