Making Sense of Martech

A conversation with John James. In this episode I'm joined by John James. John is the host of the Champagne Strategy podcast, marketing, and technology consultant, and startup entrepreneur. John started working for global ad agencies then went client side, to government (B2G), B2B, B2C. Worked at digital agencies in Melbourne for half a decade in account manager roles and sales, he then started his own agency and ran that for 7 years. Then moved to live in San Francisco working as a growth manager for a startup before returning to AU to channel his energy into architecting a growth marketing platform. John also sits on a number of advisory boards and helps a modest list of privately owned businesses with their growth, sales and marketing strategy. We talk about why you don't always need MarTech and explore John's very unique perspective on why strategy is absolutely critical when it comes to buying tech. We delve deeper into how in most cases, and from what he's seen in his experience, you don't actually need a lot of technology to get the job done. Go here for show notes, links, and resources. Subscribe to The Martech Weekly here. Follow Juan Mendoza on LinkedIn and Twitter. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Google, and everywhere else. You can find John James on LinkedIn.

A conversation with Kazuki Ohta & Mike Anderson. In this episode I am joined by Kazuki Ohta (co-founder and CEO of Treasure Data) and Mike Anderson (the CTO and founder of Tealium) for a round table discussion to discuss the perspectives on the outlook of the CDP industry, how they're building it and the growing challenges around data, privacy, regulation, and consumer attitudes in the CDP space. We talk about the changing role of the category in the enterprise. Why people are still mystified by the technology. The increasing privacy pressure put onto the industry and the role of the CDP when building digital capability. And we also touch on how big tech is increasingly encroaching into the market and what it means for people building CDP solutions from the ground up. Go here for show notes, links, and resources. Subscribe to The Martech Weekly here. Follow Juan Mendoza on LinkedIn and Twitter. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Google, and everywhere else. You can find Kazuki Ohta on LinkedIn You can find Mike Anderson on LinkedIn.

A conversation with Neil Halliday Neil Halliday is the event director for APAC at Big Data and AI World, focusing on Data, AI, and Martech. During Neil's time, he has built the most successful data-focused event and conference series in APAC and an entire ecosystem around data, Martech, CX, digital transformation, AI/ML, diversity & inclusion, to drive business generation opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. Neil has also worked in a number of technology companies and is one of the best people who know the trends, innovation, and change in the marketing technology space in Asia. In this episode, we dive into the technology industry across South East Asia and sketch out a picture of the innovation, challenges, and opportunities in the region. You can find Neil on LinkedIn Grab a ticket to Big Data and AI World Go here for show notes, links, and resources. Subscribe to The Martech Weekly here. Follow Juan Mendoza on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A conversation with Michael Adams & Melissa McCready. In this episode I'm joined by Michael Adams and Melissa McCready. Michael is the General Manager and Melissa is the content chair at OpsStars - an online community, media and events company servicing revenue and marketing operations practitioners. Previous to OpsStars, Michael has worked across a number of roles in communications, thought leadership and media for software companies like Cisco. Melissa is the principal at The Growth Ops community and works in the growth operations industry as an advisor and consultant. In this episode we talk about B2B Media Empires, the growing trend of software companies building media brands to service their specific market. How OpsStars was launched by Lean Data, a revenue orchestration platform company and into the journey of building valuable media properties in niches across the marketing technology ecosystem. Go here for show notes, links, and resources. Subscribe to The Martech Weekly here. Follow Juan Mendoza on LinkedIn and Twitter. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Google, and everywhere else. You can find Michael Adams on LinkedIn. You can find Melissa McCready on LinkedIn.

A conversation with Chris Brinkworth & Vishal Repaka. In this episode, I'm joined by Chris Brinkworth and Vishal Repaka from Civic Data. In Australia, Civic Data is helping leading brands to collect, organize, analyze and activate data for Privacy First Marketing and Communications initiatives, in line with current and future Australian Privacy Principles. Chris has spent years working in the bowels of the AdTech industry in the US, which over time saw an increasing need to address the privacy concerns these technology companies have introduced to the economy and so went on to found Civic Data with his business partner Jason Fonseca. Vishal is a Principal at Civic Data who has specialized in working with ASX 100 brands and high-growth product businesses. We talk about the privacy winter and all the things that make up an ever-emerging private web. Go here for show notes, links, and resources. Subscribe to The Martech Weekly here. Follow Juan Mendoza on LinkedIn and Twitter. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Google, and everywhere else. You can find Chris on LinkedIn. You can find Vishal on LinkedIn.

A conversation with Praveen Das. In this episode, I'm joined by Praveen Das. Praveen is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Factors.ai, a B2B marketing attribution and analytics software company. Praveen has a long history in the analytics space, previously leading product at InMobi, a mobile advertising company. In this discussion, we unpack the technology of marketing attribution including the increasing importance of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the marketing analytics stack, how technology companies are addressing the changing tracking and privacy landscape and the value of attribution software. In this episode we talk about the hard problem of marketing attribution from the increasing importance of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the marketing analytics stack. How technology companies are addressing the changing context of tracking privacy and data collection, and also the value of attribution software. We further dive deeper into the highly complex topic, that is attribution. Go here for show notes, links, and resources. Subscribe to The Martech Weekly here. Follow Juan Mendoza on LinkedIn and Twitter. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Google, and everywhere else. You can find Praveen on LinkedIn.

A conversation with Anu Shukla. In this episode, I'm joined by Anu Shukla. Anu is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of high-tech industry experience having created a billion dollars of enterprise value from Martech startups. She is the Founder and CEO of RewardsPay Inc. and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Botco.ai. Formerly, she was the Founder and CEO of Offerpal Media (aka Tapjoy, Inc. which was sold for $400 mm cash in Jan 2022), and she was the Founder and former CEO and Director of MyBuys Inc. (formerly Rubiconsoft) a venture-backed company acquired in 2011 for $200mm she started in 2002. Anu was the founder of Rubric, Inc one of the pioneers in Enterprise Marketing Automation 19 years ago, before the category existed. She is also a Venture Partner at Elevate.vc supporting and mentoring under-represented black, women, LatinX and other minority founders. Ms. Shukla served on the Board of Directors of Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives, International Museum of Women (IMOW.org) and the Advisory Board for the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University. In this episode we talk about the wonderful world of marketing automation. Anu has seen the development of the marketing automation space for more than 20 years, building solutions and innovating right back in the 90's. We talk about the history of automated marketing, why Anu's all in on conversational AI, and where it's all heading. Go here for show notes, links, and resources. Subscribe to The Martech Weekly here. Follow Juan Mendoza on LinkedIn and Twitter. Listen on Apple, Spotify, Google, and everywhere else. You can find Anu on LinkedIn.

A conversation with Benjamin Shapiro and Phil Gamache. Benjamin is the founder of I Hear Everything and a prolific podcast host who oversees three big tent podcasts; The Martech Podcast, Voices of Search, and the Revenue Generator Podcast along with a number of bespoke audio projects. Benjamin is a media entrepreneur who started his journey with The Martech Podcast and has scaled to more than 2,000 published episodes achieving more than 2 million downloads. Phil is the co-founder of the Humans of Martech Podcast, a show that helps early-stage marketers to level up by discovering the constantly evolving world of marketing technology. It's a side project that Phil and his co-founder Jonathan Taylor manage alongside Phil's full-time work in lifecycle and growth marketing. Today we're talking about what it looks like to run a podcast in the Martech industry. Between Benjamin, Phil, and myself our approaches to content creation are as diverse as they are interesting. We discuss what it takes to break into podcasting, how it's done well and how it's shaped our perspective on the industry. Go here for show notes, links, and resources. Subscribe to The Martech Weekly here. Follow Juan Mendoza on LinkedIn and Twitter. You can find Benjamin on LinkedIn and I Hear Everything You can find Phil on LinkedIn, Twitter, and the Humans of Martech Podcast.

A conversation with Darrell Alfonso. Darrell is an award-winning marketer and Martech professional. He has consulted for several Fortune 500 companies including General Electric and Abbott Laboratories and currently leads marketing operations at Amazon Web Services where he helps empower thousands of marketers to build world-class customer experiences. He was named one of the top Martech Marketers to Follow in 2020, won the Fearless Marketer award in 2018, is a 2X Marketo Champion, and is a certified Salesforce Administrator. Darrell is a frequent speaker at Martech events, and regularly posts thought leadership content on LinkedIn and Twitter. Darrell is also the author of a newly announced book - The Martech Handbook: Build a Technology Stack to Attract and Retain Customers. We talk about the state of marketing operations, the role of revenue operations in the marketing discipline, and Darrell's experience leading large-scale marketing operations for some of the most important companies in the world. Go here for show notes, links, and resources. Subscribe to The Martech Weekly here. Follow Juan Mendoza on LinkedIn and Twitter. You can find Darrel on LinkedIn and Twitter Pre-order Darrell's new book here

A conversation with Cydney Sinclair. Today I'm joined by Cydney Sinclair. Cydney is the creative director at HBO max where she has built and led diverse teams of storytellers and designers to launch the streaming service. Cydney previously served as the Art director for Apple as one of the founding members of the Apple Music Brand and Marketing Design team where she lead global content and marketing initiatives across Apple TV, Apple Books, Podcasts, and Gift Cards including a relaunch of the Apple app store. Cydney also serves as an Associate Board Member for the +ME Project and as a Mentor for the T. Howard Foundation and ADP list. If there's anyone in the marketing technology industry who knows how to inspire creativity in some of the world's leading brands it's Cydney. Today we're talking about just that, the crisis of creativity in the world of marketing technology - why and how marketers in brands lack the ability to bring novel ideas to market, the great "blanding" and how Cydney thinks about the creative process in the enterprise. Go here for show notes, links, and resources. Subscribe to The Martech Weekly here. Follow Juan Mendoza on LinkedIn and Twitter. You can find Cydney on LinkedIn