
CMO Confidential
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.
Latest episodes

Feb 9, 2023 • 28min
Jeff Culliton: How To Run An RFP Without Crushing Your Agencys Soul
Episode 5 - In this Episode, Mike and Jeff Culliton, President of Adcom talk about the best and worst ways to run an RFP so that the agencies pitching your business all have a fair shot at success.
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Feb 8, 2023 • 30min
Jeff Serverts: Is The CMO Species Headed For Extinction?
Episode 4 - A CMO Confidential Interview with Jeff Severts, the former Chief Marketing Officer of Ulta, Best Buy Europe, and FTD. Jeff discusses the growing complexity of the job and why he thinks it may become extinct in the not too distant future. We also talk about some of the ways marketers can manage the growing complexity of the job.
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Jan 27, 2023 • 25min
Carilu Dietrich: What It's Really Like in the B2B Start-Up World
Episode 3 - A CMO Confidential Interview with Carilu Dietrich, former CMO and Hypergrowth Advisor, who helped take Atlassian public. Carilu discusses the business-to-business environment, what it's like to be in an early stage company, and tips for pic
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Jan 19, 2023 • 27min
Kip Knight - Why The Short Shelf Life Of CMOs
Episode 2 - Mike interviews marketing veteran Kip Knight, who is Operating Partner at Thomvest Ventures, Founder of CMO Coaches and former CMO of Taco Bell about the short shelf life for CMOs.
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