What’s the key to an unwavering marketing focus? Our resident Rockstar Ted Rubin tells it like it is – keep the customer front and center, avoid unnecessary automation and ditch the bots.
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The Martech Mix Desk
Like 24-track recording and the wah-wah pedal of the 70’s, rockstars have changed the rules with tech and our marketing Rockstars are no exception.
There’s No Substitute For Strategy
When you’re under pressure it’s easy to take short-cuts to tech solutions. But the focus a good strategy provides is vital to making the right decisions, says Ian Lowe
Marketing Clouds: Lip-syncing Fake or Fab Four?
We can’t get the marketing technology song out of our head, it’s a topic we keep returning to and in this article, we talk to four practitioners from across the industry and get their take on the latest solution to all of our problems – Marketing Clouds.
Into the Pool #16 – More Tech Will Fix It
We find ourselves peering over the balcony pondering the fate of the idea that “more tech will fix it”. We hear from a queue of folks on hand to help, will it make a splash?
The Rise Of the Marketing Machines: David Aponovich
We’ve heard the views of the marketers on the rise of the marketing machines, but what do the Martech industry insiders think? We asked David Aponovich for his take.
The Rise Of the Marketing Machines: Carlos Doughty
We’ve heard the views of the marketers on the rise of the marketing machines, but what do the Martech industry insiders think? We ask Carlos Doughty.
Bad For Business: Automation Will Remove Human Interaction
We welcome a new writer, Theresa Michelle to the Rockstar CMO penthouse and she continues the theme from The Ghost in the Machine Issue, suggesting that all this automation is actually bad for business.
The Ghost in the Machine Issue
In this issue, we focus on marketing technology, as we ponder its impact on our marketing lives to the soundtrack of “The Ghost in the Machine” by The Police – an undeniably classic album.
The Green Room: The Rise of the Marketing Machines
Ian Truscott catches up with six of Rockstar CMOs and asks for their view on whether tech has been a force for good for marketing.
Into the Pool #9: The Big Deal Today About Chatbots
This month’s penthouse ruckus has been started by Jeanniey Mullen who suggests that Ian Truscott throw “The big deal today about chatbots” into the Rockstar CMO Swimming pool. Something he seems only too eager to do.