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Performance marketing

A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of Performance marketing - the shows and 22 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

Performance marketing requires balancing immediate measurable results with brand-building for sustainable growth, as explored across episodes covering measurement effectiveness, the distinction between revenue and profit scaling, and the tension between short-term tactics like short-form video and long-term brand value. Whether you're optimizing e-commerce with shrinking attention spans, evaluating AdTech investments, or repositioning legacy brands digitally, these episodes examine how CMOs and marketing leaders navigate the tradeoffs between performance metrics and strategic growth.

Best shows on Performance marketing

Best episodes on Performance marketing

  1. The Triple Disruption in Agencies: Economic Uncertainty, Media Abundance, and AI with Tom Salmon

    Higgle: The B2B Sales Club · 2026-07-06

    80 / 100

    And I think we've had 10 years, if not more now of the promise of performance marketing.

  2. Samsung, Sculpted by Aimee & Barbour: AI, Data and Digital Growth

    The Retail Tea Break · 2026-06-11

    78 / 100

    So from AI and performance marketing to digital transformation, customer experience, data strategy, and building organisations that can adapt quickly in a fast changing world.

  3. The "Flying V Group" Cash Machine

    Cash Machines · 2026-04-30

    77 / 100

    And then within Darrow, we're working their performance marketing directly with their sales team.

  4. How to Scale Playable/Interactive Ad Strategies with Elina Arponen of Quicksave

    Growth Stage by FastSpring · 2025-12-03

    76 / 100

    Like in a true kind of performance marketing manner, you should have multiple, uh always like uh creatives in the testing.

  5. Mindset - Stay On Mission

    Stay Hungry · 2025-06-22

    76 / 100
  6. From 82 Videos a Day to AI Empire with John Gargiulo

    The Catching Fire Podcast · 2025-06-18

    74 / 100

    So I was at Airbnb leading parts of marketing there, and I was in a unique position where I was reporting to our cmo, but I worked with our head of performance marketing who had actually spun out of the cmos Org.

  7. The Skills Getting CMOs Hired: Insights from an Executive Search Specialist on Senior Marketer Roles and AI

    The Whole Marketer podcast · 2026-06-23

    70 / 100

    would say, um, each of the cmo VP marketing marketing Director hires that I've done In the last five years, I would say for every 10 of those, nine have either said, um, we want somebody who's got a performance marketing spike or if we are to hire somebody and give them a step up into a full stack marketing role, we would want them to come from performance marketing.

  8. The CMO as a Strategic Thought Partner | Chris Milone, A Place For Mom

    Building Better CMOs and Marketing Leaders · 2026-06-24

    69 / 100

    One, I came up in performance marketing.

  9. Why Execution Beats Perfect Planning with Pete Meyer

    Founders' Forum · 2026-06-24

    67 / 100

    He's generated over $100 million in revenue across multiple ventures, and he brings deep experience in performance marketing, growth strategy, and consumer behavior.

  10. The AI Shift Every Marketer Needs to Understand with Lubna El Bannan

    Below The Fold · 2026-05-19

    65 / 100

    And then also we have um, the performance marketing which is basically running the ads.

  11. Episode 169 - Measuring Marketing Effectiveness The Right Way

    Startup Confidential · 2026-07-01

    64 / 100

    22 00:01:10,640 - > 00:01:13,359 And then you're gonna call it performance marketing.

  12. The Difference Between Scaling Revenue and Scaling Profit with Cem Atik #245

    SaaS District · 2026-06-19

    62 / 100

    If the SaaS is doing performance marketing, performance marketing is basically a channel that a lot of people are seeing wrong.

  13. DIRTY WATER TASTES GREAT! - #107 | Dominic Minogue

    Business is Blumin! · 2024-10-21

    61 / 100

    And I'll use my experience with performance marketing as this.

  14. The New Rules of Acquisition (with Frank-Lamont Wade)

    Adtech Unfiltered · 2026-06-12

    60 / 100

    What happens when performance marketing principles intersect with one of the longest and most complex customer journeys in marketing?

  15. Performance Marketing & Brand Building in AI Age: Branding Strategy that Drives Sustainable Growth_Joanne Z. Tan_Season 2, Episode 98

    10PlusBrand · 2026-06-28

    50 / 100

    Performance Marketing and Brand Building in the AI Age Performance marketing promises objective data to measure marketing ROI, but it undervalues brand building.

  16. How AI Turned a 3x ROAS Industry Into a 12.47x Growth Machine

    TechKNOWlogy · 2026-06-16

    46 / 100

    From early work in AI using frameworks like TensorFlow to building high-performance marketing engines, he's helped transform companies from millions to tens of millions in revenue, while consistently outperforming industry benchmarks.

  17. One thing marketers should stop doing immediately

    MarTech Podcast ™ // Marketing + Technology = Business Growth · 2026-06-25

    37 / 100

    of me having to be all demand focused all the time, we're going to rebalance our marketing budget and we're going to get to this healthy brand and demand mix as opposed to totally over indexing on performance marketing.

  18. Will CTV merge fully with digital advertising?

    MarTech Podcast ™ // Marketing + Technology = Business Growth · 2026-07-25

    30 / 100

    And today we're talking about why Connected TV is entering its performance marketing era.

  19. [Greatest Hits] Senior Product Manager at Expedia Group: Mickey Noworyta - Powering Up Product Growth Through Data and Technology

    How I Grew This: Real Stories of Digital Growth · 2024-02-01

  20. [Greatest Hits] Growth Marketing Team Lead at Zalando: Mariana Kuiken - How to Leverage Disruptive Marketing Trends

    How I Grew This: Real Stories of Digital Growth · 2024-01-25

  21. GoodRx’s Wild West Brand Marketing Bets Big On Audio

    Marketing Trends · 2025-10-01

  22. Ep. 175 - Beyond Copy: How AI Powers the Next Generation of SaaS Growth

    SaaS Backwards · 2025-08-01