Rockstar CMO FM

By: Rockstar CMO
  • Summary

  • In this 5-star rated weekly marketing podcast, host 3xCMO Ian Truscott says he's no rockstar but shares, with his chums what he calls marketing street knowledge, authentic, practical marketing strategy advice that will bring out the rock star marketer in you. 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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Episodes
  • The Rose & Rockstar: To Gate or Not to Gate?
    Feb 22 2025
    In our fifth visit to the officially renamed virtual bar - The Rose and Rockstar - with the Chief Troublemaker at Seventh Bear, fractional marketing leader and author Robert Rose. Over one of his fabulous cocktails this week, our host, Ian Truscott, asks the big B2B question - to gate or not to gate? They discuss: The classic tension between marketing and sales How to create urgency and scarcity to improve engagement Creating communities can serve as a new form of gating Sneaky gating tactics that may backfire Is the value of content diminished by gating? Creative gating strategies that B2B marketers should adopt Building a content business Do you have a question for the bar? Or maybe an opinion on what we’ve discussed? Please get in touch - just search “rockstar cmo” on the interwebs or LinkedIn. Enjoy! — The Links The people: Ian Truscott on LinkedIn and Bluesky Robert Rose on LinkedIn and Bluesky Mentioned this week Robert on CMI Blog: Gating Content: Where Do You Stand in the Great Debate? This Old Marketing Podcast: Super Bowl Ad Winners & Highest Ratings in History (467) Rockstar CMO: The Beat Newsletter that we send every Monday Rockstar CMO on the web, Twitter, and LinkedIn Previous episodes and all the show notes: Rockstar CMO FM. Track List: Piano Music is by Johnny Easton, shared under a Creative Commons license We’ll be right back by Stienski & Mass Media on YouTube You can listen to this on all good podcast platforms, like Apple, Amazon and Spotify. This podcast is part of the Marketing Podcast Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • The Rockstar CMO Studio: Brand Awareness, Perceptions and Preference
    Feb 19 2025
    This week, Jeff Clark, former Forrester Research Director and CMO, not a Rockstar, Ian Truscott discuss some practical advice on how to measure brand, and in this week’s chat, they cover: The Value of Brand in B2B Measurement Understanding Brand Awareness Perception: What Do Customers Think? Preference: Measuring Customer Loyalty Operationalizing Brand Metrics The Cumulative Effect of Marketing Strategies As always, we welcome your feedback. If you have a suggestion for a topic that is hot for you, please get in touch using the links below. Enjoy! — The Links The people: Ian Truscott on LinkedIn and Bluesky Jeff Clark on LinkedIn Mentioned this week Grant Johnson's blog - CMO Mentor Previous episode: 171: The Measuring Brand, Evergreen Trading's COO Mark Ordover and ChatGPT in Content Marketing Episode Get Your Buyers AMPED with our Customer Journey Rockstar CMO: The Beat Newsletter that we send every Monday Rockstar CMO on the web, Twitter, and LinkedIn Previous episodes and all the show notes: Rockstar CMO FM. Track List: We’ll be right back by Stienski & Mass Media on YouTube The Heavy - How You Like Me Now? (on YouTube) You can listen to this on all good podcast platforms, like Apple, Amazon, and Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins
  • The Rose & Rockstar: Is Marketing Getting Harder?
    Feb 15 2025
    Our fifth visit to the officially renamed virtual bar - The Rose and Rockstar - with the Chief Troublemaker at Seventh Bear, fractional marketing leader and author, Robert Rose. Over one of his fabulous cocktails this week, our host, Ian Truscott, asks the big question - is marketing getting harder? They discuss: The marketing as a large shallow ocean - it’s getting wider, not deeper Understanding marketing requires both art and science Measurement in marketing has always been challenging The influx of opinions complicates marketing strategies Efficiency in marketing does not always equate to effectiveness Correlation does not imply causation in marketing results Notes from marketing history - we need to pay attention to the classics Do you have a question for the bar? Or maybe an opinion on what we’ve discussed? Please get in touch - just search “rockstar cmo” on the interwebs or LinkedIn. Enjoy! — The Links The people: Ian Truscott on LinkedIn and Bluesky Robert Rose on LinkedIn and Bluesky Mentioned this week The Marketing Mix - and the 4 P’s popularised by Phillip Kotler Reports on Nike’s marketing turnaround - for example this post on LinkedIn: How Consultants Almost Destroyed Nike’s Brand - by Erik Mashkilleyson Rockstar CMO: The Beat Newsletter that we send every Monday Rockstar CMO on the web, Twitter, and LinkedIn Previous episodes and all the show notes: Rockstar CMO FM. Track List: Piano Music is by Johnny Easton, shared under a Creative Commons license We’ll be right back by Stienski & Mass Media on YouTube You can listen to this on all good podcast platforms, like Apple, Amazon and Spotify. This podcast is part of the Marketing Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins

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