Laura Patterson: Growth is in Her DNA
VisionEdge Marketing Founder and President
Laura Patterson believes that customer-centricity is the Only Way to achieve sustainable, profitable growth. She’s no newcomer to this winning practice. At the age of nine, she realized that if she wanted to achieve her sales goals when selling chocolates door-to-door, she needed to have a good value proposition. This is why “Growth is in her DNA.” Her corporate career was all about customer-centricity too. She was a customer relationship manager, customer marketing initiative lead, and customer loyalty architect.
In 1999, Laura took the leap and cofounded VisionEdge Marketing to be able to help many more companies achieve their growth goals. She has helped 250+ companies of all sizes – do just that. Most of her customers have been in the B2B space in these industries: technology, cyber security, financial services, manufacturing software, and medical devices/bioscience.
Her challenge-to-future-forward strategy specialties are customized to these themes: Customer Centricity, Data-Driven Insights, Performance Management, and Operational Excellence.
Laura is a LinkedIn Influencer and has won 12 thought leadership awards including Most Powerful Thought Leaders to Follow, Most Fascinating People in B2B Marketing, Top Marketing Influencers to Follow, Women to Watch in Business, Top 20 Women in Business, Top Marketing Operations Leaders to Know, and Women You Should Know in Martech.
A medal-winning triathlete, she brings high energy to everything she does. Laura transfers her deep subject matter expertise, via her:
- Presentations that inspire, and provide innovative ideas and insights for your team. Laura is a sought-after and Vistage-certified speaker. Venues have included international, national, and regional executive conferences, company and partner-specific programs, and industry associations.
- Advisory services. She has been a trusted advisor to BOD members and CXOs for over 2 decades, providing direction on how to tackle growth challenges with future-forward strategies.
- Workshops that enable your team to develop and acquire new knowledge and skills for practical application. Assessments to determine the current state and provide guidance to achieve the optimal future state.
- Board memberships. Since the mid-90s, Laura has served on multiple boards, including ISBM, the University of Texas, McCombs School, Masters in Marketing Science, Creative Action, and the Girls and Boys Clubs of Central Texas.
- Four books. The most recent is a SABA Award Winner: Fast-Track Your Business: A Customer-Centric Approach to Accelerate Market Growth, with the Circle of Traction® business framework.
- Patented Accelance® Alignment and Accountability SaaS platform.
- Four time-tested business frameworks that deliver high-quality business results, quickly and affordably.
- #SmartBusiness blogs, recorded guest appearances, and VisionEdge Marketing podcasts and videos.
- Case studies, white papers, and by-lined articles for publications such as Entrepreneur, Industry Week, MarketingProfs; and research findings, including the Longitudinal Global, Executive Level Marketing Performance and Value Benchmark Study published in Henry Stewart’s peer-reviewed Journal of Applied Marketing Analytics.
- Internships, over the course of 20 years, Laura has mentored over 50 Marketing interns. The most often cited benefit per the interns is that it was a great introduction to the professional world, and it’s very rewarding to see your work make a difference for the company.
Laura lives in Austin, where she is Mom to Riley, a toy Aussie. She is a superfan of hummingbirds and maintains a garden to attract them. Laura keeps her Zen with Yoga and reenergizes with a long run.
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