MarTech Podcast ™ // Marketing + Technology = Business Growth
The MarTech Podcast shares the stories of world-class marketers who use technology to drive business growth and career success. Each episode features an innovative marketer discussing their career path and current role challenges. The show covers real-world successes and pitfalls, offering tools, tips, and tricks from industry experts.
Episodes
Defending Upper-Funnel Spend To A CFO
Marketers chase new tools before fixing the basics. Damien Voita, Principal Campaign Manager at AdRoll, has nine years of agency and in-house experience in paid media and integrated campaign strategy. He covers how to optimize media strategy for the holidays, including full-funnel campaigns across the open web for mid-sized brands. He also explains why you should get the baseline fundamen
How Buyers Actually Find Brands Now
Telling teams to "use AI" doesn't produce results. Damien Voita is Principal Campaign Manager at AdRoll, with nine years of agency and in-house experience in paid media and integrated campaign strategy. He explains why leaders must define what an effective AI outcome looks like before asking teams to experiment, and why a clear target, such as producing more output or working faster, is t
Why Q4 Discovery Now Starts In September
Holiday demand compresses into a few weeks, which makes late-season ad spend inefficient. Damien Voita is Principal Campaign Manager at AdRoll, with nine years of agency and in-house experience in paid media and integrated campaign strategy. He covers a three-phase measurement model that moves from platform metrics like CTR and CPM to branded search impressions to year-over-year CPA compa
Your office is next door to OpenAI's original headquarters, so does that proximity help or haunt you?
Answer engines are replacing traditional search rankings. Jordan Koene, CEO and co-founder of Previsible, helps Fortune 100 companies engineer content for AI-driven discovery instead of standard SEO. He covers building organic search strategies that adapt to answer engines, structuring content so large language models can cite it, and preparing enterprise brands for a search landscape sha
Was FIFA covering the Levi's Stadium signs the worst brand-visibility decision you've ever seen?
FIFA covered every brand logo at the World Cup stadium, including Levi's. Jordan Koene, CEO and Co-Founder of Previsible, explains why the blackout backfired for the league and worked in Levi's favor. Koene breaks down how brand recognition functions as an AEO signal, and how Levi's silhouette logo became a case study in owning your brand identity when competitors try to erase it.See Priv
If you were running SEO at eBay today what would you fix first?
eBay's SEO strategy needs to adapt for AI-driven search. Jordan Koene, CEO and Co-Founder of Previsible and former Head of SEO and Content Development at eBay, explains where he'd focus first. He prioritizes fixing eBay's authority problem by narrowing focus to core categories like collectibles, then optimizing content to win visibility in AI search responses rather than competing to be e
Which word survives: SEO, GEO, or AEO?
Search optimization terminology is splintering into competing acronyms. Jordan Koene, CEO and Co-Founder of Previsible, previously led SEO and content strategy at eBay and served as CEO of Searchmetrics before building a practice that prepares enterprise brands for AI-driven discovery. He and the host debate which term survives the next five years: SEO, GEO, or AEO. Koene argues SEO endur
Rebuilding 2,000 Pages for the AI Search Era
68% of Google searches now end without a click. Jordan Koene, CEO and co-founder of Previsible, explains why that traffic isn't lost—it's been redistributed into channels traditional analytics can't see. He breaks down replacing click tracking with impression data and LLM crawl frequency, optimizing structured data and About Us pages for AI retrieval, and using third-party sources like G2
How to Become a Five-Time CMO
AI gives confident answers without the context to back them up. Kelly Hopping, four-time CMO and current CMO at 6sense, breaks down where AI's missing context creates risk for go-to-market teams. She explains how GTM intelligence platforms fill gaps that generic AI models miss, why context depth matters more than model size, and what marketers need to validate before trusting AI-driven in
When Every Dashboard Is Green and Nothing Works
AI dashboards can look perfect while missing critical context. Kelly Hopping, CMO at 6sense and four-time marketing executive, explains how confidently wrong AI outputs mislead go-to-market teams. She points to closing the context gap in AI models, validating AI-driven insights against real buyer signals, and building go-to-market intelligence that accounts for the full customer journey,
Building the Context Layer AI Is Missing
AI gives confident answers built on missing context. Kelly Hopping, four-time CMO and current CMO at 6sense, breaks down where that context gap hits go-to-market teams and how her CPG training shapes the fix. She explains treating brand marketing as full P&L ownership, not logo management, and applying classic 4P discipline—pricing, distribution, promotion, and messaging—as one system
Why Your Hottest Accounts Aren't Buying
AI tools sound confident even when they're wrong. Kelly Hopping, Chief Marketing Officer at 6sense, explains where that missing context breaks go-to-market execution. She unpacks how account scoring models miss buying signals, why intent data needs human judgment layered on top, and what marketers should check before trusting an AI-generated account list.See Privacy Policy at https://art1
Have You Read What Your AI Is Sending?
AI segments and messages without full context can be confidently wrong. Kelly Hopping, four-time CMO and CMO at 6sense, explains why more automation doesn't equal more pipeline. She breaks down multi-touch attribution across a six-month lookback, the shift from bottom-of-funnel demand gen to owned content that surfaces in LLM answers, and using gifting for deal acceleration instead of las
Is the future all about marketing to machines?
AI agents are replacing humans as the primary marketing audience. Isaac Ferreira, VP of Growth Systems and AI at Shift Paradigm, has spent 25 years building growth systems across defense, healthcare, and enterprise technology. He explains how brands need to build AI awareness and visibility so agents recommend them during customer queries. He breaks down the shift from human-to-human mark
The one one marketing workflow to build from scratch using AI
Campaign management still relies on manual, segment-based work. Isaac Ferreira, VP of Growth Systems and AI at Shift Paradigm, explains how to rebuild it with AI from scratch. He covers automating project scheduling and resource calendars, tracking completion across platforms, and moving from segment-based campaigns to true one-to-one personalization at scale.See Privacy Policy at https:/
Should companies focus on building their own intelligence layer?
Companies need their own AI intelligence layer, not just API access. Isaac Ferreira, VP of Growth Systems and AI at Shift Paradigm, breaks down why proprietary operating context matters more than model choice. He explains how enterprise AI accounts avoid training data leakage, why businesses should build fallback capability across multiple models, and when locally hosted open-weight model
One AI capability marketers are consistently overestimating today
Marketers assume AI understands business context automatically. Isaac Ferreira, VP of Growth Systems and AI at Shift Paradigm, explains why that assumption fails without proper training. He breaks down giving off-the-shelf AI tools business-specific context, setting operational constraints, and building governance frameworks before deploying them at scale.See Privacy Policy at https://art
Operationalizing Marketing as AI-tooling evolves
Most marketers treat AI as another app, not an operating system. Isaac Ferreira, VP of Growth Systems and AI at Shift Paradigm, explains how to build an agentic foundation instead. He breaks down recursive learning loops built on goal, context, measure, and levers, plus signal-based personalization that replaces static ICPs and segments. Ferreira also outlines a use-case-based rollout, st
Is AI more like a tool or an operating system?
Clean data beats clever algorithms in AI marketing. Katrina Wong, Chief Marketing Officer at New Relic, brings 20+ years of enterprise go-to-market experience to the data-versus-AI debate. She argues AI functions as an operating system, not a standalone tool, becoming the intelligence layer powering interconnected agent workflows. Wong stresses that AI output quality depends entirely on d
One piece of marketing technology you think most teams could stop paying for tomorrow
Marketing teams keep paying for tools they no longer need. Katrina Wong, Chief Marketing Officer at New Relic, explains why AI is replacing entire categories of MarTech software. Her team canceled a competitive intelligence subscription after building roughly 85 AI agents to gather and organize the same data. The output now feeds one-pagers and an interactive Gemini gem, giving sales real
One metric acquirers scrutinize that most marketers completely overlook
Rising AI costs are quietly eroding marketing's bottom line. Katrina Wong, Chief Marketing Officer at New Relic, has led seven successful exits and now factors AI spend directly into cost of goods sold. She breaks down the buy-versus-build decision for AI agents, explains why New Relic won't automate end-to-end campaigns yet, and shares how her team is orchestrating agents across marketin
Changes to how you'll spend a marketing budget
AI adoption is upending marketing budgets. Katrina Wong, Chief Marketing Officer at New Relic, brings 20+ years leading marketing and go-to-market strategy across enterprise tech companies including Twilio Segment, Hired, Zuora, Salesforce, and SAP. She discusses experimenting with OpenAI's ChatGPT app program despite unproven ROI, treating emerging AI platforms as a budget hypothesis rat
By 2028 the AI tools developers could cost more than the developers themselves?
AI development costs won't outpace developer salaries by 2028. Katrina Wong, Chief Marketing Officer at New Relic, brings 20+ years of enterprise marketing leadership and AI-driven go-to-market expertise. She predicts market competition and open models will keep AI tooling affordable, while token costs won't scale to $250,000 per developer per year. Wong also points to one-to-one personal
Why Your Data Isn't Changing Your Business Decisions
AI is helping marketers move faster, but not always smarter. Katrina Wong, Chief Marketing Officer at New Relic, explains how her team turns raw data into decisions leadership can trust. She covers using AI to analyze recorded sales calls for unbiased win-loss insights, deploying real-time in-product signals to personalize the self-service funnel, and building a human-in-the-loop fact-che
The marketing workflow that will disappear completely over the next 3 years
Most marketing campaign workflows will disappear within three years. Brendan Farnand, Co-founder and Chief Evangelist at Knak, spent the past year talking with over 100 enterprise marketing teams—including OpenAI, Google, Stripe, and AT&T—to learn where AI helps campaign production and where it breaks. He explains what separates companies experimenting with AI from the ones actually s
What parenting can teach you about leading marketing teams
AI removed the campaign bottleneck, but volume alone won't win. Brendan Farnand, co-founder and chief evangelist at Knak, spent the past year studying how 100+ enterprise teams—including OpenAI, Google, and YouTube—build AI-native marketing campaigns. He breaks down OpenAI's workflow that starts with an unstructured Slack message, uses AI agents to build a structured brief in Linear, then
The mistake almost every conference speaker makes
Most conference speakers turn their session into a sales pitch. Brendan Farnand, co-founder and Chief Evangelist at Knak, has spoken at Adobe Summit, Salesforce Connections, and the MarTech Conference. He explains why a full product pitch on stage falls flat, and how to make your talk relevant enough that the audience leaves with something they can actually use at their organization.See P
Let AI agents use your platform or force marketers into your UI?
Marketing teams struggle to make AI work in real campaign production. Brendan Farnand, co-founder and Chief Evangelist at Knak, spent the past year talking with over 100 enterprise marketing teams—including OpenAI, Google, Stripe, and AT&T—to learn where AI helps and where it breaks. He explains what separates companies experimenting with AI from those actually shipping better marketi
One AI tool every marketer should be experimenting with right now
Most marketing teams experiment with AI but never ship better work. Brendan Farnand, Co-founder and Chief Evangelist at Knak, spent the past year interviewing 100+ enterprise marketing teams—including OpenAI, Google, Stripe, and AT&T—to learn what separates AI experimentation from real output. He explains how marketing campaigns should function in the AI era, where AI actually helps v
How to launch AI-Native Marketing Campaigns
AI made campaign creation easy, so the new bottleneck is knowing what to ship. Brendan Farnand, co-founder and chief evangelist at Knak, spent the past year studying how enterprise teams like OpenAI, Google, and YouTube build AI-native campaigns. He breaks down OpenAI's agent workflow that starts with an unstructured Slack message, builds a structured brief in Linear, then passes assets t
Will CTV merge fully with digital advertising?
Connected TV is becoming a performance marketing channel. Alison Clark, CTV and Go-to-Market Strategy Lead at AdRoll, breaks down why CTV is merging with digital advertising. She explains how video fits inside a unified digital strategy, why omnichannel buys across TV, display, and social work as one plan, and how brand perception now feeds AI-driven marketing outcomes.See Privacy Policy
How to move marketing budget into CTV
Connected TV is becoming a performance channel, not just a brand play. Alison Clark, CTV and Go-to-Market Strategy Lead at AdRoll, explains how video fits inside a unified digital strategy. She breaks down why marketers should stop separating CTV from digital advertising, how omnichannel buying across television, display, and social works as one strategy, and why brand perception now shap
Will AI create more video ads or better video ads?
Connected TV is becoming a performance marketing channel. Alison Clark, CTV and Go-to-Market Strategy Lead at AdRoll, brings 20 years of media experience across programmatic, CTV, digital, and linear. She explains why video will fold into digital strategy rather than stay siloed, how omnichannel buying spans television, display, and social in a single plan, and why brand perception now sh
The biggest misconception marketers still have about CTV
Most marketers still treat CTV as separate from digital. Alison Clark, CTV and Go-to-Market Strategy Lead at AdRoll, brings 20 years of programmatic, CTV, and digital media experience to make the case for CTV's performance era. She explains why video belongs inside your digital strategy, not beside it, and how omnichannel buying across television, display, and social works as one strategy
Which live sport is still the most valuable advertising property in America?
Connected TV is becoming a performance marketing channel. Alison Clark, CTV Go-to-Market Strategy Lead at AdRoll, brings 20 years of media experience across programmatic, CTV, digital, and linear. She explains why video strategy is merging into digital strategy instead of standing apart. Learn how omnichannel buying across television, display, and social works as one campaign, and why bra
How CTV Became Performance Marketing’s Next Channel
Connected TV is shifting from a brand awareness play to a performance channel. Alison Clark, CTV Go-to-Market Strategy Lead at AdRoll, brings 20+ years across programmatic, CTV, digital, and linear media. She explains why video belongs inside your digital strategy instead of being managed separately, how omnichannel media buying works across TV, display, and social as one strategy, and wh
What's more important in the AI era: trust, traffic, or personalization?
AI is reshaping how websites build trust and drive conversions. Anda Gansca, Co-Founder and CEO of Knotch, builds AI-powered content intelligence that shows how digital content influences buyers across the path to purchase. We debate whether personalization, trust, or traffic matters most as AI reduces website visits, why LLM-driven personalization risks repeating the "creepy factor" of e
If you could delete one category from the MarTech stack tomorrow, what would it be?
Websites face an uncertain future as AI reshapes how people discover content. Anda Gansca, Co-Founder and CEO of Knotch, explains how content intelligence connects digital properties to actual business outcomes. She breaks down why traffic matters less in the AI era, how trust outperforms personalization when building customer equity, and why LLM-driven personalization risks repeating the
What's one thing marketers still believe about websites that won't be true three years from now?
Websites are losing traffic in the AI era. Anda Gansca, Co-Founder and CEO of Knotch, an AI-powered content intelligence company, explains what marketers still get wrong about their digital properties. She breaks down why personalization can backfire and tip into the creepy factor, how trust outperforms tailored messaging when audience equity already exists, and why AI-driven personalizat
What's the scariest part of putting your revenue at risk?
AI is reshaping what websites mean for revenue. Anda Gansca, Co-Founder and CEO of Knotch, builds AI-powered content intelligence for Fortune 1000 companies. She breaks down why personalization built on mediocre training data falls short, how trust outperforms tailoring when audience equity already exists, and what content intelligence reveals about conversions across the full path to pur
Why LLM visibility is yet another vanity metric, why static websites can't serve AI-shaped journeys
Static websites can't serve buyers who arrive already researched by AI. Anda Gansca, Co-Founder and CEO of Knotch, explains why LLM visibility metrics mislead marketers and what websites must become when agents and humans need separate experiences. She breaks down content atomization—structuring knowledge into semantically tagged "Lego blocks" that serve agents as invisible code and human
The most human skill that becomes more valuable as AI gets better
Marketing teams struggle with AI implementation while maintaining human connection. Amanda Cole, Chief Marketing Officer at Bloomreach, explains how authentic storytelling becomes more valuable as automation increases. She demonstrates using Claude for daily research workflows, building custom share-of-voice tracking tools with Supabase integration, and organizing strategic insights throu
Are we heading toward a future where brands matter less or more?
Brand differentiation becomes harder as AI commoditizes marketing capabilities. Amanda Cole, CMO at Bloomreach, explains how ecommerce personalization platforms maintain competitive advantage. She discusses moving beyond "AI marketing" terminology, implementing real-time individualized experiences across channels, and building sustainable differentiation through integrated customer and pr
One thing marketers should stop doing immediately
Marketers need to stop overusing "AI" in every campaign and keynote presentation. Amanda Cole, Chief Marketing Officer at Bloomreach, explains why artificial intelligence should be treated as standard marketing practice rather than a buzzword. She advocates for eliminating jargon like "democratize" from marketing vocabulary and treating AI-powered personalization as fundamental to modern
Ban this phrase from every AI marketing keynote
AI marketing buzzwords obscure real business value. Amanda Cole, CMO of Bloomreach, explains why marketers should stop using "AI" and "democratize" in presentations. She advocates for focusing on practical customer data unification and real-time personalization strategies. Cole discusses how modern ecommerce platforms should seamlessly integrate predictive models without the marketing hyp
Stop obsessing over this marketing metric
Marketing teams obsess over vanity metrics instead of customer happiness. Amanda Cole, CMO of Bloomreach, explains why effective marketing strategy mirrors baking perfect cookies. She outlines how AI-powered personalization platforms unify customer and product data for real-time individualized experiences. Cole also discusses moving beyond "AI marketing" buzzwords to focus on embedded int
Why great marketing is like baking Cookies
Personalization at scale remains one of marketing's biggest technical challenges. Amanda Cole, Chief Marketing Officer at Bloomreach, brings over 15 years of SaaS marketing experience and expertise in AI-powered ecommerce platforms. Cole discusses how AI has evolved beyond buzzword status to become fundamental marketing infrastructure, comparing effective personalization strategies to pre
The most slept-on product from Adobe that people should be using
Enterprise marketing teams struggle with AI implementation beyond basic automation. Patrick Brown, Vice President of Growth Marketing & Insights at Adobe, shares how global organizations can strategically deploy artificial intelligence across complex customer acquisition and engagement programs. He outlines Adobe's three-pillar framework for AI adoption: experience delivery optimizati
This marketing job became more valuable thanks to AI
Enterprise marketing teams struggle with AI implementation at scale. Patrick Brown, Vice President of Growth Marketing & Insights at Adobe, explains how AI transforms marketing operations across global B2B and B2C segments. He outlines Adobe's three-pillar framework for AI adoption: delivering personalized experiences, measuring performance with advanced analytics, and building founda
The most overrated use of AI right now
Enterprise marketing teams are overusing AI for forward-looking projections. Patrick Brown, Vice President of Growth Marketing & Insights at Adobe, explains why AI excels at summarization but struggles with predictive accuracy. Brown outlines Adobe's three-pillar AI framework: delivering enhanced customer experiences through optimized content and advertising, implementing advanced mea
What does an SVP of a global company do on a daily basis?
Enterprise marketing leaders struggle with AI implementation at scale. Patrick Brown, SVP of Global Marketing at Adobe, shares how his team operationalizes AI across customer acquisition and engagement programs. Brown explains why AI excels at content summarization and synthesis but fails at forward-looking projections, and outlines Adobe's three-pillar framework for deploying AI in exper
Defining simply what Adobe does
Enterprise marketing teams struggle with AI implementation at scale. Patrick Brown, Vice President of Growth Marketing & Insights at Adobe, shares how global organizations can practically deploy artificial intelligence across customer acquisition and engagement functions. He explains why AI excels at summarization and synthesis but requires human judgment for forward-looking projectio
Adobe SVP's take on Marketing Enterprise AI
Enterprise marketing teams struggle with AI implementation beyond basic automation. Patrick Brown, SVP of Global Marketing at Adobe, shares his perspective on scaling AI across complex B2B and B2C marketing operations. Brown discusses why AI excels at content summarization and synthesis but falls short on predictive forecasting, and outlines Adobe's three-pillar framework for integrating
Biggest mistake made while scaling Thrillist
Scaling executive presence on LinkedIn requires more than organic posting. Adam Rich, founder of Thrillist and CEO of Known For, shares how he built authentic authority while growing from 600 email subscribers to 300 million monthly users. He discusses strategic post promotion to first-party audiences, balancing organic reach with paid amplification, and why frequency caps matter more tha
One LinkedIn “best practice” that’s actually a waste of time
Most executives waste time posting on LinkedIn at arbitrary frequencies instead of focusing on quality content. Adam Rich, CEO of Known For and founder of Thrillist, explains why consistency should align with your actual pace of insights rather than forced daily posting schedules. Rich advocates for publishing less frequently but with higher quality, emphasizing that professional networks
Putting links in your LinkedIn posts kills your reach?
LinkedIn's algorithm penalizes posts with external links, limiting organic reach. Adam Rich, CEO of Known For and founder of Thrillist, discusses strategies for maximizing professional network activation on the platform. He covers the trade-offs between boosting posts versus relying on organic reach, optimal frequency caps for promoted content, and targeting first-party audiences to ampli
Biggest lesson learned scaling Thrillist
Professional networks remain underutilized for B2B growth. Adam Rich, CEO of Known For and founder of Thrillist, shares strategies for turning executive expertise into consistent LinkedIn presence. Rich discusses using expert-in-the-loop AI systems to scale authentic content creation and explains when to boost LinkedIn posts versus relying on organic reach. He reveals how first-party audi
Should you boost your best-performing LinkedIn posts with paid?
LinkedIn authority increasingly belongs to executives, not brands. Adam Rich, CEO of Known For and founder of Thrillist, explains how professional networks drive B2B marketing success. Rich discusses using expert-in-the-loop AI systems to scale executive content creation and strategic approaches to LinkedIn paid promotion that maintain authenticity while expanding reach to first-party aud
Waking Up Your Professional Network
Most executives struggle to maintain consistent LinkedIn presence. Adam Rich, CEO of Known For and founder of Thrillist, explains how AI-powered editorial systems can transform professional expertise into authentic executive content. The discussion covers expert-in-the-loop AI workflows that eliminate content creation homework, strategic approaches to LinkedIn post promotion versus organi
One AI tool you absolutely can't do without
AI disruption spans three critical layers that marketers must address simultaneously. Isaac Ferreira, VP of AI Growth Systems at Shift Paradigm, explains how artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping marketing technology, buyer behavior, and organizational operations. The conversation covers building contextual intelligence engines beneath existing SaaS platforms, implementing ag
A lesson from operating nuclear submarines
AI disruption isn't just about new tools. Isaac Ferreira, VP of AI Growth Systems at Shift Paradigm, explains how artificial intelligence is fundamentally restructuring marketing technology stacks and buyer journeys. The discussion covers building contextual intelligence layers beneath existing SaaS platforms, implementing agentic governance systems for enterprise AI deployment, and devel
The first SaaS platform to eliminate
AI disruption is rewriting marketing's fundamental rules. Isaac Ferreira, VP of AI Growth Systems at Shift Paradigm, explains how intelligence is being pulled out of traditional SaaS platforms into contextual engines that sit below your entire tech stack. He breaks down the "curation effect" where AI agents now filter all digital communications between brands and customers, discusses why
One thing marketers are overcomplicating
Marketers are overcomplicating AI implementation by trying to solve everything at once. Isaac Ferreira, VP of AI Growth Systems at Shift Paradigm, explains how AI disruption is reshaping marketing technology stacks and buyer journeys simultaneously. The conversation covers building contextual intelligence layers beneath existing SaaS platforms, implementing agentic governance systems for
The Scope of AI Disruption
AI disruption is rewriting marketing's fundamental rules. Isaac Ferreira, VP of AI Growth Systems at Shift Paradigm, explains how intelligence is being pulled out of traditional SaaS platforms into contextual engines that sit below your entire tech stack. He breaks down the "curation effect" where AI agents now filter all digital marketing channels, forcing marketers to rethink discovery
What’s the question every board asks that most marketers aren’t ready for?
Board members demand ROI proof that most CMOs can't deliver. Ruth Zive, Chief Marketing Officer at Voices, explains how voice-first technology changes brand measurement fundamentals. She outlines performance-grade voice AI implementation across customer touchpoints and reveals why traditional marketing metrics fail in conversational AI environments. Ruth details specific frameworks for me
Is this use of AI actually making you less effective?
AI-generated strategy documents are slowing down marketing execution. Ruth Zive, Chief Marketing Officer at Voices, explains how artificial intelligence tools encourage over-planning at the expense of customer-facing action. She reveals how marketers get trapped building internal processes instead of driving demand, and shares frameworks for balancing strategic planning with immediate rev
If SEO is actually dying, what should marketers stop doing today?
SEO's declining effectiveness demands new customer acquisition strategies. Ruth Zive, Chief Marketing Officer at Voices, shares how voice-first technology is reshaping brand engagement for enterprise clients like Microsoft and BMW. She outlines tactical approaches for transitioning from search-dependent marketing to direct customer outreach and voice-powered brand experiences. The discuss
One marketing lesson from Lady Gaga that every CMO should steal
Voice technology transforms customer experiences but most brands still sound robotic. Ruth Zive, Chief Marketing Officer at Voices, explains how performance-grade AI voices are replacing synthetic alternatives across enterprise systems. She discusses coordinating voice branding with visual identity systems, implementing actor-powered voice models for conversational AI agents, and measurin
The Voice-First Shift Companies Can’t Ignore
Voice technology is reshaping how brands connect with customers. Ruth Zive, Chief Marketing Officer at Voices, explains how companies can build authentic brand experiences in voice-first environments. She discusses performance-grade AI voice selection strategies, cross-platform voice consistency frameworks, and practical approaches for integrating voice technology into existing marketing
Let's ban this phrase from AI vendor pitches forever
AI vendors overuse "agentic" without explaining real business value. Chris O'Neill, CEO of GrowthLoop, brings decades of scaling experience from Google Canada ($500M to $2B) and launching Glean to $7.2B valuation. He shares how to bypass lengthy proof-of-concept cycles by moving customers directly into production within 24 hours. O'Neill discusses building composable CDPs that automate ma
You say you're data-driven but are you lying?
Most marketers claim to be data-driven but lack the infrastructure to act on insights in real-time. Chris O'Neill, CEO of GrowthLoop, brings experience scaling Google Canada from $500M to $2B and launching Glean to a $7.2B valuation. He explains how agentic AI learns from customer data to automate marketing cycles across channels and discusses rapid deployment strategies that bypass tradi
The most useful AI workflow
Marketing teams struggle with AI workflow implementation at scale. Chris O'Neill, CEO of GrowthLoop, brings experience scaling Google Canada from $500M to $2B and launching Glean to a $7.2B valuation. He demonstrates using Claude for automated investor updates and building custom applications that convert newsletters into podcast feeds through transcription and RSS automation. The discuss
AI will erase this Martech category?
AI threatens traditional customer data platforms with automated marketing cycles. Chris O'Neill, CEO of GrowthLoop, brings experience scaling Google Canada to $2B and launching Glean to a $7.2B valuation. He discusses how agentic AI learns from data patterns to activate campaigns across channels automatically. The conversation covers building composable CDPs that iterate based on real-tim
This will force a fast pivot
AI forces marketing teams to pivot faster than ever before. Chris O'Neill, CEO of GrowthLoop, brings experience scaling Google Canada from $500M to $2B and launching Glean to a $7.2B valuation. He explains how agentic AI learns from customer data to automate marketing cycles across channels. The discussion covers building compounding growth engines that iterate based on real-time performa
Marketing innovation in the AI era
Marketing teams waste 90% of their martech stack capabilities. Chris O'Neill, CEO of GrowthLoop, explains how agentic AI transforms data warehouses into intelligent marketing engines that learn and optimize automatically. The conversation covers composable CDP architecture that brings AI directly to your data cloud, always-on measurement systems that replace traditional A/B testing, and c
Will DOOH have more media spend than static billboards?
Digital out-of-home spend will surpass static billboards within five years. Alex Weinberger, General Manager of DOOH at AdRoll, explains how programmatic buying has transformed outdoor advertising into a measurable, targetable channel. The discussion covers real-time bidding for screen selection across venues from gyms to airports, attribution methods including foot traffic tracking and b
Marketers' biggest misconception about billboards
Most marketers think billboards are just brand awareness plays. Alex Weinberger is General Manager of Digital Out-of-Home at AdRoll, where he's leading the launch of programmatic DOOH across their growth marketing platform. The conversation covers using geofencing to target decision-makers at their headquarters with dayparted campaigns, leveraging foot traffic attribution to measure real-
How to start testing DOOH
Digital out-of-home advertising lacks programmatic targeting capabilities. Alex Weinberger is General Manager of DOOH at AdRoll, specializing in programmatic media and full-funnel advertising strategies. The discussion covers real-time bidding for screen selection, device exposure tracking within preset radiuses around digital screens, and attribution methods including foot traffic analys
The most overrated screen in advertising right now
Digital out-of-home advertising lacks proper attribution and targeting capabilities. Alex Weinberger is General Manager of Digital Out-of-Home at AdRoll, specializing in programmatic DOOH media buying and full-funnel campaign strategies. The discussion covers programmatic real-time bidding for screen selection across roadside billboards and place-based venues like gyms and restaurants, fo
Big prediction for the future of the digital out-of-home industry
Digital out-of-home advertising is becoming programmatically targetable and measurable. Alex Weinberger, General Manager of DOOH at AdRoll, explains how programmatic buying has transformed traditional billboards into a full-funnel marketing channel. The conversation covers real-time bidding for screen selection across 97 venue types, attribution methods including foot traffic and brand li
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