As customers gain data agency, clean metrics stop masking the gap between engagement and commitment. By Jay Mandel January 12, 2026 Dirty data damaged marketing — not because it was messy or incomplete, but because it trained systems to misunderstand people with confidence. Partial signals were treated as truth. Inference replaced intent. Surveillance … Continue reading The myth of brand community in the age of data agency
Find yourself saying, ‘I can’t trust the data in [name your martech tool]?’ You’re not alone. But help is on the way. By Milton Hwang January 8, 2026 If you work in martech, marketing operations or related roles, you’ve surely heard colleagues and leadership complaining about data quality and their lack of trust … Continue reading The data quality paradigm shift has arrived
California introduces a one-stop shop to delete your online data footprint The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform is available for Golden State residents as of New Year’s. Jackson Chen Sat, January 3, 2026 CalPrivacy Californians can now put a stop to their personal data being sold around on an online trading floor, thanks to … Continue reading California introduces a one-stop shop to delete your online data footprint
Marketers are buried in dashboards and metrics but still struggling to answer the most important question — what’s actually working? MarTechBot on December 12, 2025 Source: The 2026 Marketing Intelligence Report Marketers have more data than ever and an expanding suite of tools to work with — yet many are still flying blind. … Continue reading Marketers are drowning in data but starving for insight
Buried in messy data silos? Amazon wants agentic AI to connect your stack so you can focus on insights, not integration headaches. Mike Pastore on December 5, 2025 Despite generating more data than ever before, marketing teams continue to struggle with making their data accessible and usable. The persistent issues of data silos and … Continue reading Amazon takes aim at data silos and lengthy workflows with Quick Suite
It looks like Agentforce’s meaningful contribution to Salesforce’s bottom line is on or ahead of schedule. Mike Pastore on December 4, 2025 They say things move faster in the AI age, and on Wednesday, Salesforce delivered the latest example. Salesforce announced its third-quarter results for the 2026 fiscal year on Wednesday. The high-level numbers … Continue reading The ‘data foundation’ for AI starts paying off for Salesforce
Even the smallest updates can be massive time savers. Here’s what HubSpot tackled in October. Tyler Samani-Sprunk on November 14, 2025 October’s HubSpot releases are packed with subtle but meaningful improvements and features that remove steps, simplify collaboration and make your data a little cleaner. You’ll notice improved record views, new AI enhancements and … Continue reading October 2025 HubSpot updates include faster files, cleaner data and smarter AI
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AI won’t work if you can’t feed it data, and it’s going hungry at many organizations. Mike Pastore on November 7, 2025 MarTechCharts regularly highlights data of interest to marketers and marketing operations professionals. Source: Hightouch Marketers most often cite tools as their top pain point, but 75% of the time the real problem … Continue reading Data accessibility continues to stall AI adoption
Sportradar acquires IMG ARENA to boost global sports data expansion efforts Ross Kilvington Suswati Basu Sports technology company Sportradar has completed the acquisition of IMG ARENA. This acquisition includes the rights to IMG ARENA’s global sports betting portfolio from Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. and OB Global Holdings, LLC. IMG ARENA is a … Continue reading Sportradar acquires IMG ARENA to boost global sports data expansion efforts
