EPISODE · Aug 27, 2026 · 46 MIN
How to Win with Webinars: 5 B2B Marketing Pros Share Revenue-Driving Plays
from The Dave Gerhardt Show (from Exit Five) · host Exit Five
#385 | Five B2B marketers share their single best-performing webinar play - with the real numbers to back it up. This Exit Five Live session breaks down the exact tactics behind a signup flow that 5x'd conversions, a post-webinar follow-up system that closed $1M in pipeline in a week, and a series format built to compound results instead of resetting with every session. You'll also get a look at running a webinar program like an in-person conference, and how to borrow an influencer's audience to solve the cold-start problem. Real plays, receipts, and step-by-step mechanics you can steal for your own program.Timestamps(00:00) - - Why Exit Five Live exists, and today's webinar bracket format (06:01) - - Turning the thank-you page into a qualifying survey to 5x conversions (13:06) - - Building a webinar series that compounds instead of resetting each time (20:01) - - The post-webinar follow-up system that closed $1M in pipeline in a week (23:14) - - Building AI agents to personalize that follow-up at scale (27:31) - - Structuring a webinar series like an in-person conference (33:09) - - Borrowing an influencer's audience to solve the cold-start problem (35:55) - - Automating content repurposing from one webinar transcript (40:09) - - Why first-party research is the real lead magnet (40:49) - - Live vote, the winning play, and closing announcements Join 50,0000 people who get Dave's Newsletter here: https://www.exitfive.com/newsletterLearn more about Exit Five's private marketing community: https://www.exitfive.com/***Brought to you by:Optimizely - the AI platform for marketers. Build your own AI agents or pull from a directory of 50+ pre-built ones for marketing use cases. Their new Virtual Teammates can join meetings, complete tasks, support campaigns, and keep your website optimized. Learn more at optimizely.com/exitfive.Webflow - A website platform built for the agentic web, letting modern marketing teams build fully custom sites that perform in AI search with no developer needed. Learn more at webflow.com/for/exitfive.Zoom Webinars & Events – The virtual event platform built to help B2B marketers run webinars that actually drive pipeline, with branded registration pages, live engagement features, and built-in tools to repurpose sessions into clips and content. Learn more at zoom.com/exitfive.Compound Growth Marketing - A full-funnel demand gen agency helping high-growth cybersecurity and enterprise software companies show up earlier in the buying journey, combining AEO, modern paid advertising, and a dedicated go-to-market engineering team. Podcast listeners get two free media planning sessions to find out what channels are driving the best ROI. Learn more at compoundgrowthmarketing.com/exitfive. ***Thanks to my friends at hatch.fm for producing this episode and handling all of the Exit Five podcast production.They give you unlimited podcast editing and strategy for your B2B podcast.Get unlimited podcast editing and on-demand strategy for one low monthly cost. Just upload your episode, and they take care of the rest.Visit hatch.fm to learn more
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