Martech roles demand both creativity and logic. This honest take on MOps job postings illustrates the complexities and contradictions. Steve Petersen on October 28, 2024 I have chimed in about martech job descriptions in the past. It’s time to revisit the topic. Job descriptions typically range from specific to vague and reasonable to aspirational. … Continue reading What an honest MOps job posting looks like
Category Archives: Marketing Operations
Improving marketing operations performance: Best of the MarTechBot
See how the MarTechBot responds to a prompt and how the prompt can be improved. Today: Top ways to improve marketing operations. MarTechBot on October 14, 2024 Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content from MarTech … Continue reading Improving marketing operations performance: Best of the MarTechBot
Moving up with marketing operational maturity
Operational maturity is a key indicator of marketing effectiveness. Here are some solid metrics to track it. Karissa Sachs on August 13, 2024 Let’s start with the basics. The term “operational maturity” may be relatively new to some marketers, but the concept is well established. It ranks how effectively an organization executes and manages … Continue reading Moving up with marketing operational maturity
How to boost operational maturity with strategic martech selection
Learn the importance of evaluating marketing technology tools that enable operational maturity and best practices for finding them. Amy Strickland on June 20, 2024 As a senior leader, one of your core responsibilities is pushing your team’s operational maturity forward so you are ready to meet tomorrow’s challenges. Operational maturity refers to the … Continue reading How to boost operational maturity with strategic martech selection
The great debate: Activity vs. results
Effort or results — what really drives a business forward? Jump into a debate that’s sparking lively conversations across industries. Gene De Libero on April 29, 2024 The age-old marketing question: Should we prioritize activity or results? It’s been the topic of heated discussions in boardrooms and around water coolers for as long as … Continue reading The great debate: Activity vs. results
Integrating AI into MOps: Aligning your platforms, data and processes
Essential considerations for integrating AI into your marketing ecosystem, from selecting the right tools to optimizing data and processes. Greg Kihlstrom on April 15, 2024 Many companies are exploring and integrating AI into their marketing strategies and across business functions. While every organization has its own characteristics, the main goal of integration is to … Continue reading Integrating AI into MOps: Aligning your platforms, data and processes
Laying the groundwork for AI in MOps: How to get started
A framework for infusing AI into marketing operations, from defining goals, assessing tech stack and building teams. Greg Kihlstrom on March 21, 2024 As artificial intelligence technologies rapidly advance, marketing teams are tasked with integrating these powerful tools into their existing operations. However, this transition can be daunting, especially if your MOps function was established … Continue reading Laying the groundwork for AI in MOps: How to get started
Building a future-ready marketing operations team
Planning strategies for managers in an AI-powered world. Theresa Kushner on February 12, 2024 Mary looked at the calendar as she started her workday. It was already the second week of January, signaling that she and her team only had ten weeks to go until the end of their fiscal year. It was planning time. … Continue reading Building a future-ready marketing operations team
The 5 key pillars of AIOps in marketing
Operationalizing AI doesn’t require an entirely new tech stack. Learn how to leverage your MOps foundations and simply expand them to enable AI productivity. David Iscove on December 18, 2023 The secret to launching an operations framework to drive AI-enablement within your organization is not so secret. So much of what enables effective AI operations … Continue reading The 5 key pillars of AIOps in marketing
The state of MOps (-Apalooza)
Discussing the state of marketing operations at MOPs-Apalooza, a three-day gathering of MOps professionals in Anaheim. Kim Davis on November 8, 2023 “It’s like shaking up all the letters in a Scrabble bag,” she said, “then pouring them all over the table and trying to make a word.” The senior marketing operations manager was talking … Continue reading The state of MOps (-Apalooza)