November 2014

What will happen with marketing technology in 2015?

Welcome to prediction season, again! It doesn’t take a crystal ball to know you’re going to be inundated over the next 30 days with people prophesying your future — at least your future in marketing for the year ahead. Personally, I subscribe to Yogi Berra’s worldview, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” (Variations of which are sometimes attributed to Niels Bohr.) Most of the so-called predictions we’ll hear in the month ahead …

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Predicting the Future of Marketing Technology in 2015

If a 173-year-old public company can digitally transform, what’s your excuse?

“Digital transformation” is a phrase that we hear a lot of these days. But it’s not something that you can simply buy with a stack of marketing software. It requires a deeper change to the strategy, structure, and culture of an organization — something that’s easier said than done. Which is why it’s always inspiring to me to hear stories of people and companies who have successfully navigated true digital transformation. One of them is …

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6 questions with the most active VC in marketing tech

Why is this man smiling? Well, if your firm had invested in Omniture, ExactTarget, Marketo, BlueKai, Tealium, Sprinklr, Neolane, Optimizely, Bazaarvoice, BrightEdge, and a stack of other successful marketing technology companies, you’d be smiling too. Neeraj Agrawal is a general partner at Battery Ventures, arguably the most active venture capital firm in marketing technology. I became aware of just how big of a footprint they have in this space when reviewing the data provided by …

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Neeraj Agrawal

The Frame and the Field: the art of making marketing technology decisions

I want to share an idea with you that’s been in my head for a while. It may sound fairly obvious — and perhaps it is, to most of you. It is how I’ve seen people make choices with marketing technology that materially alters the outcome. But I suspect that they’re not always consciously aware of it. I call it: the frame and the field. The Frame: The Label That Shapes Your Decision Space The …

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The Frame and the Field

Come join us in San Francisco for MarTech 2015

I’m feeling giddy again. We’re in the middle of programming the agenda for the next MarTech conference, which will take place in San Francisco on March 31 – April 1, 2015, and I’m already floored by the first wave of speakers who have confirmed their participation — and amazed by the incredible suggestions coming in from our open call-for-presenters. A huge thank you to all who have submitted ideas. You’re making our job of selecting …

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MarTech 2014

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