CMO Confidential

A CMO Confidential Interview with Greg Creed, Former CEO of Yum! Brands. Greg also served as CEO and CMO of Taco Bell, where he championed the "Think Outside the Bun" campaign. Greg discusses why executives are becoming less courageous, why brands are losing their distinctiveness, and why "sales overnight, brand over time" is the CMO's real job.

Key topics include:
- Why the brand and the people are the two biggest assets that never appear on the P&L
- Why winning awards won't make you a general manager
- The brand lessons behind spinning off Yum China
- Why culture determines whether people act on bold ideas

Tune in to hear how a 100th anniversary promotion ended with four tons of moldy soap in an Australian landfill.

⏱️ Chapters

2:17 - Business Trends and Executive Courage
8:03 - Evolution of the CMO Role
18:19 - Yum Brands and Franchising Insights
22:58 - Marketing Mistakes and Company Culture

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A CMO Confidential Interview with Dr. Dan McCarthy, marketing professor at the University of Maryland. Dan discusses how customer lifetime value and customer-based corporate valuation connect marketing to the CFO and Wall Street. He explores why paid delivery subscriptions such as DashPass and Instacart+ can create tension between company profits and consumer savings, why positive average savings can mask losses for many subscribers, and how AI agents can help consumers identify and cancel subscriptions that no longer pay off.

Key topics include:
- What credit and debit card data reveal about gambling behavior after states launch legal online sports betting
- The risks of using marketing algorithms to encourage heavier betting
- What Oura illustrates about the difference between strong unit economics and an attractive valuation
- Why combining paid and organic acquisition can hide the cost of scaling through paid channels

Tune in to hear how a family trip to New York turned into an unexpected Oura case study in Times Square.

⏱️ Chapters

0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Introduction to Customer Lifetime Value
7:01 - Loyalty Programs and Subscriptions
13:56 - AI Agents and Subscription Management
20:23 - Gambling and Prediction Markets Analytics
27:46 - IPOs, Oura, and Rent the Runway
38:41 - Final Advice and Closing Thoughts

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A CMO Confidential Interview with Tim Huelskamp, CEO and Co-Founder of 1440, a news and knowledge platform. Tim shares his thoughts on the idea that "just because all knowledge is available, doesn't mean all questions have been asked" and why the intersection of User Generated Content (UGC) and AI has created an opportunity to engage "knowledge obsessed consumers" in the middle of the marketing funnel.

Key topics include:
- How the AI revolution resembles the launch of the printing press
- Why brands shouldn't ignore the deep subject knowledge they possess
- The power of curiosity meeting well-curated information

Tune in to hear stories about wine, 401(k)s, and bioluminescent fish.

⏱️ Chapters

2:17 - The Power of Curated Content
7:05 - Curation versus Algorithmic Search
9:59 - Knowledge Serendipity and Market Demand
16:29 - The Curiosity Graph in Marketing
26:25 - Fact-Checking and Avoiding AI Slop
32:30 - A Private Equity April Fools Story

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A CMO Confidential Interview with Dr. Peter Fader, Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School of Business. Pete discusses the application of Customer Lifetime Value (CLTV) to the business side of sports, the use of analytics to manage the fan base, and how baseball has gone from resisting technology to embracing things like dynamic pricing and facial recognition.

Key topics include:
- Why the General Manager of the Phillies went back to B-School to become the leader of the business side
- The need to connect the actions and experiences of the fan base versus managing individual activities
- Why, no matter what you think, your business can benefit from customer analytics

Tune in to hear stories about StubHub and Spotify.

⏱️ Chapters
0:58 - Introduction of Dr. Peter Fader
4:08 - Sam Fuld's Transition to Business Operations
8:42 - Solving the StubHub Problem and MLB Project
18:18 - Fan Analytics and Modern Fan Experience
21:28 - Dynamic Pricing and Overcoming Tradition
28:47 - Universal Business Takeaways and Closing

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A CMO Confidential Interview with Kip Knight, the founder of CMO Coaches and operating partner at Thomvest Ventures, formerly the President of H&R Block Retail and CMO of Taco Bell. Kip details his belief that marketers shouldn't "silo themselves" in B2B or B2C, why marketing strategy always matters, and the case for B2B to spend more on marketing.

Key topics include:
- The importance of storytelling
- The benefits of spending significant time in the field
- The reasons B2B buyers are often more emotionally driven than you think
- Why he doesn't believe in the "This product is so good, it will sell itself" concept

Tune in to hear why he thinks "Undercover Boss" is a flawed idea.

⏱️ Chapters
1:08 - Introduction of Kip Knight
2:31 - Breaking the B2B and B2C Silos
6:09 - Comparing B2C and B2B Frameworks
12:48 - Emotions and AI in B2B Marketing
17:10 - The Power of Brand Building
19:27 - Lessons from Sales and Overcoming Objections
25:30 - Common Mistakes and Final Advice

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