April 2014 - Chief Marketing Technologist

MarTech agenda announced with 14 amazing talks that illuminate marketing technology management

April 29, 2014 / Marketing Management / By Scott Brinker / 1 Comment

I’m as giddy as a kid in a candy store. With the launch of the new MarTech Conference, I’ve been given the joy of creating a program that covers the kinds of topics that I’ve always longed to see addressed in the world of marketing technology — presented by hand-picked speakers of impeccable credentials, brilliant ideas, and infectious passion for this amazing intersection of disciplines. Today, we’re announcing the agenda for the inaugural MarTech Conference …

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MarTech and the Triangle of People, Process, and Technology

Digital marketing is now reappropriating the sales budget

April 16, 2014 / Marketing Management / By Scott Brinker / 2 Comments

It probably comes as no surprise that digital marketing budgets are rising. But the velocity of growth is actually quite breathtaking. In research conducted by Gartner among their clientele, digital marketing budgets rose 20% in 2013. And they’re expected to rise again by double digits in 2014. For large companies, those are large budgets being moved around in a short time span. Yesterday, Laura McLellan of Gartner presented a webinar on their latest research that …

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Boom! Marketo ignites the real marketing platform wars

April 9, 2014 / Marketing Software / By Scott Brinker / 27 Comments

My fellow marketing technology enthusiasts, mark this week in your journals. Here at their Marketing Nation Summit in San Francisco, Marketo just triggered a major inflection point in our industry. First, let me set the stage for the significance of what they’ve done. For a number of large companies assembling marketing “suites,” the narrative they’ve been preaching is: buy from us, and you’ll get everything you need in one box. Buy our cloud or hub, …

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Everything you wanted to know about agile marketing (but were afraid to ask)

April 8, 2014 / Agile Marketing / By Scott Brinker / 10 Comments

Today I’m presenting a new talk on agile marketing that walks through a Scrum-inspired agile methodology and tackles several of the common myths and misconceptions people have about agile management. If you’ve been hearing about agile marketing but are a little fuzzy about the actual process — or if you have concerns that agile is just a euphemism for “work faster” or “do it quick and dirty” or “a lack of a guiding plan” — …

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Announcing MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference

April 3, 2014 / Marketing Management / By Scott Brinker / 5 Comments

Today, I am thrilled to announce the launch of MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference — a conference designed expressly for you, leaders at the intersection of marketing, strategy, and technology. The inaugural MarTech event will take place this August 19-20 in Boston at the beautiful Seaport Hotel and Convention Center. And I really hope you’ll be able to join us. Click here to visit the conference website and receive details on registration. A new brand …

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MarTech agenda announced with 14 amazing talks that illuminate marketing technology management

Digital marketing is now reappropriating the sales budget

Boom! Marketo ignites the real marketing platform wars

Everything you wanted to know about agile marketing (but were afraid to ask)

Announcing MarTech: The Marketing Tech Conference

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