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The Rockstar CMO Studio: 5 F’in’ Fails When Your Machine is Broken

Jan 7, 2026 By MPN

This week, with our host Ian Truscott, Managing Partner at Velocity B, Jeff Clark, our resident strategist and former Forrester Research Director, shares his experience of what happens when one of our 5 Fundamentals, The Machine, is broken. The fails that Jeff identifies: Poor Reputation with internal customers Campaigns miss their mark Poor sales productivity Customer lose trust Marketing loses business credibility As always, we welcome your feedback. If you have a hot topic you'd like us to discuss, please get in touch using the links below. Enjoy! — The Links The people: Ian Truscott on LinkedIn Jeff Clark on LinkedIn Mentioned this week: Rockstar CMO Presents: The 5 F'in' Marketing Fundamentals 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 Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down You can listen to this on all good podcast platforms, like Apple, Amazon, and Spotify.

The Rockstar CMO Studio: 5 F’in’ Fails When Your Machine is Broken
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This week, with our host Ian Truscott, Managing Partner at Velocity B, Jeff Clark, our resident strategist and former Forrester Research Director, shares his experience of what happens when one of our 5 Fundamentals, The Machine, is broken.

The fails that Jeff identifies:

  • Poor Reputation with internal customers

  • Campaigns miss their mark

  • Poor sales productivity

  • Customer lose trust

  • Marketing loses business credibility

As always, we welcome your feedback. If you have a hot topic you’d like us to discuss, please get in touch using the links below.

Enjoy!

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