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Allie Kelly, CMO at Intensify, explores the state of AI in marketing. In gearing up for the AI-driven landscape, marketers must focus on a customer-centric approach and strategically adopt technology to empower customers in shaping their journey. Establishing a foundation for collecting contextual data is crucial for effective scaling in the evolving AI landscape. Today, Allie discusses prepping f...

Allie Kelly, CMO at Intensify, explores the state of AI in marketing. The rise of generative AI and ABM strategies demands better, actionable data. The challenge for marketers is distilling meaningful insights from vast, disparate data sets to create a comprehensive view of the buyer journey and deliver personalized experiences. Today, Allie discusses why marketing needs a data shift.  Show N...

Heather Cook, Founder of Creative Maven, delves into building healthy corporate culture and promoting diversity and inclusion. She shares insights on marketing strategy, consulting, and training, along with emphasizing the importance of personal development skills.  Show Notes Connect With: Heather Cook:  Website  //  LinkedIn The MarTech Podcast :  Email  //  Ne...

Heather Cook, Founder at Creative Maven, discusses effective marketing tech integration strategies. In this episode, Heather shares her perspectives on optimizing the review, approval, and feedback processes, implementing AI-driven personalization strategies, and leveraging data analytics for targeted campaigns. She also notes the place of AI in marketing, and how marketers can achieve success thr...

Founder and CEO of Alignmint Growth Strategies, Ali Cudby, known for the proven four-step MINT Method, discusses how to reduce churn with intentional CX. By aligning teams and inspiring customers, this method unlocks uncontainable growth and sets the stage for enduring success. Ali Cudby shares insights on translating customer experience into tangible outcomes for businesses.  Show Notes Conn...

Ali Cudby, Founder and CEO at Alignmint Growth Strategies, known for the proven four-step MINT Method, discusses how to translate CX into growth. Discover how this game-changing method aligns teams, inspires customers, and unlocks uncontainable growth for enduring success. Show Notes Connect With: Ali Cudby:  Website  //  LinkedIn The MarTech Podcast :  Email  //  New...

Karen Budell, CMO at Totango, explores C-suite partnerships and laying the foundation for CMO success. The first 60 days as a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) set the tone for leadership and strategy. Without a well-thought-out plan, a CMO risks inefficiency, and missed opportunities, and may struggle to establish clear priorities, align the team, and make meaningful progress toward strategic goals....

Karen Budell, CMO at Totango, explores C-suite partnerships and laying the foundation for CMO success. For far too long in marketing, we've focused on customer acquisition at the cost of our existing customer base. Yet, collaboration between marketing and customer success presents an opportunity to retain customers and maximize their lifetime value, fostering growth from within our existing custom...

Analisa Goodin, Founder and CEO of Catch+Release, delves into AI's impact on the content creator economy. In the early 2000s, platforms like Flickr, YouTube, and Vimeo were in their infancy, and the concept of user-generated content was just taking shape. Fast forward to today and the hesitations of the past have given way to a market that is not only ready for the creator economy but embraces it....

Analisa Goodin, Founder and CEO of Catch+Release, delves into AI's impact on the content creator economy. AI-generated content faces challenges in advertising due to both unclear copyright laws and its inability to convey authentic human emotion. Alternatively, content licensing allows marketers to use content created by real people, enabling scale at the speed of culture. Today, Analisa discusses...

Jennifer McAdams, Chief Marketing Officer at Xactly, delves into the realm of marketing in the era of AI. In this episode, Jennifer shares her perspectives on utilizing AI tools in daily operations for sales and marketing, implementing AI chatbots for marketing purposes, and establishing an AI committee with subcommittees for governance.   Show Notes Connect With: Jennifer McAdams:  Webs...

Jennifer McAdams, Chief Marketing Officer at Xactly, delves into bridging the gap between marketing & sales. In this episode, Jeniifer shares her perspectives on the importance of aligning sales and marketing teams, the impact of misalignment between sales and marketing teams, and statistics on increased deal closure with aligned marketing and sales. Show Notes Connect With: Jennifer McAd...

Eboni Ryan, VP of Marketing at Digitalzone, a global marketing and demand gen company, delves into the generational shift of modern B2B buyers. She emphasizes the importance of understanding and adapting to the evolving preferences and behaviors of B2B buyers to stay ahead in the market. Eboni discusses how Digitalzone's comprehensive strategy focuses on delivering compliant leads, exceptional cus...

Founder and Fractional CMO of Digitalzone, Eboni Ryan, VP of Marketing, delves into the disconnect between B2B brand and demand. Exploring the importance of aligning brand messaging with demand generation strategies, Eboni emphasizes the need for cohesive marketing efforts to drive successful lead generation and customer engagement. By focusing on maintaining lead quality and addressing issues pro...

Brian McKenna, VP of CRM at DMi Partners, delves into artificial intelligence in email and database architecture. As we proceed toward a future where our marketing emails are thoroughly automated by AI, data cleanliness must be a top priority. Ultimately, feeding large language models inaccurate data can lead to misinformed decision-making, reduced personalization, and diminished effectiveness in...

Brian McKenna, VP of CRM at DMi Partners, delves into artificial intelligence in email and database architecture. From optimizing send times to product feed recommendations based on subscriber data, AI is already an integral part of our email marketing efforts. However, the spotlight is on GPT tools, promising an automated content delivery system where AI can scale delivering the right content to...

Chris Kelly, CEO of Upwave, explores CTV ad targeting and navigating today's marketing measurement challenges. When the same platform that takes your ad dollars also determines the success of its own ads, we have a measurement problem in advertising. While the dollars seem to pay off when the platform is the one grading its performance, this prevents marketers from holistically evaluating their ad...

Chris Kelly, CEO of Upwave, explores CTV ad targeting and navigating today's marketing measurement challenges. CTV can be a valuable channel for B2B marketers, especially if they have a consumerized B2B approach or a large enough customer base to justify the investment. However, some B2B marketers tend to undervalue CTV investments because they primarily focus on short-term ROAS, overlooking CTV’s...

Director of Marketing Strategy & Operations at Indeed, Darrell Alfonso, delves into contribution and attribution model best practices. Discover how understanding the nuances of these models can significantly impact your marketing strategies. Darrell shares insights on optimizing your approach to ensure accurate tracking and measurement of marketing efforts. Explore more about this crucial aspe...

Director of Marketing Strategy & Operations at Indeed, Darrell Alfonso, delves into the nuances of attribution versus contribution to value marketing growth. Unpacking the importance of understanding the impact of marketing efforts on business success, Darrell sheds light on how to navigate the complexities of measuring marketing effectiveness. Tune in to gain insights on optimizing marketing...

Ted Moser, Senior Partner at Prophet, delves into leveraging platforms for business revitalization and growth. In today’s landscape, it’s no longer optional for businesses to adopt a platform approach. In addition to preparing for modern competition, being involved in the customer's use journey is essential for a brand to be considered relevant in the modern era. Today, Ted discusses the three rea...

Ted Moser, Senior Partner at Prophet, delves into leveraging platforms for business revitalization and growth. While the choose journey is a well-known concept in marketing, the true linchpin for business revitalization lies in the use journey. Platforms play a crucial role by offering visibility into these journeys, empowering companies to not only grow customer lifetime value but also secure cus...

Dmitri Lisitski, Co-Founder and CEO at Influ2, delves into the future of ABM and account-based everything. Marketers have traditionally viewed MQLs as the endpoint of their role in the sales process. However, the reality is that the journey begins when potential buyers express interest, requiring ongoing support throughout the entire lifecycle of the sales process. Today, Dmitri discusses the conc...

Dmitri Lisitski, Co-Founder and CEO at Influ2, delves into the future of ABM and account-based everything. As the industry matures, companies are realizing that no single platform can address all of the aspects of ABM. Increasingly, companies are using multiple platforms to solve different issues, indicating a trend toward specialized solutions like Influ2. Today, Dmitri discusses the future of ma...

COO at Linqia, Daniel Schotland, delves into the impact of AI on influencer marketing and content. In this episode, Daniel shares his perspectives on the influence of AI on influencer marketing, other ways AI is impacting influencer marketing, and AI versus a human in an influencer marketing campaign.   Show Notes   Connect With: Daniel Schotland:  Website  //  LinkedIn Th...