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What is Tech Sprawl? ai technology digital marketing marketing technology website Jan 12, 2026

Tech sprawl is a newer term, though the problem has been building for years. It's definitely happening more with AI tools where companies think "Okay, I want this data enrichment tool because it h

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While You Chase Gen Z, AARP Is Building a Media Empire digital marketing growth media social media Jan 05, 2026

While marketers obsess over figuring out how to engage younger consumers, it's easy to overlook those who are 50 and older. However, this group boasts $8.3 trillion in collective spending power and re...

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Marketing Operations Architecture: Designing AI-Driven Growth Systems ai and marketing digital marketing operations Dec 21, 2025

We rebuilt our marketing operations in October 2024. Three months later, the team produces 300% more campaigns with 40% fewer touchpoints. Revenue per marketing dollar increased 127%. The difference w...

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Overcoming Executive Resistance to Marketing Initiatives ai and marketing culture digital marketing leadership Dec 08, 2025

A marketing director launched an executive personal branding initiative in January 2025. The CEO loved the concept. Three executives agreed to participate. By March, two had stopped responding to cont...

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Survey Design That Actually Reveals Marketing Truth ai and marketing customer intelligence data digital marketing Nov 17, 2025

Your survey says customers love your product. Your churn rate says otherwise. One of these is lying, and it's probably your survey.

Bad survey design is worse than no survey at all. At least ignoranc...

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Game Theory for Marketers: Why Economics PhDs Are Taking Over CMO Roles behavioral economic digital marketing learning theory Sep 15, 2025

 

The MBA is dead. Long live the PhD.

Walk into any Fortune 500 boardroom and you'll find a curious shift. The new CMO has a doctorate in behavioral economics, not an MBA in marketing. She speaks in...

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Performance Marketing Strategy + AI Creates Sustainable Growth ai digital marketing lead generation reskilling Aug 08, 2025

TikTok users scroll past content in 0.3 seconds. Instagram engagement rates dropped 23% in 2024. Google Ads costs increased 47% while click-through rates decreased. The brutal truth: human attention b...

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How Marketing Theory is Adapting to Non-Linear Customer Journeys customer journey digital marketing Apr 10, 2025

The concept of the straight-line customer journey has become as quaint as rotary phones in a Web3 conference. Today's consumers jump between touchpoints with the unpredictability of quantum particles,...

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Top of Funnel Content Strategies: Casting a Wider Net b2b marketing customer journey digital marketing funnel Mar 28, 2025

At the top of the marketing funnel, we engage in the art of attraction rather than persuasion. Like the soft music that lures patrons into a marketplace, top-of-funnel (TOFU) content whispers promises...

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How to Run a Podcast digital marketing podcast Mar 26, 2025

Did you know that 62% of Americans now listen to podcasts regularly, with the average listener consuming seven episodes weekly? That's a 14% increase from just two years ago, demonstrating that podcas...

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