How to Build a Brand in B2B with Ryan Narod (VP of Marketing at Rippling)

How to Build a Brand in B2B with Ryan Narod (VP of Marketing at Rippling)

From The Dave Gerhardt Show (from Exit Five) by Exit Five

July 20, 2026 · 44 min · Episode 374

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Ryan Narod discusses effective brand building in B2B marketing, emphasizing content and storytelling over traditional advertising methods.

#374 | Most B2B marketers think brand means bigger budgets. This episode shows otherwise. Dave sits down with Ryan Narod, VP of Marketing at Rippling, to talk about what it actually takes to build a brand people recognize in B2B. Ryan walks through the real campaigns behind that shift - from scrappy iPhone videos and webinar promos to high-production customer films and their Super Bowl commercial. Ryan breaks down how he built a content flywheel, why injecting real humans into every piece of content matters, and how they measure brand impact without losing accountability to pipeline. It's a practical look at going from growth-only marketing to a brand with real personality, with examples you can steal no matter your budget. Timestamps (00:00) - - Today's guest: Ryan Narod, VP of Marketing at Rippling (02:44) - - What Rippling actually does and why HR, finance, and IT live under one roof (07:00) - - Why brand building starts with content and story, not billboards and TV ads (09:00) - - Building a content flywheel out of interviews, written pieces, and video (13:10) - - Getting the brand story straight across personas and the C-suite (18:30) - - Marketing plays in action: from…

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Host: Dave Gerhardt

Guest: Ryan Narod

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