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Two pillars of modern marketing — digital channels and personalized engagement — are falling apart and CMOs must do a radical rethink to survive, according to a new Gartner report. “The foundations CMOs once relied on are eroding fast, from how teams operate to how brands earn trust and drive growth,” Sharon Cantor Ceurvorst and […]

Leading SEO platform Semrush is being acquired by software company Adobe. Adobe announced the acquisition today. The all-cash deal is valued at about $1.9 billion and is expected to close in the first half of 2026, pending regulatory and shareholder approvals. Semrush acquired Third Door Media, publisher of MarTech, in October 2024 What Semrush is

Our industry is rushing headlong toward an AI-powered future. The promise is captivating: intelligent systems that can predict market shifts, personalize customer experiences and drive unprecedented growth. Yet in that race, many organizations are short-changing or even skipping a critical first step. They are building sophisticated engines but trying to run them on unrefined fuel.

“We are expected to fuel business growth and innovation, yet to do so with constrained resources, increasing complexity and on faster timelines.”  This quote — shared by Zach Hoogerland, senior director of marketing operations and analytics at Rubrik — at MOps-Apalooza summarizes what it means to work in marketing operations today.  This year marked the

Retailers are facing increased competition at a time when high inflation and higher prices are limiting consumers’ spending potential. This year, brands will have to work harder than ever to cut through the noise and drive purchase intent, and data marketing can and should play a central role in retailers’ and brands’ ecommerce strategies. From

A leaked file reveals the user interactions that OpenAI is tracking, including how often ChatGPT displays publisher links and how few users actually click on them. By the numbers. ChatGPT shows links, but hardly anyone clicks on them. For one top-performing page, the OpenAI file reports: 610,775 total link impressions 4,238 total clicks 0.69% overall CTR Best individual page

The November MarTech Conference featured six panel discussions and one keynote presentation, all focused on the theme of AI and agents, and featured speakers from brands such as Cisco, Google, Citrix, Fluency, Stensul and Braze.  All the November sessions are now available on demand at the link below. Here are 10 quotes from the November

An old proverb states that it is “Better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.” A roundtable of martech experts I recently hosted proved the truth of that, validating many things I had long feared to admit to myself. Here they are: Five truths we must address to move forward more

At the November MarTech Conference, Scott Brinker — editor of Chiefmartec.com — delivered a keynote on how agentic AI will transform marketing. Drawing on decades in marketing technology, Brinker walked through why AI is more than a speed boost, how agents fit alongside traditional automation, and what this shift means for marketers’ jobs in the

While the travel media ecosystem remains fragmented, there are some key elements that marketers can utilize to drive decisions by appealing to consumers’ emotions. The Expedia Group’s recently released “Science of Wanderlust” research provides insights and a roadmap. Wanderlust is the emotional spark that drives travel decisions, and the focus of the study was on