Meet the new martech stack: systems of context and systems of truth
For years, martech was divided into systems of record and systems of engagement. Systems of record stored the "master" versions of data. CRMs and CDPs for customer data. PIM for product data. DAM for brand assets. ERP for inventory data. (I know, there's a ton of acronyms in this piece, almost to the point of parody. Click on the image above for a larger-scale version to read the Acronymn Decoder Ring on the right.) Systems […]
What’s in your stack? The 2025 Stackie Awards are open for entries, and we’re donating $100 for each one
It's 2025, and martech stacks are going through all kinds of changes. From unified data to agentic workflows, from consolidating vendors to proliferating gen AI, and from commercially-packaged platforms to custom-developed apps, […]
Despite financial pressure — or because of it? — tech stacks are actually expanding again
If you predicted that tech stacks would shrink in 2024, it was probably a good bet. After all, the trend line had been headed in that direction. The average number of apps […]
AI agents are the new iPaaS and the next frontier of intense competition in digital ops orchestration
Welcome to 2025! It'll be the Year of AI Agents in martech, in word and deed. Here's what I think that means… From the moment there was more than one software product […]
Martech for 2025: A brand-new, 108-page report on AI use cases, stack foundations, and market structure
Happy holiday season, ye merry marketing maestros! Here's a marvelous way to get prepped and psyched for the New Year that's right around the corner. Frans Riemersma and I just released our […]
The state of marketing operations professionals is OK, but it’s going to get much, much better
Last week, Mike Rizzo and team at MarketingOps.com hosted their annual MOps-Apalooza event with 400+ marketing ops people. I was honored to be one of their keynote speakers, and I'll share the […]
The one presentation about martech for 2025 — and the AI madness around it — you won’t want to miss
Sorry that it's been a while since I last posted. But I have a good excuse. Frans Riemersma and I have been deep in research on what's happening in martech for the […]
Companies are replacing more martech, focused on integrations and APIs, and still expanding their stacks
I have two surveys for you that I think you'll love. The first is one that I'm asking you to take: a cut-through-the-BS survey on the real ways in which you're seeing […]
Buying martech: what you love, what you hate, and who you trust (or not)
If you're reading this blog, it's a safe bet that you've been involved in buying — or selling — martech software. Probably quite a bit of martech software. So I greatly appreciate […]
Will AI in martech make buyer experiences better or worse? It depends…
How do you know you're at the peak of a Hype Cycle? When means outweigh ends. Martech professionals and marketing ops leaders are being driven to apply AI in marketing — use […]
Blueprint for a hypothetical martech “holding company” for a world where aggregation beats consolidation
For 13 years of the ever-expanding martech landscape, conventional wisdom has predicted that our industry would consolidate. That conventional wisdom has failed spectacularly. Or more accurately, the conventional wisdom of the software […]
Check Out Hacking Marketing on Amazon
A brilliant road map on how to evolve the capability and culture of marketing practices using parallels from the most disruptive industry in the world, the software industry.
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Interviews
Start 2017 with the world’s most famous chief marketing technologist
Happy New Year, dear readers! What better way to launch into 2017 than revisiting our […]
Digital transformation at the AARP, from old to new
Had your fill of millennial marketing articles lately? Even the millennials themselves are like, "Don't […]
Insights from the chief marketing technologist of an $18B firm
Duane Schulz, chief marketing technologist at Xerox, is a marketing technologist's marketing technologist. One of […]
How utilized is marketing automation today? An expert weighs in
I recently had the chance to talk with Jeff Pedowitz, the founder and president of […]
Marketing
Meet the new martech stack: systems of context and systems of truth
For years, martech was divided into systems of record and systems of engagement. Systems of […]
What’s in your stack? The 2025 Stackie Awards are open for entries, and we’re donating $100 for each one
It's 2025, and martech stacks are going through all kinds of changes. From unified data […]
Despite financial pressure — or because of it? — tech stacks are actually expanding again
If you predicted that tech stacks would shrink in 2024, it was probably a good […]
AI agents are the new iPaaS and the next frontier of intense competition in digital ops orchestration
Welcome to 2025! It'll be the Year of AI Agents in martech, in word and […]
Media Content
The Martech Show Episode #11: The Great Unbundling with Benedict Evans
The Martech Show is back! Our latest episode is an interview with Benedict Evans, tech […]
The Martech Show Episode #10: Lessons from a Fortune 50 CMO on Agile Marketing, Martech & More
Season #1 of The Martech Show concludes in Episode #10 with a terrific conversation with […]
The Martech Show Episode #9: The Tech-Savvy CMO — Unicorn or Universal?
For this 9th episode of The Martech Show, I was delighted to have Rishi Dave, […]
The Martech Show Episode #8: The Martech Suite Strikes Back?
Ben Bloom, a senior research director at Gartner who specializes in marketing technology management, joined […]