Listen "The Rockstar CMO Studio: First 90 Days in The Machine"
Episode Synopsis
This week, Ian and Jeff finalize their discussion about a CMO’s first 90 days, coming to the last of the 5 F’in’ Marketing Fundamentals - The Campaign.
The Machine, roughly equates to Marketing Operations a role that Jeff knows well, having created several marketing operations teams before going on to advise enterprises through his work at Sirius Decisions and Forrester.
In this episode, Ian and Jeff step through the five cylinders of the machine and what the new CMO needs to pay attention to in those first few months:
Data
Technology
Analytics
Processs
People
As always, we welcome your feedback. If you have a suggestion for a topic that's hot for you that we should discuss, please get in touch using the links below.
Enjoy!
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The Links
The people:
Ian Truscott on LinkedIn and Bluesky
Jeff Clark on LinkedIn
Mentioned this week:
Rockstar CMO Presents: The 5 F'in' Marketing Fundamentals
Get Your Buyers AMPED with our Customer Journey - Rockstar CMO
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:
Stienski & Mass Media - We'll be right back
Man Machine - Robbie Williams
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Machine, roughly equates to Marketing Operations a role that Jeff knows well, having created several marketing operations teams before going on to advise enterprises through his work at Sirius Decisions and Forrester.
In this episode, Ian and Jeff step through the five cylinders of the machine and what the new CMO needs to pay attention to in those first few months:
Data
Technology
Analytics
Processs
People
As always, we welcome your feedback. If you have a suggestion for a topic that's hot for you that we should discuss, 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:
Rockstar CMO Presents: The 5 F'in' Marketing Fundamentals
Get Your Buyers AMPED with our Customer Journey - Rockstar CMO
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:
Stienski & Mass Media - We'll be right back
Man Machine - Robbie Williams
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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