
6 reasons why building your own customer data asset is a recipe for marketing success
Customer data. It’s a brand’s special sauce. But right now, there are too many chefs in the kitchen. Marketers are working with multiple...

The marketing automation generation: Fulfilling the mandate for customer life cycle marketing
Nearly a decade into the marketing automation (MA) revolution, we’ve developed a crop of B2B marketing professionals who have built...

Reaching users wherever they are
Picture it: Boston, 2017. You’re sitting in the crowded airport waiting for your flight, trying to kill some time before your flight to...

Marketing automation struggles to reach its full potential
Marketing automation is on the rise. The reason? Marketing automation vendors are promising accelerated revenue and improved ROI (return...

The new marketing mindset
I’ve said before that robots are the gatekeepers to your customers. And by “robots,” I really mean “software.” Consider this: Algorithms...

Adaptive marketing: The key to winning in the Engagement Economy
Marketers must be, by nature, adaptive. Our practice today looks much different from the way it did five years ago, and it will look even...

How AI will shape the future of search
There is no doubt the search industry has evolved. Just one look at how search engine results pages are currently laid out shows how...

5-year trends in artificially intelligent marketing
Artificial intelligence has been making headlines over the last 12 months in domains like health care, finance, face recognition and...

What is the GDPR, and why should martech care?
Privacy is a complex issue, and opinions on the subject often depend on the perspective it is viewed from. I’m a passionate privacy...

Ad-blocking concerns shift to the video ad industry
The media storm around ad blocking may appear to have subsided somewhat, but the obstruction this phenomenon has implanted in the online...

Assessing the maturity of your organization’s messaging program
In the digital marketing world, the concept of messaging largely revolves around email, SMS and push. And no matter how far we’ve come in...

Why you shouldn’t have to hate your ESP
“Hate” is a harsh word. And yet I’ve heard it used by several marketers referring to the email service provider (ESP) that they’ve...

Should PPC agencies be scared of automation?
I’m sure many of us working in PPC (or across the wider digital spectrum) have been asked at least a handful of times in recent months,...

Making complementary media strategies work: The recipe for cross-channel attribution
While much has been said about complementary media strategies, the secret to making it truly work is cross-channel attribution. And to...

The business case to merge sales & marketing ops
Generating, acquiring, serving and delighting customers has become the ultimate team effort for B2B organizations. This effort doesn’t...

Chatbots: Hype or the real deal?
Last December, Starbucks announced “My Starbucks Barista,” a virtual barista for its mobile app that enables customers to place orders...

How bots ruin on-site experiences for real humans
From the rugged alleys of Sweetwater to Facebook feeds filled with fake news, the impact of bots has never been greater. With bots now...

Better collaboration is the best martech investment you can make
Think about the dozens of channels that you have to manage for any given marketing campaign. Web, email, in-product messaging, social,...

From algorithms to advertising: 7 steps to introducing AI to marketing
Artificial intelligence — once the rarefied domain of big-name, ambitious projects like Google’s self-driving car or IBM’s Watson — is...
























