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CMO Confidential

By: Mike Linton // I Hear Everything Podcast Network
  • Summary

  • Wonder what it's like to control millions of dollars of marketing budget? Manage hundreds of people? Make the decisions on which ideas get to market?

    The CMO Confidential podcast shares how it feels to be in that chair of the shortest-tenured position on the C-suite.

    We detail the long, hard road most ideas take to get to market & how challenging it is to get the best ones through.

    Hosted by Mike Linton -- the former P&G Brand Manager who went on to be the Chief Marketing Officer of Best Buy, eBay, and Farmers Insurance, as well as the Chief Revenue Officer of Ancestry.com and the head marketer at Remington -- this show serves as an ongoing lesson plan for how to get, do, keep, and handle the pressures of the CMO job.

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Episodes
  • A Consultant Turns Professor Discusses the B-School Curriculum | Lynne Segall |
    May 21 2024

    A CMO Confidential Interview with Lynne Segall, Associate Dean at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, formerly the Director of Talent and Organization Offering Development at Accenture. Lynne discusses the importance of students learning technical and theoretical skills along with the "harder to teach" softer skills like "how to get stuff done," the differences between Millennials and Gen Z, and why core conceptual classes still matter. Key topics include: why experiential learning is so important but so hard to teach; why she pushes students to "fully define the problem" to be solved; and some of the barriers slowing development of new b-school curricula. Tune in to hear why "good showmanship" can't cover up poor thinking.


    #CMO #BusinessPodcast #MarketingSuccess #LeadershipDevelopment #MarketingTechniques


    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 - Intro

    0:40 - Lynn Seagull Introduction

    1:40 - Are B-Schools Keeping Up with the Market Trends

    5:20 - Lynn's Business Classes

    11:00 - Showmanship in Business

    12:22 - Business Schools: Teaching "C" Skills Over Functions

    17:28 - Evaluating Leadership Skills

    18:08 - Desired Business School Curriculum by Companies

    19:58 - Gaps in Business School Education

    21:50 - Scaling Business Education

    26:26 - Experiential Learning in Business

    31:40 - Practical Advice for Business Students

    32:10 - Practical Career Advice

    32:35 - Funniest Business Story

    35:22 - Sign Off


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    36 mins
  • What Marketers Talk About Behind Closed Doors | The Artificial Intelligence Edition | Babs Rangaiah
    May 14 2024

    In this episode, "What Marketers Talk About Behind Closed Doors | The Artificial Intelligence Edition," host Mike Linton, a five-time CMO, sits down with the illustrious Babs Rangaiah. Babs, the founder of CCBabs and a CMO Coach, delves deep into the pressing issues keeping today's marketers awake at night.


    Key topics include the impact of artificial intelligence on marketing strategies, the transformation of data and martech in a post-cookie world, and the evolving media landscape with platforms like TikTok and CTV. Babs also shares insights from his extensive career, including his work with IBM's Watson and his role in launching Paramount Plus.


    Tune in to hear Babs Rangaiah's expert advice on navigating the challenges and opportunities presented by AI, data management, and new media. Learn what top CMOs are saying about the future of marketing and how to stay ahead of the curve in this dynamic industry.


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    #CustomerInsights #MarketingDecisions #MarketingChallenges #CommunicationSkills #MarketIntelligence


    #WorkforceChanges #SmallCompanyAi #HumanSkillsDevelopment #CtvAdvertising #CommunicationSkills


    CHAPTERS:

    0:00 - Intro

    1:44 - What keeps CMOs up at night

    7:17 - The new media landscape

    10:22 - Remote work

    14:09 - The CMO Role

    16:48 - AI in Marketing

    23:02 - Best AI pilots

    27:27 - Do you always need a human in the loop

    29:40 - What human skills will be most important in the future

    31:34 - Reframing

    34:45 - Practical advice

    36:48 - Outro

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    38 mins
  • Is Artificial Intelligence An Extinction Event For Marketing Agencies | Paul Roetzer |
    May 7 2024

    A CMO Confidential Interview with Paul Roetzer, Founder of the Marketing AI Institute and author of Marketing Artificial Intelligence. Paul discusses the rapid growth of the AI business, early impacts on agencies and marketing organizations, why you should be careful using AI with customer interactions, and how things will evolve to handle a "string of actions" versus specific tasks. Key topics include: why you should create an "AI Council" to stay on top of current and future innovations; why he thinks there will be AI Native agencies and AI Emergent agencies and all others will be obsolete; and how creating a roadmap allows you to think through the tech stack, employee capabilities and your partner ecosystem. Tune in to hear tips for interviewing and selecting AI vendors.


    #ai #aimarketing #marketingagency


    00:00 Introduction to CMO Confidential Podcast

    00:39 Meet Paul Reitzer: AI in Marketing Expert

    00:42 AI's Impact on the Marketing and Agency World

    01:59 Understanding AI's Current State and Future Potential

    05:13 Generative AI: Capabilities and Limitations

    10:36 AI's Legal and Practical Challenges for Agencies

    10:54 The Future of Agencies in an AI-Driven World

    32:02 Advice for Agencies and Marketers Navigating AI

    32:27 Closing Thoughts and Practical AI Advice


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    35 mins

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