Who Builds Automation? IT or Business?

What are we automating in marketing and martech in 2022, and who is automating it?

Apologies for the lull in posting. I took a long, much-needed family vacation — almost entirely digital-free. I’m now back in the saddle, recharged and reenergized about all that’s happening in martech. With a huge backlog of cool things to share with you. Here’s the first… Enterprise automation company Workato (disclosure: I’m an advisor to […]

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2022 Martech Career & Salary Survey

The latest data on martech and marketing ops careers, and an ode to spreadsheets

Half of martech and marketing ops professionals received a promotion in the past year. More accurately, half of the 426 respondents to our 2022 Martech Career Survey, run in collaboration with the team at MarTech.org, reported receiving a promotion within the past 12 months. But still, that’s impressive, and speaks to the incredible growth and

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The Stackies 2022: Marketing Tech Stack Awards

32 illustrated martech stacks entered in The Stackies 2022: Marketing Tech Stack Awards

Yesterday — #MartechDay, yay! — we released the global 2022 marketing technology landscape, after taking a year off in 2021. It grew a remarkable 24% to 9,932 solutions. To make it readable, we actually made it fully interactive at martechmap.com, where you can search, filter, zoom, and more. It’s pretty wild. But despite its mind-boggling

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2022 Marketing Technology Landscape (MartechMap)

Marketing Technology Landscape 2022: search 9,932 solutions on martechmap.com

It’s #MartechDay! I’m delighted to finally share with you the 2022 marketing technology landscape, a joint production between myself and Frans Riemersma of MartechTribe (and a whole bunch of wonderful contributors). Here are the key things you want to know: The number of solutions is now 9,932 — up 24% from 2020 Here is a

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Martech in the Metaverse

Martech in the metaverse: 5 takeaways from a lively roundtable discussion

What is the metaverse? What will it mean for marketing and martech? Last week, I led a roundtable discussion with three leaders of martech companies — Acquia CMO Lynne Capozzi, Wistia CEO Chris Savage, and Persado COO Assaf Baciu — to consider these questions from several different perspectives. (With kudos to Samantha McGarry at Inkhouse

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Martech Day 2022

#MartechDay: The 2022 Martech Landscape, State of Martech Report, Stackies, and more

There’s a day for everything. Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. Sword Swallowers Day. No Pants Day. But there’s no official day on the calendar to acknowledge and celebrate the martech profession and all the wonderful, talented people who work in it. Not to take anything away from National Artichoke Day, but I think marketing technology and

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