It’s been almost a year since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect. The goal of the regulation? To help EU citizens control their personal data and how it’s collected, shared and used. But the sweeping nature of the GDPR means that it’s not just EU-based websites and technologies that fall under […]
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Peter Isaacson, CMO and account-based marketing leader at Demandbase, presented at MarTech West about how to reach buying committees at target accounts. Questions were submitted by attendees around intent, KPIs and the journey of the buying committee and Isaacson took the time to share some insights with us. How do you use AI – along
Last Thursday Amazon announced the first set of HIPAA compliant healthcare voice apps on its platform: Express Scripts, a leading pharmacy services organization: Check delivery status of a prescription and set up shipment notifications. Cigna Health Today, a global health service company: Understand the membership benefits, manage health improvement goals and receive personalized wellness incentives
Last week I had the privilege to join fellow marketers, industry leaders, and innovators at MarTech West in San Jose. There I sat in on some fascinating sessions on everything from tracking marketing attribution to highlighting the new omnichannel marketing stack to learning how to buy the right marketing automation technology. I read about a
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If you are sci-fi film buff, Charlton Heston’s desperate plea, “Soylent Green is people!” from the classic movie (it’s dark, overwrought and partially in fun) is something today’s marketers should note. Your return on investment is dependent on people because people are essential to the modern B2B marketing strategy that actually drives real ROI. I’m
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The martech industry seems to be constantly on the hunt for the next big thing, and understandably so. In an industry where we said goodbye to a handful of platforms and brands in 2018 (R.I.P. LittleThings, Go90s, Rocketfuel), the next big thing may be what keeps us all not only chugging along, but successful. For
When it comes to automation, many agencies are ambivalent about the technology. Marketing Land’s own digital agency survey found 72 percent of respondents indicated “neutral” when asked how they felt about automation. I was not all that surprised by this high number based on my own agency experience. Here’s why. 1. We’re losing sleep trying
There has been an explosion in both consumer technology and marketing technology over the past decade. The simultaneity of those growth spurts is far from coincidental as consumers adopt new behaviors through new platforms and devices, brands require new technologies to keep pace. For the chief marketing officer (CMO), that creates unprecedented opportunity, but it
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There was a time when network security was merely a concern for security professionals and CISOs. But after serious, ongoing high-level breaches across multiple industries, it is now a significant concern for corporations and smaller businesses alike. From 2017 to 2018 alone, the number of cybersecurity merger and acquisition deals rose by 12 percent, thanks
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The measurement “90 percent” seems to come up a lot in my writings. One reason is obvious: For all the sturm and drang surrounding digital, more than 90 percent of retail spend still occurs in stores. Here’s another “90 percent” yardstick. I’d say the average brand now has about 90 percent of e-commerce figured out.
