Ian Truscott explores the issue of ageism in marketing, and the attributes that all marketers – regardless of whether they’re young or old – need to embrace in order to truly make a difference.
Author: Ian Truscott
Not a rock star, but Ian is a 4 x CMO, a trusted advisor and Chief Bottle Washer at Rockstar CMO, who applies his experience to create ART (Awareness, Revenue and Trust) for B2B companies. Ian brings over two decades of marketing leadership experience to Rockstar CMO, he also a former techie, product marketer, CTO, agency guy and industry analyst.
The Seat at the Table Issue
This month we’re focusing on the reason we started this thing in the first place: the next generation of marketers. So you can expect a fresh and youthful perspective – this time inspired by Solange’s album, A Seat At The Table.
Marketers, Get Straight Outta Your Compton
Ian Truscott looks at rap past and present, and finds that NWA, Public Enemy and Lil Uzi Vert hold the secret to breaking out of your bubble to build a loyal, engaged community.
Into the Pool #5: Push Marketing
It seems Rockstar CMOs do not like anything that’s easy, cheap, driven by the machine and annoys 99.99% of the people it touches. John Andrews chimes in with Push Marketing…
Backstage with Christine Bailey
Christine Bailey is CMO of Valitor, having forged a career in the tech sector, she’s led European marketing for Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems, and writes frequently for Forbes Woman.
Backstage with Tom Wentworth
Ian Truscott chats to Tom Wentworth CMO at Boston-based RapidMiner, where he heads up global go-to-market strategy, product marketing and communications.
The Straight Outta Compton Issue
In this month’s dose of marketing street knowledge, we’ve definitely crossed the tracks as our writers take us to the wrong side of town. We’ve slapped the parental advisory sticker onto this issue, and there was only one album that could be our theme – welcome to Straight Outta Compton.
Backstage with John Andrews
Ian Truscott sat down with John Andrews, head honcho at Photofy – and chat about his 20 years’ experience in digital marketing.
Into the Pool #4: Marketing Suites
Encouraged by Darren Guarnaccia we’re taking bets on the size of splash that single vendor marketing suites are going to make as he offers up his bugbear.
The OK Computer Issue
This month we are on much safer ground with our definition of a ‘classic’ album, as we demand that our office virtual assistant play Radiohead’s OK Computer and we get our geek on – turning our attention to the rise of the marketing machines.
Never Mind the Bollocks: Here’s Cambridge Analytica
Ian Truscott sits down with Misia Tramp – VP of customer experience strategy and insights at digital marketing agency Metia – to discuss Cambridge Analytica and the (mis)use of social data.
Into the Pool #3: Programmatic
The pool guy is not going to be pleased with what he’s going to be scooping out in the morning. In this issue, more of that lazy and cheap shit is on its way down, as Robert Rose hands over programmatic and Ian Truscott does the honors.