Smart Ideas. Delivered With Just Enough Swagger.
Robert Rose is a sought-after keynote speaker and workshop leader known for blending sharp insights with a dry wit that keeps audiences thinking long after the lights come up. He’s spoken in 25+ countries, helping teams rethink marketing, content, and the way we work.
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Talks That Stick. Stories That Work.
Robert Rose is a sought-after keynote speaker and workshop leader known for blending sharp insights with a dry wit that keeps audiences thinking long after the lights come up. He’s spoken in 25+ countries, helping teams rethink marketing, content, and the way we work.
What You Can Expect
Keynotes
With 25+ years of experience spanning startups and enterprise marketing, he blends inspiration with real-world strategy—delivering keynotes that make people think, laugh, and take notes.
Training/Workshops
From one-day masterclasses to two-day bootcamps, Robert’s workshops are built for engagement. These aren’t lectures—they’re roll-up-your-sleeves sessions designed to inspire, challenge, and educate. He’s developed curriculum for CMI, Ohio University, USC, and countless companies worldwide.
Virtual Sessions
Need a speaker who won’t put your online audience to sleep? Robert’s virtual sessions combine strong content with polished delivery—ideal for team meetings, leadership summits, or full-scale online events. High energy. High value. Low awkward pauses.
Strategic
Engaging, funny, and sneakily profound. That’s how attendees describe Robert’s breakout sessions on content strategy, storytelling, and the future of marketing. Every talk is customized to your audience—and every seat leaves with something useful.
“Robert Rose live is amazing. He has deep marketing expertise wrapped in an incredibly effective delivery style. I highly recommend booking him as a speaker. Five stars.”
BMA, BUSINESS MARKETING ASSOCIATON
Trusted by CMOs. And their teams
Robert is known for helping marketing teams turn chaos into confidence—with clarity, empathy, and the occasional rabbit hole story. As a fractional CMO and strategic advisor, he’s worked across industries to help brands rethink how they use content to lead, grow, and connect.
He co-hosts This Old Marketing, a top marketing podcast with downloads in 150+ countries, and regularly leads workshops and keynotes around the world. Whether he’s guiding a room full of executives or helping a team find its story, Robert’s goal is simple: He helps teams find the signal, keep the soul, and do less of what never worked in the first place.
Experience Matters. Especially Now.
I partner with marketing teams as a fractional CMO or strategic advisor—bringing clarity, structure, and senior leadership without the full-time drama (or the full-time payroll).
YES I WRITE BOOKS TOO
Best-Selling Author
My latest book explores how slowing down, pushing back, and embracing resistance can help you do more meaningful, original work—in business and in life.
Killing Marketing
A provocative call to reinvent marketing as a profit center. Warning: may cause career epiphanies.
Content Marketing Strategy
A practical framework for building content marketing that actually works—this is also the American Marketing Association’s official certification course.
Feature three
How to design content-driven experiences that scale—and why marketing needs to think like a media company to matter.
Let’s work together
Whether you’re looking for a smart strategy, a standout keynote, or a collaborative partner to build content that actually connects—I’d love to help. I work best with teams who care about doing great work, thinking differently, and making the complex feel a little more human.