Marketing Management

One of the arguments I sometimes hear is that the role of marketing technologists has a limited future because, eventually, every marketer will be a marketing technologist. I’m usually skeptical of those assertions because I know so many marketing technologists who have deep technical skills — such as systems architecture and software engineering — that (1) take a significant investment to acquire and (2) don’t seem necessary for most marketers to possess. I’m a big …

Marketing technologists, growth hackers, and regression to the mean Continue Reading »

Time flies! As does marketing technology, which has experienced amazing growth this year on just about every metric imaginable — more new ventures, more acquisitions, more adoption, more investment, more technical advancement, more marketing technologists, more capability maturity inside marketing teams. The pace of innovation in this industry is mind-blowing. And I love it. If you’re passionate about the way marketing technology is changing — and, more importantly, the way it is changing marketing and …

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MarTech Europe is less than 7 weeks away, and I think this may be the best one yet. A mere 45 days from now, we’re going to be hosting the opening reception on Monday evening, 19 October at the groovy Millenium Gloucester Hotel in London. And then all day Tuesday and Wednesday, 20-21 October, will be jam-packed with 24 sessions from some of the best and brightest practitioners and thought leaders at the intersection of …

MarTech Europe is just weeks away — check out the final agenda Continue Reading »

Earlier this week, the good folks at CMSWire invited me to join a “Tweet Jam” on Martech Convergence at #CXMChat. I usually decline these because, well, first of all, I’m typically not witty enough on-the-fly to hold my own in these fast-flinging tweet brawls discussions. I would have been an epic casaulty in the first 20 seconds of an 8 Mile-style rap battle. And second, most of the issues around marketing technology that I see …

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The following is a guest post from Sam Melnick at Lattice Engines (update: now at Allocadia) and a former analyst in IDC’s CMO Advisory Service. For all of the chatter of “marketing stacks” these days, I found Sam’s description of capability-specific “layers” to be a more precise way to think about how to best implement marketing technology in context. This may be the understatement of the year: the marketing landscape is becoming increasingly complex and …

Don’t buy marketing technologies, build layers instead Continue Reading »

Today, I’m going to take a break from plugging my own conference series — next up: MarTech Europe in October, which is totally going to rock, I say with embarrassing modesty — to, well, um, promote a proposal to present at a different conference. Yes, as you’ve no doubt surmised from the headline, I’m making a bid to speak at SXSW. My proposed talk is Hacking Marketing, which will explore a number of fascinating parallels …

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Last month, the adtech/martech company DataXu released a great report called The New Marketer: How Data and Technology are Driving the Rise of the Chief Marketing Technologist. The research was conducted by Redshift Research among 250 marketing decision makers in the UK. There’s a lot of fascinating data in the report, but the thing that I found most remarkable was the chart which I’ve included at the top of this post, revealing the divergent opinions …

Divergent opinions about chief marketing technologists Continue Reading »

Ahh, summer vacation. Odds are that you either just got back from one (like me), are eagerly anticipating one just around the corner, or possibly are on one right now. If the latter, and you’re actually reading this while you’re on vacation — wow, you are a serious martech enthusiast. You have my empathy and admiration. Now put away the computer and go enjoy the sunshine. Although, before you do, there’s just one quick thing …

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Today’s guest post is written by Dr. Kevin W. Tharp, an associate professor of digital marketing technology at the University of Wisconsin-Stout — and the founder of the first ever Bachelor of Science in Digital Marketing Technology degree. The Bachelor of Science in Digital Marketing Technology was approved by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents in June 2015, is an online degree and is now accepting applications for the Fall of 2015. For more …

The first bachelor’s degree in marketing technology launches this fall Continue Reading »

Today’s Q&A guest is Cesar Brea, author of Marketing and Sales Analytics. Cesar leads Force Five Partners, a marketing analytics consulting firm. Cesar’s book includes primary research and interviews with more than a dozen major brands across several industries, providing an up-to-date look at what people are actually doing to build their capabilities in this arena. 1. There are no shortage of analytics books in the world. Why did you want to write one? Lots …

One marketing analytics myth? The perfect KPI… Continue Reading »