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Did martech break B2B marketing?

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Part one: The promise The birth of marketing technology brought so much potential to the marketing department. And martech was about to turn the world on its head. I was a young, freshly minted MBA with a background in computer science, and a two-year stint doing software marketing at IBM. Martech promised: Scale.

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3 steps to increase your martech budget

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Marketing technology budgets have declined by 18% over the past six years, with Gartner reporting a radical reprioritization of resources this year. Martech budgets experienced the steepest cuts , reflecting a shift in control from CMOs to other enterprise leaders like IT and CFOs. SendGrid) and marketing automation platforms (e.g.,

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Semrush acquires Third Door Media, including MarTech

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As a reader of the MarTech website and newsletter and an attendee at the MarTech Conference, you’re part of a community of marketers created by Third Door Media, the company that built and continues to invest in MarTech and its sibling brands Search Engine Land and SMX. What happens to MarTech and the MarTech Conference?

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Does your marketing team have a martech problem or a data problem?

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Since you work in marketing, you’re well aware of the bad rap marketing technology gets from time to time. Many of the features in martech solutions go unused. That’s true, but it’s true of software in general, not just martech tools. We can’t accurately measure the ROI of our martech investments.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks.

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2024 Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic — 14,106 martech products (27.8% growth YoY)

Chief Martech

On the first Tuesday of May, we celebrate the martech industry and all the talented marketing technologists and marketing ops professionals who work in it. It’s also the day when Frans Riemersma and I release our annual update to the marketing technology landscape. That’s a crazy 27.8% growth year-over-year.

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How marketers can help boost martech utilization

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In 2023, martech utilization was only at 33% per Gartner — a steep decline from 42% in 2022 and 58% in 2020. The underutilization of martech has unintended consequences. Insufficient usage of martech may also hinder the improvement of marketing processes. There are different reasons why martech is underutilized.

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