Homegrown tools aren’t appealing to marketers, they’re hard to scale, most have a shitty UI and it’s not a recognisable martech tool you can add to your resume. Homegrown martech tools are even less appealing to engineers, they can’t stand the chaos of marketing. We’ll always need for cross-functional translators, disproving the claim that martech is actually only for engineers.More
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100: Sara McNamara: Pathfinding via Attribution, AI Tool Evaluation, and Mastery in Communication and Boundary Setting
In the martech landscape, navigating success is like being a skilled dinosaur hunter. Marketers must blend practical data skills and a deep understanding of AI tools, much like a hunter using knowledge and tools to track and understand their prey. Attribution serves as a guide through the wilderness, where balancing tried-and-true methods with new territories is key.More
97: Lauren Aquilino: Alleviating Burnout and Recognizing the Specialized Skills in Marketing Ops
Lauren’s advice was not mere commentary but a call to action for marketing professionals to document their victories, engage with communities, and redefine the value of mops within their organizations, ensuring that the role is not just sustained but celebrated for its strategic importance.More
96: Natalie Miles: Building vs. Buying Martech, the Power of Generalists and Assembling a Composable CDP
Don’t underestimate the role of generalists in martech; they’re your go-to for system-level thinking and breaking down data silos. Building vs buying your tech stack? It’s not black and white; successful setups usually mix both, and including engineers in the decision process is non-negotiable.More
64: Procrastinator’s guide to Google Analytics 4
I am going to tell you GA4 is getting a much worse rap that it deserves precisely because so many marketers have been deep in GA3/UA for so long. Changing habits is tough, and GA4 makes it more challenging because of a new interface, not too mention a completely different approach to web analytics. No big deal – you can learn all this in a Sunday afternoon, right?More
63: Recaping takeaways from guest episodes in season 1
Season 1 featured our first 50 episodes, 20 of which were guest episodes. In today’s episode we’re going to recap our key takeaways from each guest episode in season 1.More
32: Is the future of Martech no-code?
We’re going to argue two main points: First, no-code is absolutely the future for marketing and that it opens up exciting possibilities (aka, democratizes digital marketing). Second, what really qualifies as a no-code tool is much more narrow and potentially useful than you might find elsewhere on the Internet.More
07: Brian Leonard: Be friends with engineering with open source Martech
There’s a lot lost when we think of marketers and engineers as separate things and not the organization as a whole. The right thing to do is engage with the engineers that power your marketing tech stack. And meet them where they are. Open source martech can help with that.More