Boston, Massachusetts

Sam
Balter.

Head of Content at Wistia. Marketer, podcaster, and maker of charts — a decade-plus of making things people actually read, watch, and hear.

About

I make content people actually want — which, in B2B, is a higher bar than it sounds. I've spent a decade-plus clearing it at three companies: HubSpot, where I ran marketing for the podcast network and hosted Weird Work, a show about the world's strangest jobs (hand models, pet psychics, one international pizza consultant). ZoomInfo, where I built an editorial team and turned company data into research the business press actually covered. And now Wistia, where I lead content and SEO strategy and spend a suspicious amount of time thinking about how AI changes the way people find things.

Off the clock: Boston area, two small kids, one large cargo bike, and a steady supply of spreadsheet models nobody asked for.

Seen & heard in

The New York Times · AdWeek · MarketingProfs · ClickZ · Business Insider · Reuters BreakingViews · Yahoo Finance · Backlinko · INBOUND

01

Career

2024 — NowWistia · Head of ContentSEO/AEO, State of Video research, AI tooling for marketing.
2020 — 2024ZoomInfo · Director, Editorial & Media ContentBuilt the editorial team and research program.
2015 — 2020HubSpot · Senior Marketing ManagerField marketing, case studies, then the podcast network.
BeforeWaterfall · OrenincStartup years in Austin; employee #1. MS, UT Austin McCombs · BA History, Lewis & Clark.
02

Articles

Bylines & essays on content, SEO, and audio
03

Reports

Original research with real data behind it
Wistia 2026 State of Video ReportWistia's flagship research — 900+ professionals surveyed, plus 13 million videos and 79 million hours of viewing data analyzed. Wistia State of Video: The Findings, UnpackedWhere video is headed in 2026 and how teams should respond.
ZoomInfo B2B research that made the business pressBuilt the editorial and research program covered by Business Insider, Reuters BreakingViews, and Yahoo Finance; grew the company's Medium publication 129% in nine months. 2020–24
04

Videos

Webinars hosted & on-camera appearances
05

Podcasts

Hosted & produced
Host · HubSpot Weird WorkInterviews with hand models, pet psychics, and one international pizza consultant. 620K+ listens · Inc. Top 10 Business Podcasts 2018 · iTunes New & Noteworthy · featured in The New York Times.
Host · ZoomInfo Talk Data to MeB2B data and go-to-market conversations. 2020–24
Strategy · HubSpot The Growth Show · Skill Up · Culture Happens · Agency UnfilteredRan marketing strategy for HubSpot's podcast network and helped launch two new shows. 2015–20
Contact

Working on something worth reading, watching, or hearing?