MarTech: Stacks, Facts & Acts

Want to thrive with martech and marketing operations? Check out these 75 amazing MarTech sessions

Martech is marketing — at least an essential part of it. And MarTech is the place to master it. Next month in Boston, we’ll be hosting the latest and greatest MarTech conference, September 16-18 at the Hynes Convention Center. Come soak up three days worth of educational sessions covering key topics and practices across marketing […]

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McDonalds SVP Marketing Technology

McDonald’s drops CMO role and creates a new SVP marketing technology role (under the CIO)

Normally, I don’t write about career moves on this blog. But an article that appeared in Ad Age this week about the upcoming departure of famed McDonald’s CMO Silvia Lagnado — and the company’s decision to not name a new CMO — caught my attention. Another CMO role disappearing is newsworthy — that’s been emerging

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Martech Is Marketing: A Spectrum

Martech is marketing: a wide spectrum of possibilities

“Martech is marketing.” The MarTech conference recently updated its tagline to that phrase, evolving beyond our original motto, “Marketing. Technology. Management.” It’s not that the conference itself changed. But since we launched the event five years ago, the context in which it operates — the profession of marketing — sure has. Over that time, the

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MarTech East 2019 Infographic

Check out the agenda for MarTech and reserve an early bird “alpha” ticket

Wow, now that’s an infographic! I’m excited to share with you the agenda for the MarTech, taking place in Boston, September 16-18. If you want to learn how to leverage technology effectively as a marketing leader, this conference was designed for you. As an all-access ticket holder, you’ll be able to participate in the full

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Agile vs. Waterfall Technology Adoption

Of dinosaurs and meteors: 2 different (and contentious) models of technology adoption

Boy, did I kick a hornet’s nest. A couple of weeks ago, I shared an article from MIT Sloan Management Review, Implement First, Ask Questions Later (or Not at All) by Stephen J. Andriole. A quick summary: As a result of easy-to-acquire SaaS tools and pressure to harness the relatively unknown possibilities of emerging technologies

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If the martech landscape is driving you to drink, maybe this will help

Thousands and thousands of entrepreneurial vendors. A few giants that have consolidated portfolios of dozens of their own “best-of-breed” options, so a buyer could theoretically get everything they need from one source. A dizzying array of choices for buyers. Yet choices that many become quite passionate about. They enjoy discovering new ones that are special

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