Paris Talks Marketing

MQL is dead. Long live contacts. In this episode, I interviewed Doug Landis who is a Growth Partner at Emergence Capital. Doug has personally worked with companies like Oracle, Google, Salesforce, and Box over the last 16 years, and invested in some of the biggest and brightest SaaS companies on the planet.

Hear more in this episode:

•Why MQLs are dead?
•Doug shares his perspective on how marketing and sales should be integrated into a lead machine.
•How do you figure out who are the tire kickers that you can weed out?
•What and how to pitch if you get 1 minute with Doug.

Tune in and enjoy!

Show Notes

MQL is dead. Long live contacts. In this episode, I interviewed Doug Landis who is a Growth Partner at Emergence Capital. Doug has personally worked with companies like Oracle, Google, Salesforce, and Box over the last 16 years, and invested in some of the biggest and brightest SaaS companies on the planet. Hear more in this episode: •Why MQLs are dead? •Doug shares his perspective on how marketing and sales should be integrated into a lead machine. •How do you figure out who are the tire kickers that you can weed out? •What and how to pitch if you get 1 minute with Doug. Tune in and enjoy!

Creators and Guests

Host
Paris Childress
Founder & CEO of Hop Online, Performance Marketing Agency | Ex-Googler

What is Paris Talks Marketing?

Cybersecurity & MSSP Growth, Unlocked.

We’re the performance-marketing team that helps cybersecurity firms and MSSPs capture demand, fill pipelines, and pile on predictable MRR. As a Google Ads Premier Partner and a Moz-recommended SEO agency, we blend paid media precision with search authority to dominate the buyer journey end-to-end.

Why us?
• Transparency first. You see every task, test, and metric in real time via ClickUp—no smoke, no mirrors.
• Agility at scale. AI-powered workflows slash busywork and surface insights faster, so campaigns evolve at the speed of threats.
• True partnership. We’re not vendors—we’re an extension of your growth team, and our case-study portfolio proves it.

Whether you need razor-sharp PPC, technical SEO, conversion-obsessed CRO, or demand-fueling content, we build the mix that moves the needle for cyber and MSSP markets.

Ready to outpace the competition? Drop us a message and let’s get rolling.