Welcome to The Rose and Rockstar - with the Chief Troublemaker at Seventh Bear, Robert Rose, behind the bar serving one of his splendid cocktails while our host Ian Truscott, a CMO but not a rockstar, picks his brain on a marketing topic. 

This week, with a nod toward the Dude of the Big Lebowski, Robert keeps his Russian dark, and Ian asks what Robert makes of the trend for fractional marketing leadership.

Key talking points this week:

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  The term 'fractional' may be more of a sell-side term than a buy-side term.

  
  


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  Independent consultants are increasingly preferred over large agencies.

  
  


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  AI is disrupting traditional consulting roles, emphasizing the need for individual expertise.

  
  


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  Understanding the job to be done is crucial.

  
  

If you have a question for the bar or an opinion on this week's discussion, please get in touch - just search “rockstar cmo” on the interwebs or LinkedIn.

Enjoy!

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The Links

The people:

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  Ian Truscott on LinkedIn

  
  


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  Robert Rose on LinkedIn

  
  

Mentioned this week

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  Ian’s firm - Velocity B

  
  


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  This Old Marketing - Robert and Joe’s podcast

  
  


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  Robert’s newsletter: Lens, his websites, robertrose.net and seventhbear.com

  
  

Rockstar CMO:

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  The Beat Newsletter that we send every Monday

  
  


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  Rockstar CMO on the web, Twitter, and LinkedIn

  
  


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  Previous episodes and all the show notes: Rockstar CMO FM.

  
  

Track List:

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  We’ll be right back by Stienski & Mass Media on YouTube

  
  


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  Piano Music is by Johnny Easton, shared under a Creative Commons license

  
  

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