The Rockstar CMO F'in' Marketing Podcast

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 Sherpas and what she described as “content-drive...

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 behaviorial science and AI, sustainability, influencer...

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, revealing some great insight into the B2B buying pro...

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, they discuss: #1 The CMO has a seat at the top t...

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 fundamentals they discussed last week  Then, Ian winds dow...

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 Rockstar CMO virtual bar, and over a splendid cocktail...

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 marketing hell, our Rockstar CMO Swimming Pool.   And wh...

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 they’ve read over the last couple of weeks.  Ian t...

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 Content Advisory, in the Rockstar CMO virtual bar...

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, in the Rockstar CMO virtual bar and shares a cock...

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, Robert Rose, Chief Trouble Maker at The Content Adviso...

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 Trouble Maker at The Content Advisory, shares a coc...

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, shares a cocktail to end the week and leveraging...

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, and a thought about artificial intelligence - is...

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 leading marketing and sales teams for some of the world...

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 Advisory, shares a cocktail to end the week, where w...

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 Rose, Chief Trouble Maker at The Content Advisory...

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 then winds down the week in the Rockstar CMO virtu...

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 out Episode 136, and gets transported away with R...

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 the Power of Your Brands Voice. Ian asks Robert abo...

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 reduce frustration, increase reach and drive growth u...

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, starting with capabilities. We then wind down the week i...

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 usual we wind down the week in the Rockstar CMO v...

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 asks is Field Marketing in Crisis? written by Daryl...

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 of Mavuus. As Dilya shares in her bio: "I’m a lover...