Persona-based UAT tests real user journeys, not just individual channels — helping martech teams deliver seamless, customer-first experiences. Steve Petersen on August 8, 2025 User Acceptance Testing (UAT) plays a critical role in modern marketing technology, but testing only isolated touchpoints — like a website or SMS channel — means missing the whole journey. … Continue reading The hidden power of persona-driven UAT in martech success
Hidden Costs: Do Shoppers Trade Trust For AI-Powered Deals? by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, July 8, 2025 Amazon Prime Day 2025 officially kicked off Tuesday and runs through Friday. The ecommerce sale applies to more than 35 categories like apparel, beauty, and home. Amazon’s AI assistant Rufus aims to benefit shoppers — but are … Continue reading Hidden Costs: Do Shoppers Trade Trust For AI-Powered Deals?
June 18, 2025 The hidden cost of unpaid care work BY Angela Hariche Caregiving is the invisible cornerstone of our economy—and it’s in crisis. Recent data from Pivotal, an organization founded by Melinda French Gates to advance social progress, reveals staggering statistics: 67% of caregivers face personal financial strain due to caregiving responsibilities, often accruing credit card … Continue reading The hidden cost of unpaid care work
Google, Skype and a $10B SaaS firm all got comfortable. Learn how to spot when your strategy is stuck — and start moving forward. Zac Stucki on June 5, 2025 I was digging into a potential client recently, a 10-figure B2B SaaS company with an eight-figure marketing budget, a top-tier team and all the … Continue reading The hidden cost of playing defense in marketing
February 22, 2025 Apple’s hidden white noise feature may be just the productivity boost you need I use Background Sounds to improve my focus. Here’s how you can use it, too. BY Michael Grothaus As I write this, the most pleasing sound is washing over me—gentle waves ebbing and flowing onto the shore. Sadly, I’m not … Continue reading Apple’s hidden white noise feature may be just the productivity boost you need
Martech sprawl is real: too many tools, too little impact. Cut through the noise and invest in martech that truly moves the needle. Gene De Libero on February 3, 2025 Look at your marketing stack. That sprawling collection of tools tells a story of ambition, necessity and maybe a little FOMO. Some 14,106 martech … Continue reading The hidden costs of martech sprawl and how to overcome them
January 04, 2025 3 hidden reasons you keep running out of iCloud storage And three easy ways to free up some more space. BY Michael Grothaus Apple gives every iCloud user 5GB of free storage space. This storage space can be used for anything—from backing up your iPhone online to saving documents in the cloud to … Continue reading 3 hidden reasons you keep running out of iCloud storage
There are things that go wrong with any big project and there are things that go wrong with CDPs. Let’s plan to avoid those pitfalls. Greg Krehbiel on December 19, 2024 It’s common for companies to invest in a new technology and then, a year later, wonder why they’re not getting anything out of … Continue reading The hidden reasons your CDP project is failing
Google’s Willow quantum chip breakthrough is hidden behind a questionable benchmark Forget about RCS performance, the error rate is the important bit here. igor bonifacic Tue, Dec 10, 2024 Google Google debuted Willow, its latest quantum chip, on Monday, and if you’ve spent any time online since, you’ve undoubtedly run into some breathless … Continue reading Google’s Willow quantum chip breakthrough is hidden behind a questionable benchmark
November 10, 2024 The hidden truth behind job market numbers and how they influenced the vote Employment numbers looked promising, but voters sent a clear message that the economy still feels far from healthy. BY Nelson Chu The 2024 election results have laid bare a stark reality: Americans aren’t buying the rosy economic picture painted by recent … Continue reading The hidden truth behind job market numbers and how they influenced the vote
