Struggling to get deep work done?

Marketers like you juggle endless tasks, meetings, and distractions—leaving no time for real focus.

But what if just two hours of deep work could put you in the top 1% of marketers?

And what other productivity strategies can help you reclaim your focus?

In this episode, Oskar Eklind, a productivity personal trainer and former marketer, shares how to:

✅ Build deep work habits that maximize efficiency

✅ Time-box tasks to beat procrastination

✅ Use productivity tools like Focus Mode & Notion

✅ Protect your best energy hours for high-impact work

Oskar’s methods helped him recover from burnout and completely transform his productivity.

Now, he’s helping marketers do the same.

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🕰️ Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro + Why Productivity is a Struggle for Marketers

01:06 - Oskar’s Story

03:32 - Managing Priorities

07:07 - First Steps to Crushing Procrastination

09:09 - Time-Boxing

10:47 - Why You Keep Procrastinating (And How to Stop)

13:19 - How to Build Momentum in 5 Minutes

18:31 - Just 2 Hours of Focus Can Put You in the Top 1%

20:49 - Best Productivity Tools

24:12 - Team Agreements - Work smarter within a team

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Ever been in a marketing meeting thinking… what is HAPPENING? 😅

Yeah. I think every marketer's been there.

Which is why I had to bring on Dan Holt — Managing Director of the marketing agency Boss Digital & the mastermind behind Mary’s Marketing Adventures, aka the most painfully relatable marketing comic on LinkedIn.

We got into:

→ The origins and behind the scenes of the series

→ Why and how Dan started his agency at 23

→ Why marketing teams struggle with focus (& what to do about it)

→ The short-term vs. long-term marketing tactics debate

→ How to make marketing & sales actually work together

This episode is brutally honest, hilarious, and packed with tough to swallow marketing truths everyone needs to hear. Enjoyyy!

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00:00 – Introduction

00:35 – Dan's journey into marketing

02:27 – How he started his agency

04:00 – The struggles of getting first clients

06:00 – LinkedIn & content marketing

08:30 – The birth of Mary’s Marketing Adventures

12:30 – The problem with modern marketing

15:00 – Why marketers lack focus (and how to fix it)

17:00 – The marketing vs. sales relationship

19:45 – Long-term vs short-term marketing tactics

22:00 – Continuous learning + resources

27:00 – Final thoughts

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Hiring the right people is hard. Leading them? Even harder.

One day, you’re a marketing executive. The next? You’re hiring, leading, and making decisions that impact the entire company... on top of your daily work. No one really prepares you for this 😅

That’s why I sat down with Marija Hammon, Marketing Director at Relax Gaming, who’s grown her team across multiple countries – and learned some hard lessons along the way.

We cover:

👉 How to structure a marketing team for scale (without chaos)

👉 The biggest hiring red flags that cost you time & money 🚩

👉 How to balance leadership & execution as a marketing leader

👉 What makes a great hire?

👉 How to step up and grow into leadership

If you're figuring out how to build and lead a high-performing marketing team (including the first-ever hire!), this episode is packed with real, no-BS advice from someone who’s been there.

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🕰️ Timestamps

0:00 – Marija's journey to marketing director

3:57 – Scaling a Marketing Team

5:44 – How to Structure a Marketing Team for Long-Term Growth

7:29 – The Biggest Leadership Lesson

10:54 – Hiring Red Flags You Should NEVER Ignore

12:17 – Common CV Mistakes

15:41 – Onboarding Done Right

17:52 – How to Balance Leadership, Strategy & Execution Without Burnout

19:39 – The Toughest Part of Managing People

21:59 – Keeping a Team Motivated in Hard Times

23:43 – Marija’s #1 Career Advice

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Public speaking can be terrifying — most of us know the feeling 😅

But it doesn’t have to be.

In this episode of Marketing Mondays with Maria, I’m joined by Vincent Pierri, a public speaking coach who’s helped marketing leaders like Ari & Daniel Murray (Marketing Millennials), Nick Broekema, and more give memorable, engaging, converting talks.

We break down:

👉 Why most stage fright is actually a content problem

👉 How to write talks that stick with the 4Ts Framework

👉 How to connect with your audience (even if you’re terrified!)

0:00 - Introduction: Meet Vincent Pierri

7:34 - Why Most Stage Fright is Actually a Content Problem

10:08 - Common Bad Advice About Public Speaking

13:39 - What Makes a Great Talk?

The 4Ts Framework for Public Speaking

18:11 - Overview of the 4Ts Framework

19:24 - Tension: How to Hook Your Audience from the Start

25:02 - Trust: Building Credibility by Sharing Failures

27:29 - Teaching &Takeaway: Practical Steps to Make Your Talk Actionable

29:45 - Tips for Overcoming Stage Fright

33:29 - Do You Need Notes?

38:22 - Why Giving Away Knowledge Builds Trust

39:25 - Where to Connect with Vincent

This episode is packed with practical tips you can start using today.

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What does it take to rebrand in just two months with a small team?

For the 6th episode of Marketing Mondays with Maria, I sat down with Alina Kovalchuk, Senior Growth Marketing Manager at NUNAMI (ex-Recova), to uncover how she led a complete rebrand under an incredibly tight deadline.

From finding the right designer to aligning values and navigating the process as a lean team, Alina shares:

• How to handle a rebrand with limited resources and time.
• Why marketers aren’t always the best to give you feedback (😅).
• The tools and strategies she swears by for staying on track.
• Key lessons from her first-ever rebranding experience.

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Are your LinkedIn posts not bringing in leads? 😰

Ilze Švarcbaha, founder of Not Scheduled, fellow Notion Ambassador, and a B2B SaaS content expert, joined me for this Monday’s Marketing Mondays with Maria podcast episode to tackle why that is the case and what you can do about it.

We break down:

👉 Why most LinkedIn profiles drive people away in 3 seconds

👉 The “give, give, give” mindset that leads to big returns

👉 How to create content that turns crickets into leads

👉 What goes into building a founder / marketer personal brand

👉 Actionable strategies telling you exactly what you need to post when

This is one of the most actionable episodes I ever recorded - super happy to share Ilze’s wisdom with all of you!! 💜

🎧 Tune in to get actionable tips for transforming your LinkedIn strategy.

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Renga Padmanabhan (Co-Founder @Anushka Ventures) dives deep into the strategies, mistakes, and trends shaping technical content marketing today.

In this episode of Marketing Mondays with Maria, you'll learn how to create technical content that resonates, builds trust, and converts.

Discover why so much technical content falls flat and how to stand out by truly understanding your audience.

Renga shares actionable tips on:

✅ Simplifying complex topics without losing depth

✅ Building trust through transparency and early product access

✅ Crafting content strategies for niche audiences and ecosystems

This episode is packed with valuable learnings. Tune in to learn from real-life examples like OpenAI, Notion, Clay, and more!

Enjoy! 🙌

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Giovanni Baraldi (Growth Manager @Unguess) shares the strategies, frameworks, and mindset that power his growth experimentation process.

His experience in managing high volumes of experiments to drive acquisition and engagement is so valuable. This episode is for you if you're looking to make data-driven decisions and scale.

Enjoy!

🔥 Free resource: Giovanni kindly shared his template for tracking Growth Experiments that you can duplicate here: Experiments Tracker in Google Sheets

📹 Prefer to watch the video to see Giovanni's experimentation framework in action? https://youtu.be/PGF3GLLe2NQ

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