48. Be Bold: How To Empower Yourself and Your Community with Gabby Abebe of Samsara (Part 1)

Part 1 of 2.

On this episode, we’re talking to Gabby Abebe, Senior Marketing Manager of Demand Generation at Samsara, the leader in industrial IoT. Gabby is an avid brand and integrated strategy builder, always eager to create the best customer experience possible. She’s particularly passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion; and is committed to empowering and amplifying voices of marginalized communities in every space she occupies. Gabby is a rising star in the tech marketing space and we can’t wait for you to hear about her experience so far.

Some of the topics we discussed:

1. How to empower yourself and your community
2. Her experience as a Black queer woman in tech and marketing
3. How to be an ally for BLM and beyond
4. How to build a network and community for yourself when starting from scratch
5. Cross-country and remote job hunting
6. How to cold connect on LinkedIn and get a real response
7. What to do when you don’t like going to networking events
8. Tips for practicing small talk
9. How to build relationships and trust at a new job while completely remote
10. Employee resource groups - what they are, why they’re great, how they help employees, and how to start one
11. How to have difficult conversations at work

Connect with Gabby and Lady Tech Marketer here:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielleabebe/
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/ladytechmarketer/
• https://www.instagram.com/ladytechmarketer/
• https://twitter.com/ladytechmarketr
• https://www.facebook.com/ladytechmarketer

This episode is sponsored by TCI Lead Gen.

TCI Lead Gen is a cloud-enabled demand gen startup that helps B2B marketers achieve their goals. TCI’s lead gen programs create the best B2B leads ever available. Find out more about TCI and how they make the best B2B leads at www.thebestb2bleads.com.

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