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The truth about martech in 2025 and how to make it work for you

Martech

That gorgeous martech ecosystem diagram on your wall shows perfectly integrated systems driving seamless customer experiences. Meanwhile, sales keeps asking why leads aren’t converting and finance wants to know why the ROI on that expensive platform isn’t materializing. Reality looks different. Everyone has the badges.

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Why marketing benefits when it provides forecasted guidance

Martech

This is my inaugural column for MarTech, and it’s great to be here. Speaking different languages: A common disconnect Recently, I participated in a roundtable discussion with finance and data science leaders. For finance teams, predictive means causal forecasting — what’s expected to happen given specific variables. Processing.

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Unlocking the power of marketing mix modeling solutions

Martech

MMM offers a compelling solution for marketing and enterprise functions like finance and supply chain, which use these models to articulate return on investment and optimize strategies. The post Unlocking the power of marketing mix modeling solutions appeared first on MarTech. Processing.

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How to make the jump from product-market fit to platform-market fit

Martech

The FUTURE framework: Building a martech stack for scale None of this works without the right tech foundation. Jason needs a martech stack that can handle a growing platform. The post How to make the jump from product-market fit to platform-market fit appeared first on MarTech. That’s where the FUTURE framework comes in.

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This is what the ‘typical’ martech replacement looks like

Martech

Marketing organizations make changes to their martech stacks all the time. After all, there are more than 14,000 martech applications on the market, and licenses are constantly coming up for renewal. We all know there’s no such thing as a “typical” martech app replacement. Who championed martech replacements in 2024?

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Why the MQL model is failing B2B marketing and what to use instead

Martech

The entire martech and demand gen ecosystem is built around maximizing MQLs rather than revenue. Finance teams have lost confidence in marketing-driven revenue forecasts. Marketing, sales and finance must align with the actual drivers of revenue, rather than using artificial engagement signals as a proxy.

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Measuring marketing’s impact: From metrics to growth

Martech

While finance sees marketing’s greatest impact on revenue growth, sales values its ability to deliver leads. Take our brief 2024 MarTech Replacement Survey The post Measuring marketing’s impact: From metrics to growth appeared first on MarTech. Bank: “Engineering builds it, Marketing translates it. Processing.

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