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
The latest AI-powered martech news and releases Sergey Brin says threatening AI gets the best results. AI is fighting back with threats of blackmail. So, maybe stick with “please” and “thank you.” June 5, 2025 FOMO is driving most corporate AI adoption, according to an IBM survey of 2,000 CEOs. It found that … Continue reading The latest AI-powered martech news and releases
Martech Landscape 2025: Growing, shrinking and reshaping all at once The new normal in martech is tools, AI adoption and stack architecture all going through seismic shifts at the same time. May 7, 2025 Martech is in an unprecedented state of flux. Tools, AI adoption and stack architecture are all changing, reorganizing, … Continue reading Martech Landscape 2025: Growing, shrinking and reshaping all at once
10 insights for marketing and MOps leaders from the State of Martech 2025 report There are now 15,384 tools in the martech universe, but the bigger news is how these tools impact marketing organizations. May 6, 2025 One of the things we look forward to on MarTech Day every year is the introduction … Continue reading 10 insights for marketing and MOps leaders from the State of Martech 2025 report
OpenAI unrolled an update to ChatGPT because it was too sycophantic. Nice to know there’s something humans still do better than AI. Constantine von Hoffman on May 1, 2025 Relax, humanity, there’s at least one thing you still do better than AI and that’s sucking up to the boss. Last week, OpenAI rolled out … Continue reading AI-powered martech releases and news: May 1
OpenAI execs are telling investors that by the end of the decade, it will have Nvidia/Meta-level sales revenues. Skeptics think otherwise. Constantine von Hoffman on April 24, 2025 Can OpenAI make money? Execs at the revolutionary-and-money-burning company think so. They are telling investors it will “turn cash flow positive” in 2029. That’s when it … Continue reading AI-powered martech releases and news: April 24
