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Karen Budell, CMO at Totango, explores C-suite partnerships and laying the foundation for CMO success. For far too long in marketing, we've focused on customer acquisition at the cost of our existing customer base. Yet, collaboration between marketing and customer success presents an opportunity to retain customers and maximize their lifetime value, fostering growth from within our existing customer pool. Today, Karen discusses why Chief Customer Officers sit next to CMOs. Show NotesConnect With:Karen Budell: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Analisa Goodin, Founder and CEO of Catch+Release, delves into AI's impact on the content creator economy. In the early 2000s, platforms like Flickr, YouTube, and Vimeo were in their infancy, and the concept of user-generated content was just taking shape. Fast forward to today and the hesitations of the past have given way to a market that is not only ready for the creator economy but embraces it. Today, Analisa discusses finding authenticity in the creator economy. Show NotesConnect With:Analisa Goodin: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Analisa Goodin, Founder and CEO of Catch+Release, delves into AI's impact on the content creator economy. AI-generated content faces challenges in advertising due to both unclear copyright laws and its inability to convey authentic human emotion. Alternatively, content licensing allows marketers to use content created by real people, enabling scale at the speed of culture. Today, Analisa discusses AI's impact on content licensing. Show NotesConnect With:Analisa Goodin: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jennifer McAdams, Chief Marketing Officer at Xactly, delves into the realm of marketing in the era of AI. In this episode, Jennifer shares her perspectives on utilizing AI tools in daily operations for sales and marketing, implementing AI chatbots for marketing purposes, and establishing an AI committee with subcommittees for governance.  Show NotesConnect With:Jennifer McAdams: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jennifer McAdams, Chief Marketing Officer at Xactly, delves into bridging the gap between marketing & sales. In this episode, Jeniifer shares her perspectives on the importance of aligning sales and marketing teams, the impact of misalignment between sales and marketing teams, and statistics on increased deal closure with aligned marketing and sales. Show NotesConnect With:Jennifer McAdams: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Eboni Ryan, VP of Marketing at Digitalzone, a global marketing and demand gen company, delves into the generational shift of modern B2B buyers. She emphasizes the importance of understanding and adapting to the evolving preferences and behaviors of B2B buyers to stay ahead in the market. Eboni discusses how Digitalzone's comprehensive strategy focuses on delivering compliant leads, exceptional customer satisfaction, and maintaining lead quality through an end-to-end approach. Show NotesConnect With:Eboni Ryan: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Founder and Fractional CMO of Digitalzone, Eboni Ryan, VP of Marketing, delves into the disconnect between B2B brand and demand. Exploring the importance of aligning brand messaging with demand generation strategies, Eboni emphasizes the need for cohesive marketing efforts to drive successful lead generation and customer engagement. By focusing on maintaining lead quality and addressing issues proactively, Digitalzone's approach ensures transparency, faster campaign turnaround times, and agile marketing solutions. Show NotesConnect With:Eboni Ryan: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brian McKenna, VP of CRM at DMi Partners, delves into artificial intelligence in email and database architecture. As we proceed toward a future where our marketing emails are thoroughly automated by AI, data cleanliness must be a top priority. Ultimately, feeding large language models inaccurate data can lead to misinformed decision-making, reduced personalization, and diminished effectiveness in reaching and engaging the target audience. Today, Brian discusses database architecture for future AI. Show NotesConnect With:Brian McKenna: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brian McKenna, VP of CRM at DMi Partners, delves into artificial intelligence in email and database architecture. From optimizing send times to product feed recommendations based on subscriber data, AI is already an integral part of our email marketing efforts. However, the spotlight is on GPT tools, promising an automated content delivery system where AI can scale delivering the right content to the right subscriber at the right time. Today, Brian discusses leveraging AI in email tools. Show NotesConnect With:Brian McKenna: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chris Kelly, CEO of Upwave, explores CTV ad targeting and navigating today's marketing measurement challenges. When the same platform that takes your ad dollars also determines the success of its own ads, we have a measurement problem in advertising. While the dollars seem to pay off when the platform is the one grading its performance, this prevents marketers from holistically evaluating their advertising efforts to make strategic investments.Today, Chris discusses navigating today's marketing measurement challenges Show NotesConnect With:Chris Kelly: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.