Pinja Virtanen - Marketing Manager at Swarmia - Being the First Marketer in a Fast-Growing Company

The Growth Hub Podcast

In this episode, Reeta and Seija sat down with Pinja Virtanen, Marketing Manager at Swarmia; a fast-growing company founded just 3 years ago. In the past 6 months alone, Swarmia doubled its customer count and MRR. What makes Pinja’s journey particularly interesting is her eclectic experience. Before Swarmia, Pinja worked as a Content Marketing Strategist at Advance B2B, and she was also in charge of Demand Gen later at Supermetrics. With both in-house and agency experiences, she became the first marketing hire at Swarmia. We invited her to hear her thoughts on what it's like to start as the first marketer in a fast-growing company. During the episode, you’ll hear about: - What motivated Swarmia to hire their first marketer - How Pinja onboarded herself to create her role - What she decided to focus on at first (and why) - How to prioritize when there’s so much you want to do - How to experiment pragmatically to get relevant results - Pinja’s views on the eternal “hire a Generalist vs. Specialist” debate Happy listening! — Claim your free SaaS marketing assessment from Advance B2B >> www.advanceb2b.com/tgh — Visit Advance B2B >> www.advanceb2b.com Follow The Growth Hub on Twitter >> twitter.com/SaaSGrowthHub Follow Reeta on Twitter >> twitter.com/rhtoivanen — Visit Swarmia >> swarmia.com/ Follow Pinja on Twitter >> twitter.com/pinjaerika — Book recommendation: Founder Brand: Turn Your Story Into Your Competitive Advantage by Dave Gerhardt >> https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60227444-founder-brand