Highlights From MarTech 2016
The recent MarTech Conference in San Francisco was full to the brim with information on new innovations in martech, and tackled issues at the heart of the intersection of marketing and technology.
San Francisco, CA, April 20, 2016 (Newswire.com) - The following were BlogsRelease's key takeaways from the conference:
1. Get the data; know what to do with it.
Several speakers discussed the how measurement and data analytics are moving forward. Akamai’s Brad Rinklin and IBM’s Jeremy A. Roberts both spoke about the importance of finding the right data. To start, make sure to ask the right questions of the marketing team. What’s more important - how many people clicked on the company's site or what these people did afterwards? Identifying the right KPIs and finding the most valuable internal data is integral to building a successful strategy.
2. Content is for interaction.
Conference chairman Scott Brinker opened the event with a discussion of the new nature of content and content marketing. With digital opening opportunities for sharing, responding, and repurposing, the days of content for pure consumption are gone. People are not just consuming content; they interact and engage with the content.
3. Don’t get lost in the tech.
It’s easy to get swept away in new technology, but the classic marketing principles are still as important as ever. SHIFT Communications’ Chris Penn urged attendees to explore and experiment with strategies while McKesson’s Rohit Prabhakar noted that technology is first and foremost a tool in shaping a customer experience.
4. Everyone wants to ‘hack’ marketing.
Both Scott Brinker and Uber’s Andrew Chen discussed growth hacking - cost-effective ways to attract new customers by using technological integration - as well as collaboration with all departments to create a streamlined and effective strategy.
5. The future of innovation is bright.
Perhaps the ultimate takeaway is that innovation in martech is showing no signs of slowing down. Speakers like CPP Global’s Travis Wright delivered great presentations on building successful martech stacks with the most cutting-edge tools, while the the vendor roundtable highlighted some fascinating martech insights. The spread of martech from the usual suspects (startups) to more traditional industries (such as healthcare) was particularly interesting.
MarTech showed once again why it is the leading conference in its field, and BlogsRelease team is eagerly waiting next year for even more insights into martech developments.
Source: BlogsRelease
