70 episodes

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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    • Business
    • 4.7 • 13 Ratings

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.

    What Your CFO Wants to Tell You But Won't | Scott Lindquist | CMO Confidential

    What Your CFO Wants to Tell You But Won't | Scott Lindquist | CMO Confidential

    A CMO Confidential Interview with Scott Lindquist, CFO for CNA Financial Corp, former CFO of Farmers Insurance and PwC Partner. Scott discusses the wide variety of CFO's, why insurance became a marketing hothouse, the importance of marketing math, and how to manage the Marketing CFO position.

    • 31 min
    An Update From the the B2B Marketing Front Lines | Carilu Dietrich

    An Update From the the B2B Marketing Front Lines | Carilu Dietrich

    Carilu discusses why business growth is slow for everything but AI and cybersecurity, and her belief that many players are fatigued after a long drive to improve efficiency during what she calls a "B2B Tech Recession."

    • 29 min
    A Consultant Turns Professor Discusses the B-School Curriculum | Lynne Segall |

    A Consultant Turns Professor Discusses the B-School Curriculum | Lynne Segall |

    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.

    • 36 min
    What Marketers Talk About Behind Closed Doors | The Artificial Intelligence Edition | Babs Rangaiah

    What Marketers Talk About Behind Closed Doors | The Artificial Intelligence Edition | Babs Rangaiah

    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.

    • 37 min
    Is Artificial Intelligence An Extinction Event For Marketing Agencies | Paul Roetzer |

    Is Artificial Intelligence An Extinction Event For Marketing Agencies | Paul Roetzer |

    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.

    • 35 min
    Are Business Schools Preparing Marketers for the Real World? | Mike Kitz | CMO Confidential |

    Are Business Schools Preparing Marketers for the Real World? | Mike Kitz | CMO Confidential |

    Mike discusses the best ways to optimize your in school experience, why the abundance of marketing data may be crowding out long-term thinking, and the importance of learning "integration skills."

    • 28 min

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4.7 out of 5
13 Ratings

13 Ratings

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