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The martech refresh cycle is a myth

It seemed reasonable when agencies began pushing the idea that websites needed full redesigns every three years: browsers had limits, mobile required new builds and performance demanded new architectures. CMOs started budgeting for the next refresh the day a site launched, treating disruption as the cost of staying current. Agencies profited and new CMOs always […]

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Marketers turn to AI for speed, while consumers turn away in distrust

Resource-constrained marketers are using AI to help increase productivity by helping with everything from ideation and faster workflows to data analytics. But there’s one caveat when using AI in marketing: Don’t let consumers know, because they hate it. Nearly nine in 10 marketers say they have to deliver more in less time, according to a

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B2B marketers at SMBs struggle with conversion rate optimization

MarTechCharts regularly highlights data of interest to marketers and marketing operations professionals. Source: State of A/B Testing Report,” Unbounce and Ascend2. SMB marketers in the B2B sector say conversion rate optimization (CRO) is their top A/B testing priority in 2025, but a new report found most aren’t running A/B tests to improve CRO. The “State

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Designing the GTM model for marketing’s revenue era

Marketing has long been measured by the marketing-qualified lead (MQL). Entire budgets, campaigns and reporting cadences built around producing as many as possible, with targets backed into based on volume. The result was marketing teams churning out thousands through brute force and spamming. But MQLs are not revenue. They are proxies: single contacts who often

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What are marketers saying about HubSpot’s Loop Marketing playbook?

In April 2025, HubSpot held a Spotlight event in New York City to introduce new products and features. The company traditionally reserved Spotlight events for its Inbound Conference, where they served as the latest product showcase, but Inbound was still five months away. The April crowd was understandably anxious. HubSpot wrote the playbook for inbound

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Cutting through the hype: Generative AI adoption in B2B

Revenue teams struggle with execution, despite widespread AI adoption

AI adoption is accelerating among revenue teams, but a new report finds widespread breakdowns in execution, effectiveness and alignment.  “The Go-To-Market Performance Gap Report” (registration required) from Highspot found these problems particularly prevalent among a group the report calls “AI Leapers” — organizations that lack the systems to turn insights into action. Among the report’s

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AI-assisted GTM team concept

Think like a product manager, grow like a CMO

As B2B marketers, we’ve spent the last decades optimizing channels, refining nurture streams and automating campaigns. But something’s shifted in this new AI-powered GTM world.  Growth is no longer just a distribution game. It’s a product game. The most effective marketing teams today don’t just run campaigns. They operate more like product managers than traditional

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The real reason so many teams are struggling with email marketing

I was talking to a B2B marketer recently who admitted her email campaigns weren’t pulling their weight. They took too much time to build, engagement was flat, and — worst of all — they weren’t booking meetings. Meanwhile, her team’s LinkedIn outreach and event follow-ups were filling pipeline much faster. She’s not alone. Many B2B

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