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In this 5-star rated weekly marketing podcast, host 3xCMO Ian Truscott says he's no rockstar but shares, with his chums Jeff Clark, Robert Rose and a variety of special guests, what he calls marketing street knowledge, authentic, practical marketing strategy advice that will bring out the rock star marketer in you. It's a show that Jason Falls described as a "variety show for marketers". Learn more, follow, and get the show notes at https://rockstarcmo.com.
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The Music Café is an online establishment that serves hot topics of music in all genres. The atmosphere of the music cafe is informal and relaxed. A place where friends can gather, listen to a few tunes and chat over a glass of wine, coffee or your favorite cocktail. So stop in, pull up a chair, you may get a whole a new perspective and appreciation for the soundtrack of your life.
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This week as regular collaborator Jeff Clark continues on his break travelling, our host, CMO but “not a rockstar” Ian Truscott is again in the studio on his own, sharing 5 f’in’ marketing thoughts for the week: #1 - Right fit marketers #2 - Is the Forrester term “Frontline marketers” complete bollocks? #3 - The Buying Tribe #4 - Distinct and Diffe…
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This week as regular collaborator Jeff Clark continues on his break travelling, our host, CMO but not a rockstar Ian Truscott is in the studio on his own, sharing 5 f’in’ marketing thoughts for the week - which are: #1 - Doing a podcast monologue #2 - People asking to pick your brains #3 - Why aren’t people filling in your form? #4 - Ask why you ar…
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This week Jeff Clark starts a month-long break from the show, and so our “not a rockstar” host Ian Truscott, catches up with regular guest, Chief Problem Solver and Lead Analyst, from the Content Advisory Cathy McKnight, for her 10th appearance on the show. Ian and Cathy chat about the importance of content operations in the face of all the immedia…
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This week in the marketing studio, Jeff Clark, our resident strategy advisor, and our host Ian Truscott chat about some recent articles on and research into the apparent death of the CMO and, if the CMO is not dying, then the much-discussed shorter tenure of marketing leaders compared to their peers. Ian then winds down the week with Robert Rose, C…
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This week in the Rockstar CMO Marketing studio, Jeff Clark, our resident strategy advisor and our host Ian Truscott chat about analysts and influencers in B2B. They discuss whether the old Forrester and Gartner models are still relevant, how to work with analysts, and the rise of the influence of smaller firms and influential individuals, publicati…
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This week Jeff Clark, our resident strategy advisor invites our host Ian Truscott in the Rockstar CMO Marketing studio for a chat about applying our 5 F’in’ Fundamentals to the process of publishing a business book. In a change to our usual format, Jeff turns the tables and interviews Ian, who shares a bit of what he’s learned from a book proposal …
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This week's episode, hosted by 3xCMO and not a rockstar, Ian Truscott, in the Rockstar CMO Marketing Studio, Jeff Clark, former Forrester Research Director, shares 5 hard knocks he’s learned from his experiences of seeing marketing technology implementations gone bad. Ian then winds down the week with Robert Rose, Chief Troublemaker at The Content …
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In this week’s visit to the Marketing Studio with Jeff Clark, former Forrester Research Director, he shares his five steps for assessing your marketing operational capabilities, a process he has shared in our Street Knowledge blog. Ian then winds down the week with Robert Rose, Chief Troublemaker at The Content Advisory, in the Rockstar CMO virtual…
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In this week’s episode, the topic for the Marketing Studio with Jeff Clark, former Forrester Research Director is the concept of the Demand Unit Waterfall created by his old chums at Forrester. Our host Ian Truscott asks if this is still relevant and Jeff shares six things for B2B marketers to consider from this model. Ian then winds down the week …
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In this week’s episode, our host Ian Truscott picks the brains of our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester Jeff Clark to learn more about Revenue Operations, how it’s different from Marketing Operations and how it impacts the marketing function and marketing leaders. Ian then winds down t…
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In this week’s episode, Ian Truscott and our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester Jeff Clark discuss some data about the “B2B Marketing Lag” published by Dreamdata. The stats that Dreamdata shared that caught our eye: // Only 37% of revenue is impacted within a quarter. // It takes 6 mont…
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In this week’s episode, Ian Truscott grabs a free consulting session with our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester Jeff Clark, to discuss educational content marketing. Inspired by an interview on the Pro Serv podcast by Collective 54, Jeff shares the experience of Andrea Fryrear at Agile…
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In this week’s episode, in the Marketing Studio Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester and our host Ian Truscott discuss Metia Group’s B2B Marketing Trends Report. They pick their favorites from the 8 trends in the report that CMO’s should consider in 2024. They discuss beha…
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In this week’s episode, in the Marketing Studio Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester and our host Ian Truscott, discuss the ungated 2023 B2B Buyer Experience Report from 6Sense, guided by former guest Kerry Cunningham. The report is based on a survey of 900 B2B buyers, rev…
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In this week’s episode, in the Marketing Studio, Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester and our host Ian Truscott discuss the Official Rockstar CMO Rider, inspired by Van Halen and brown M&M’s, it's a list those things that a marketing leader should look for in their new gig…
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In this week’s episode, in the Marketing Studio Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester and our host Ian Truscott dip into a classic management book and discuss how the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni can be applied to marketing teams and the 5 marketing fundamen…
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In this week’s episode, the Marketing Studio Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, and our host Ian Truscott kick off the year with a discussion about their 5 F'in' Marketing Fundamentals. Ian then joins Robert Rose, Chief Trouble Maker at The Content Advisory, in the Rock…
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This week, our host, Ian Truscott, celebrates the year with a compilation of clips from some of the 35 guests he’s gone backstage this year with some choice takes on the topics they’ve covered. Including podcasting, influencer marketing, technology, focus, storytelling, motivation, working with startups and some suggestions for our portal to market…
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As predictable as the supermarket holiday music starting too soon; its prediction season, and rather than come up with our own, in the Marketing Studio Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at Forrester, and our host Ian Truscott have spun the dial on the interwebs and share their favorite predictions …
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In this week’s episode, the Marketing Studio Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, and our host 3xCMO Ian Truscott discuss 5 questions that you should ask of your social media strategy based on some research from NPR. Ian then joins Robert Rose, Chief Trouble Maker at The …
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In this week’s episode, in the Marketing Studio Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, and our host Ian Truscott give B2B thought leadership the One-Hit Wonder, Stevie Wonder and Wonderwall treatment. Ian then joins Robert Rose, Chief Trouble Maker at The Content Advisory, …
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In this week’s episode, the Marketing Studio Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester and our host Ian Truscott share tips on creating great case studies in a new format where they share their One-Hit Wonder, Stevie Wonder and Wonderwall. In the Rockstar CMO virtual bar, Rober…
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In this week’s episode, we get a double dose of The Content Advisory as Ian goes backstage with their Chief Problem Solver and Lead Analyst, Cathy McKnight, who returns to share some research their firm has done into A.I. “Getting Ready to Get Ready for AI”. And the A.I. conversation continues in the Rockstar CMO virtual bar as Robert Rose, Chief T…
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In this week’s episode, the Marketing Studio Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester turns the tables on our host Ian Truscott and asks for his tips on content marketing in a world of AI. In the Rockstar CMO virtual bar Robert Rose, Chief Trouble Maker at The Content Advisory…
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This week’s episode explores 5 f’in’ alternative B2B marketing metrics to MQL’s with our host Ian Truscott and Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester. And the Rockstar CMO virtual bar Robert Rose, Chief Trouble Maker at The Content Advisory, shares a cocktail to end the week…
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This week, Ian goes backstage with David Alexander, the Chief Marketing Officer at Everbridge, leading the global strategy and vision for the brand and the go-to-market motions for the company's market-leading critical event management and national public warning software solutions. As you’ll hear, David has over two decades of experience in leadin…
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In this week’s episode, our host Ian Truscott and Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester dive into the topic of marketing ROI, and Jeff shares his 5 f'in' marketing ROI rules to live by. Then, in the Rockstar CMO virtual bar Robert Rose, Chief Trouble Maker at The Content Ad…
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In this week’s episode, Ian Truscott asks Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, for some advice on budgeting, and Jeff shares his 5 F’in Fundamentals of Good Budget Planning. Ian then winds down the week in the Rockstar CMO virtual bar and gets transported away with Robert…
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In this week’s episode, Ian Truscott joins Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, to discuss the five challenges for content management, how they haven't changed in a couple of decades, but with more channels and more demand have become more relevant for organizations. Ian …
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In this week's episode, Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, is back after a couple of weeks away and shares with Ian his 5 keys to success when building your marketing team. Continue the theme of teams and skills, Ian dips into the Rockstar CMO virtual bar archive, pulls…
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Something different this week, as Ian Truscott channels his inner Douglas Burdett (host of the Marketing Book Podcast) and interviews his friend and content marketing guru, Robert Rose, Chief Trouble Maker at The Content Advisory, who is a coach, consultant and speaker and who has now published his fourth book: Content Marketing Strategy: Harness t…
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This week Jeff has a week off, and Ian is joined by Matthew Woodget, the business storytelling guy, for his third appearance on the show. Matthew is a technologist, marketer, and storyteller whose marketing pedigree spans over 20 years. And, as you’ll hear, he’s an author, and he heads up Go Narrative, where he helps marketers and entrepreneurs red…
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This week, our host Ian Truscott shares a thought from his Tuesday 2¢ blog about profit versus profitability, inspired by a post on LinkedIn by Jay Acunzo Continuing last week's topic Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, shares his approach to marketing technology, starti…
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This week, our host Ian Truscott shares a thought from his Tuesday 2¢ blog about profanity in marketing. Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, turns the tables on Ian as this week Ian share's his top 5 F'in' marketing tools B2B marketers need and Jeff gives his opinion. As…
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This week our host Ian Truscott shares a thought from his Tuesday 2¢ blog about B2B vendors being product-led or sales marketing-led. Ian then joins Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, in our marketing studio to discuss a recent post by his old chums at Forrester that as…
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We return after a week away, and Ian Truscott kicks off this episode with a thought about the imposter syndrome that haunts content creators worrying about whether all of their ideas have already been written. And, as our regular Rockstar CMO advisor, Jeff Clark is away this week, Ian's guest is Dilya Abushayeva, marketer, storyteller and founder o…
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This week our host Ian Truscott shares a thought from his Tuesday 2¢ blog about whether the marketing funnel is dead. Ian then joins Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, in our marketing studio to discuss rebranding. No prizes for guessing what inspired this conversation,…
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This week our host Ian Truscott shares a thought from his Tuesday 2¢ blog about buyers' pains and aspirations. Ian then joins Jeff Clark, our resident Rockstar CMO strategic advisor and former Research Director at SiriusDecisions/Forrester, who returns from holiday to the marketing studio to discuss a new TLA from Forrester LRM (Lifecycle Revenue M…
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As our resident Rockstar CMO strategy advisor Jeff Clark is away again this week, host Ian Truscott shares a thought about card counters and what we can learn as marketers from them. Ian goes backstage with Keith Smith, Managing Director of The Advertist, the UK’s only independent new business development platform that helps agencies build their ne…
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In a different format this week, Ian Truscott is following some advice to share a bit more of his perspective, especially while Jeff Clark (our resident Rockstar CMO strategy advisor) is away he flies solo sharing his view of the friction in sales that he calls FOFU; the Fear of F'in' Up and what marketers can do to overcome it. Continuing the them…
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