Stack documentation, optimization and platform management impact the customer experience, sales efficiency, and even long-term innovation. Steve Petersen on July 16, 2025 In January 2020, Scott Brinker introduced five martech archetypes: maestros, makers, modellers, marketers and managers. His framework maps roles based on their internal or external focus and whether they lean more toward … Continue reading Martech maestros focus on internal processes — and drive external success
Stop apologizing for your “outdated” stack. While competitors chase shiny new tools, you can build something lean, effective and profitable. Gene De Libero on July 8, 2025 The pressure to modernize your marketing technology stack is real. Your competitors seem to be running circles around you with sophisticated automation, your CEO keeps asking why … Continue reading An honest guide to smart martech modernization (DD)
Make smarter martech choices with a four-point framework that connects marketing needs to business outcomes and technical realities. Gene De Libero on July 2, 2025 Too many marketing teams get trapped in endless feature comparisons when choosing core technology. They scrutinize capabilities lists, technical specifications and product demos without asking a more fundamental question: … Continue reading An outcome-driven framework for core martech selection
Basic tools are falling behind. As AI raises the bar, your martech stack needs to evolve —or risk fading into irrelevance. MarTechBot on June 30, 2025 In MarTech’s “MarTechBot explains it all” feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot, which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has … Continue reading Which martech categories will disappear if they don’t include AI?
There’s been a surge in homegrown martech tools in the past year, and AI is almost certainly the reason why. Mike Pastore on June 20, 2025 MarTechCharts regularly highlights data of interest to marketers and marketing operations professionals. Source: MarTech 2025 State of Your Stack Survey. MarTech’s 2025 State of Your Stack Survey found … Continue reading Homegrown martech tools are making a comeback
Forget polished brochures — Gen Z wants TikToks and texts. Here’s how to rebuild your martech stack for them. Alicia Arnold on June 5, 2025 Building a martech stack requires careful consideration — alignment with business goals, key features, integration, and compliance. But in higher education, those traditional criteria are no longer enough. Today’s … Continue reading Gen Z is forcing a rebuild of the martech stack in higher ed and beyond
Does having different teams work in disparate applications do more harm than good? Mike Pastore on May 19, 2025 As you likely know, there are now 15,384 martech solutions on the market, thanks to an update earlier this month to the annual census taken by Scott Brinker and Frans Riemersma as part of their … Continue reading Have we point solution-ed ourselves into martech madness?
From CDPs to UX testing, FOBO can stall martech progress. Here’s how to address it and keep your tech stack agile. Steve Petersen on May 9, 2025 I recently listened to “If You Could Live Anywhere” by Melody Warnick, a thoughtful guide for remote workers deciding where to settle. While it’s about choosing where … Continue reading Overcoming fear of better options in martech decisions
Take a look at the growthj trajectory of the martech space over the past 14 years, Mike Pastore on May 9, 2025 MarTechCharts regularly highlights data of interest to marketers and marketing operations professionals. Source: Chiefmartec.com. Click to enlarge. Scott Brinker of Chiefmartec.com and Frans Riemersma of Martech Tribe released their annual martech landscape … Continue reading The number of martech tools is now 15,384
Integration isn’t a martech problem, it’s an organizational one If your integration “works” but customers still suffer, the issue isn’t technical. It’s structural and solvable. May 8, 2025 “We need better integration between our systems.” I hear this from marketing leaders constantly, followed by questions about middleware, APIs and data connectors. Yet, after … Continue reading Integration isn’t a martech problem, it’s an organizational one
