February 2017

An introduction to ecommerce APIs for non-developers

The following is a guest article by Mike Sedzielewski, co-founder and CMO of Voucherify, a coupon and referral infastructure through API. 2016 was the year when the marketing technology mantra materialized. The predictions of turning every business into a connected system of digital services became real. The data-first approach and microservices are becoming a standard in the marketing and sales departments of forward-thinking companies. What makes this possible? APIs. The data speaks for itself. In …

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API Landscape

A guide for mid-career informational interviews for marketing technologists

This guest post by Erica Seidel is part of a regular column she writes, Ask the Martech Recruiter. Erica runs The Connective Good, a retained executive recruiting firm that helps companies land leaders in martech, marketing, digital strategy, analytics, and market research. Dear Erica, I have 10 years of digital marketing experience and want to switch to a pure martech role. I have reached out to a few people to ask for informational interviews. But …

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Martech Informational Interview

Toughest decision to make about the MarTech conference

Which sessions will you choose at the MarTech conference in San Francisco this May? Okay, sorry, that was kind of a link-baity headline. But seriously, with over 70 presentations by more than 100 speakers, packed into 2 days and 8 tracks — plus over 100 leading marketing technology vendors at the largest, independent exhibit — you’ll have to pick the subset that are most compelling to you, to augment or complement your expertise and worldview. …

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MarTech San Francisco 2017 Agenda

VIDEO: 5 Disruptions Reshaping Marketing As We Know It

Valentine’s Day is a holiday for celebrating love — either that or, depending on who you ask, an evil plot by the floral-industrial complex. (Eisenhower warned us about them.) This past Valentine’s Day, I gave homage to my professional love, the wild and wonderful field of marketing technology, with an hour-long webinar on 5 Disruptions That Are Reshaping Marketing As We Know It. Thanks to the producers of the MarTech conference, who sponsored the webcast, …

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MarTech Valentine's Day Webinar

THE HACKIES: How to hack your CRM for ABM, switching from leads to contacts and accounts

This article is a guest post by Lauren Frye of Bizible. It was entered into The Hackies essay contest for the upcoming MarTech conference. Like it? You can register your vote in the contest by sharing it on social media, especially LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. When any organization endeavors to implement account-based marketing, there comes a point where their reporting framework must follow suit. Trying to run account-based marketing campaigns while continuing to plan, target, …

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How to Hack your CRM for ABM

The most memorable martech resume I’ve seen

This guest post by Erica Seidel is part of a regular column she writes, Ask the Martech Recruiter. Erica runs The Connective Good, a retained executive recruiting firm that helps companies land leaders in martech, marketing, digital strategy, analytics, and market research. Dear Erica, What’s the best resume you ever saw? Thanks, Sue, San Francisco Dear Sue, That’s easy. Rick Larkin’s. Here it is (click for the full-scale PDF): I’ve seen thousands of resumes for …

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THE HACKIES: How to use your unique dataset to create valuable content

This article is a guest post by Jordan Con of Bizible. It was entered into The Hackies essay contest for the upcoming MarTech conference. Like it? You can register your vote in the contest by sharing it on social media, especially LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Whenever we look back at our best performing content, a clear trend appears: content where we share our data consistently performs well. In general, we’ve found that the most effective …

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Blockchain-based digital tokens: the new brand logo?

The following is a follow-up guest post by Jeremy Epstein, CEO of Never Stop Marketing, to his previous articles on blockchain marketing and blockchain brand promises. Jeremy currently works with several of the leading companies in the blockchain and decentralization space including OpenBazaar. Previously, he was VP of marketing at Sprinklr. In a previous article, I introduced Bitcoin and blockchain, the technology that sits beneath it and provides a censorship-proof, distributed, immutable ledger based on a set of …

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Value Capture with Fat Protocols

Brand new MarTech agenda launched with 70+ talks and 100+ speakers

In the years that I’ve worked on the marketing technology landscape, I have often been surprised at the end of each iteration by the sheer scale of the thing. I’ll sit back, typically with a glass of wine at that point, and reflect in awe at just how big this space has become — and in such a short time. I’m experiencing that same sensation of awe now that we’ve launched the agenda for the …

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MarTech San Francisco 2017 Agenda

How to transition from being a martech consultant to a full-timer

This guest post by Erica Seidel is part of a regular column she writes, Ask the Martech Recruiter. Erica runs The Connective Good, a retained executive recruiting firm that helps companies land leaders in martech, marketing, digital strategy, analytics, and market research. Dear Erica, For the past 15 years, I have operated a consultancy focused on driving martech efforts and promoting products to marketers. Now I’d like a full-time role in martech. But when I …

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