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Ian Truscott

@iantruscott.me
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Tea-drinking B2B marketer, advisor, consultant, 4xCMO, host a podcast, talk about how marketing creates ART (Awareness, Revenue & Trust), do business at rockstarcmo.com #b2b #cmo #marketing

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Christopher Penn @cspenn.com · 18/03/2025
Just because fruit is low hanging doesn't mean it's edible or safe to eat.
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Rockstar CMO @rockstarcmo.com · 24/01/2025
Does the world need another f'in' buyer's journey? No? well @iantruscott.me did one anyway - come get AMPED - rockstarcmo.com/get-your-buy...
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Get Your Buyers AMPED with our Customer Journey - Rockstar CMO®
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Email In a couple of podcast episodes, […]
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CMSWire @cmswire.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
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Is Persona Research Ready for an AI-Powered Overhaul? by @iantruscott
AI is changing persona research by providing quicker, more affordable insights and helping marketers understand their audience without expensive surveys. Continue reading...
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 19/01/2025
I'm a sucker for procrastinating on a project while I research the best tools - @annhandley.bsky.social describes this beautifully in her newsletter today - annhandley.optin.com/newsletter/t...
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TA #179: 🪶 New AI, Analog Tools for Better Content
New to me and maybe to you? Click here to read this on the web. Welcome to Issue 179 of Total Annarchy, a fortnightly newsletter by me, Ann Handley,…
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Rockstar CMO @rockstarcmo.com · 11/01/2025
🎙 D-R-O-P-P-E-D-! -> The Rose and Rockstar: Our virtual bar gets its own show - but what hasn't changed is that @robertrose.me shares a fantastic cocktail while he and @iantruscott.me take a little more time to chat about a marketing topic for the week.... rockstarcmo.com/1-the-rose-r...
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1: The Rose & Rockstar: Connecting through Nostalgia and Tribes - Rockstar CMO®
Our virtual bar has a new name and its own show - welcome to The Rose and Rockstar - come enjoy a cocktail and a chat about marketing.
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 31/12/2024
Some tips on being "viciously mediocre" - great description - according to Joe Pulizzi - www.contentinc.io/how-to-be-vi...
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How to Be Viciously Mediocre in 2025 (476)
If you want to be viciously mediocre as a content creator in 2025, I have the prescription for you. This includes: Don't Own Your Own Business Create Content on Th…
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 30/12/2024
Latest role/client, small team, more hands on, spend a lot of time deep in Hubspot. So with some downtime over the holidays, gave their education/certification a whirl. HS have always led with good content, training is the same. Yes, the product is getting expensive, but this is value for customers
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 24/12/2024
Some thoughts on gifts and reciprocation this week - with a nod to some of the gifts of content and research I've enjoyed receiving this year - iantruscott.com/tuesday-2c-g...
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Tuesday 2¢ – Gifts and Reciprocation
T’is the night before Christmas, and time to think about B2B marketing gifts and, come on, be honest; what you might get in return!
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 21/12/2024
Seth's right, but good lord, I always spend too long thinking about tools before I start to do the work. A book? What will I write it with. A website? Let's try this doohickey...
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 20/12/2024
Fun chat about this Bluesky thingy here - for and against - @tinyseed.com / @robwalling.com / @tracyosborn.com - plus some good stuff on procrastination... www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/epi...
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Episode 744 | Bluesky, TinySeed is Raising, YC Backs Competitors, and More Hot Take Tuesday Topics
In episode 744, Rob Walling is joined by Tracy Osborn and Einar Vollset to give their hot takes on some recent news. They cover the recent rise of Bluesky, kicking off a 4-figure bet between Tracy and...
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 18/12/2024
Thoughts?
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I Give Bluesky 6 Months Before It Implodes
Bluesky isn’t the problem. It’s the tech industry’s unwillingness to learn from its own social media mistakes.
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 18/12/2024
Now that zero-click and AI are playing a bigger role in search - a new kid on the digital marketing block "AI search visibility optimization" (ASVO?) - interesting piece on @techcrunch.com - techcrunch.com/2024/12/18/a...
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AI is burying company web sites in search results, but Otterly.AI thinks it can help | TechCrunch
Many sites saw their organic traffic decline in 2024, in big part due to the rise of AI-generated search results. Many queries no longer lead to
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 17/12/2024
This week's Tuesday thingy - iantruscott.com/tuesday-2c-h...
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Tuesday 2¢ – Has Why Lost It’s Purpose?
This week’s 2 cents is on finding your why and brand purpose. I don’t mention Patagonia….. OK, maybe once…. but I think I got away with it. Like many marketing trends, broad…
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 15/12/2024
Oooh look... @drewneisser.bsky.socialis is here - just been listening to his podcast on a walk - really good episode this - renegadethinkersunite.libsyn.com/427-no-bulls...
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Renegade Marketers Unite: Top Rated Podcast for CMOs: 427: No Bullsh*t Strategy: The Art of Being the Only One
What does it mean to have a strategy? In this episode, Drew Neisser hosts , author of No Bullsht Strategy*, for a candid discussion on stripping away the jargon and getting to the heart of what makes ...
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 11/12/2024
I'm attending more webinars, to see what's up, but do they really need a business phone number to prove I am real boy?
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Robert Rose @robertrose.me · 10/12/2024
Something I found myself saying today in a client meeting about the state of B2B marketing in 2024… we’ve spent the last ten years mindlessly following the “move fast and break things” mantra - and now we wonder why we spend all our waking hours fixing things that are broken…
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Matt Heinz @mattheinz.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
15 Times to use AI, and 5 Not to - by Ethan Mollick
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15 Times to use AI, and 5 Not to
Notes on the Practical Wisdom of AI Use
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 09/12/2024
Does anyone have recommendations on a Grammarly alternative, I've paid for it for 4 years, and I need an editor, but I am increasingly tired of fighting this pedant who doesn't get my voice and has little latitude - Any suggestions or turn the f'ing thing off and grammar be damned?
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 08/12/2024
Vanity metrics versus engagement - so easy to get suckered into creating popular content for the dopamine of likes, follows, hits (etc) - but it does not build the deep trust a buyer needs... good stuff here from Jay 👇
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 03/12/2024
This is jolly good - @gilesedwards.bsky.social on Gasp! Call to Action Podcast - chats with Peter Weinberg of LinkedIn's The B2B Institute fame and is now synthesizing customer research... audioboom.com/posts/861498...
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Peter Weinberg on humans, AI and a creative future for B2B
This week we strapped on a Motorola pager and stole a briefcase off our dad in order to look businessy enough to chat to the Batman of the B2B world, LinkedIn legend and co-founder of Evidenza, Peter ...
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 02/12/2024
Has Sinek stolen the word "why"? -- As we discussed on the Rockstar CMO podcast this week - in this article @robertrose.me shares how knowing your why is wrong - spoiler alert - "Most people outside your brand don’t care about your why" contentmarketinginstitute.com/articles/kno...
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Why ‘Know Your Why’ Is Wrong for Content — and How To Fix It
Your brand's "why" won't inspire great content unless you connect it to your customers' why. Try this 5-step process from the Content Marketing Institute to find that connection.
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 01/12/2024
This episode of one of fav podcasts is worth a listen - behavioral physiology applied to SaaS websites - www.nudgepodcast.com/podcast/epis...
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Listen to Nudge | Consumer Psychology Podcast
Listen to Nudge the dedicated consumer psychology podcast and hear from experts in consumer psychology.
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 29/11/2024
This is worth a watch - Joe Pulizzi (not on here, I don't think) rattles through some of his classics on content marketing, including rationalizing channels, an interesting idea about AI for personas, rented land, print etc. etc., www.youtube.com/watch?v=01QD...
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Unconventional Content Marketing Strategies for 2025
YouTube video by This Old Marketing w/ Joe Pulizzi & Robert Rose
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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
NEW rant: sparktoro.com/blog/if-your... If your audience’s sources of influence and your marketing budget don’t align, you’re gonna have a bad time.
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Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com · 26/11/2024
As the kids like to say: This.
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 26/11/2024
I thought it was a good week for Feeder's Buck Rogers - so that's the title of the Rockstar CMO newsletter this week - beat.beehiiv.com/p/buck-rogers
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Buck Rogers
He’s got a brand new car // Looks like a Jaguar
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Seth Godin @sethgodin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Starting tomorrow, my blog should be here, daily. I don't actively use real-time social media, but you do, so here it is! Thanks.
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 22/11/2024
I actually own a Jaguar, and honestly I don't know what all the fuss is about.
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 22/11/2024
My "Discover" tab is full of stuff about books, bookshops, libraries, fiction and writers - no idea why, but it is the nicest "For you" type stream I've had on any social media platform. 🤷‍♂️
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Jim MacLeod @jimmacleod.com · 21/11/2024
TweetDeck circa 2015 is back!
Tweetdeck-like interface
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 21/11/2024
Also, continuing my hello to you all on this platform... I've written for CMSwire on and off for 15 years. This is the latest. I have this idea of Marketing YAGNI (You Ain't Gonna Need It)—decluttering B2B marketing. Marie Kondo type vibe... www.cmswire.com/digital-mark...
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Using YAGNI to Drive Marketing Efficiency
Marketing efficiency is more crucial than ever as budgets shrink. Focus on core goals, cut unnecessary tasks and embrace AI strategically to maximize ROI.
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 20/11/2024
Apparently, Jaguar rebranded, I know, I know, the internet kept that quiet - however - if you read one thing about this - this is entertaining - www.marketingweek.com/jaguar-rebra...
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Jaguar has rebranded when it needed to revitalise
Jaguar's bizarre new campaign marks a complete overhaul of its positioning, when instead it should have celebrated and updated what once made it great.
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Matt Heinz @mattheinz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Sales doesn't really want leads, they want a market that wants what you are selling. This is one reason why brand investments are coming back big time in 2025.
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 19/11/2024
The Composable CMO 🤔... hmmmmm.... not sure, but definitely worth a read from @bmzinck.bsky.social - diginomica.com/meet-composa...
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Meet the composable CMO
The new breed of CMO is composable. What does that mean? Here's what.
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Brian Clark @brianclark.social · 18/11/2024
Hey, I've got a Starter Pack going for Content Marketing, but I need your help to add people to it. go.bsky.app/HT32cm3
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Rockstar CMO @rockstarcmo.com · 19/11/2024
Our email newsletter dropped yesterday - it's weekly, hosted on @beehiiv.bsky.social and written by @iantruscott.bsky.social - the subject line is always a song title (email best practice be damned!) - Guess what the topic is this week? beat.beehiiv.com/p/mr-bluesky
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Mr Bluesky
Yep, I went there.
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 19/11/2024
For followers who don't already know me - this is the sort of thing I write on a weekly basis - iantruscott.com/10-things-b2...
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Tuesday 2¢ – 10 Things B2B Marketers Can Learn from the Tyson/Paul Fight
Kinda dared myself into writing this after making a joke on LinkedIn.
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Ian Truscott @iantruscott.me · 18/11/2024
Ooooh.... no edit button, this is going to be wild. Or probably wlid nowing me. Sorry, knowing me.
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