The Rockstar CMO F'in' Marketing Podcast

Episodes

June 14, 2025

The Rose & Rockstar: AI is Fiiiiiine

This week in The Rose and Rockstar, Ian and Robert discuss a new report on AI from the queen of the internet.

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June 11, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Studio: 5 F'in' Event Tips

Ian and Jeff discuss event planning, inspired by a recently published report from Forester that shared that budgets are flat or down for two-thirds of event teams.

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June 7, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Solo: Creating ART with Content Marketing

This week, Robert couldn’t make it to the bar, so Ian goes solo with his ART.

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June 4, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Studio: Cathy on Acquisitions

This week, Cathy makes her monthly visit to the studio, and, inspired by Salesforce's acquisition of Informatica, they discuss their experiences with acquisitions.

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June 1, 2025

The Rose & Rockstar: Uncommon Value

Welcome to The Rose and Rockstar - with the Chief Troublemaker at Seventh Bear, Robert Rose, behind the bar serving one of his splendid cocktails while our host Ian Truscott, a CMO but not a rockstar, picks his brain on a mar...

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May 28, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Studio: Being the Voice of the Market

Ian and Jeff discuss a new role for the CMO, being the voice of the market, not just of marketing.

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May 24, 2025

The Rose & Rockstar: Epissedomology

This week in The Rose and Rockstar, Ian laments a missed opportunity for the podcast's name as Robert shares tips on using AI for research and introduces him to epistemology.

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May 21, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Studio: The Post Sale CMO

Ian and Jeff discuss an article that Ian wrote this month for CMSWire, “Customer Loyalty in the Experience Economy - the CMO's Perspective.”

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May 17, 2025

The Rose & Rockstar: Short Measures and Podcast Lessons

This week in The Rose and Rockstar, Ian asks Robert about lessons from his successful podcast and if he’d start This Old Marketing today.

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May 14, 2025

Rockstar CMO Studio: The Soft Stuff is the Hard Stuff

This week, our host Ian Truscott and our resident marketing strategist and former Forrester Research Director Jeff Clark revisit a topic they discussed 3 years ago in episode 118 - the hard stuff of getting the soft stuff rig...

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May 10, 2025

The Rose & Rockstar: Controversy and Connection

This week in The Rose and Rockstar, Ian and Robert step into the minefield of controversial content. How edgy and different should we be?

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May 7, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Studio: Cathy’s Take on 90 Days

This week, Cathy makes her monthly visit to the studio, and Ian gets her take on a marketing leader's first 90 days.

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May 3, 2025

The Rose & Rockstar: Gartner’s Digital Detox Prediction

This week in The Rose and Rockstar, Ian and Robert discuss a prediction from Gartner that we need to put 70% of our marketing budget into offline to reach an audience who will be digital detoxing.

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May 1, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Studio: First 90 Days in The Machine

Ian and Jeff finalize their discussion about a CMO’s first 90 days, coming to the last of their five marketing fundamentals - The Machine.

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April 26, 2025

The Rose & Rockstar: Slowing Down the Vibe

This week in The Rose and Rockstar, Ian and Robert discuss an idea Robert shared in his Content Marketing Institute column about slowing down marketing.

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April 23, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Studio: First 90 Days of the Campaign

Ian and Jeff continue to discuss a CMO’s first 90 days. This week, they focus on their fourth f’in’ marketing fundamental - The Campaign.

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April 19, 2025

The Rose & Rockstar: The Google Does Not Abide

This week in The Rose and Rockstar, Ian and Robert discuss the AI-dominated Google search experience and how this impacts our content marketing.

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April 16, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Studio: First 90 Days of the Story

Ian and Jeff continue to discuss a CMO’s first 90 days. This week, they focus on their third f’in’ marketing fundamental - The Story.

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April 12, 2025

The Rose & Rockstar: It’s Called Marketing

This week in The Rose and Rockstar, Ian and Robert discuss the constant reinvention of B2B marketing.

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April 9, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Studio: Going Nuts for a Masterplan

Ian and Jeff continue to discuss a CMO’s first 90 days. This week, they focus on the master plan and nuts.

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April 5, 2025

The Rose & Rockstar: Artificially Intelligent

This week in The Rose and Rockstar, Ian and Robert discuss skills, AI, and business transformation.

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April 3, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Studio: Cathy, Fields, and Meadows

This week, Cathy makes her monthly visit to the studio, and this week, she and Ian discuss localization

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March 29, 2025

The Rose & Rockstar: Ignoring Mark Twain

This week in The Rose and Rockstar, ignoring the advice of Mark Twain, the chaps tackle brands navigating the politicization of everything.

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March 26, 2025

The Rockstar CMO Studio: First 90 Days of Knowledge

This week, Jeff Clark is back to kick off a new series about a CMO’s first 90 days, and the chaps discuss the fundamentals of knowledge marketing.

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