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The Rockstar CMO Studio: Being the Voice of the Market

May 28, 2025 By MPN

This week, our host Ian Truscott and our resident marketing strategist and former Forrester Research Director Jeff Clark discuss a new role for the CMO, being the voice of the market, not just of marketing. In this episode, they discuss: CMOs should shift from being just marketers to market analysts. Understanding internal stakeholders' needs Build credibility by creating relevant internal content  Leveraging external networks enhances the CMO's credibility. How this all helps the CMO to be a strategic partner 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: Ian's articles on CMSWire 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 Pope - Prince  You can listen to this on all good podcast platforms, like Apple, Amazon, and Spotify.

The Rockstar CMO Studio: Being the Voice of the Market
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This week, our host Ian Truscott and our resident marketing strategist and former Forrester Research Director Jeff Clark discuss a new role for the CMO, being the voice of the market, not just of marketing.

In this episode, they discuss:

  • CMOs should shift from being just marketers to market analysts.

  • Understanding internal stakeholders’ needs

  • Build credibility by creating relevant internal content 

  • Leveraging external networks enhances the CMO’s credibility.

  • How this all helps the CMO to be a strategic partner

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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