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Ryan Ferrier | Lob
AI Personalization in Direct Mail Campaigns
Direct mail faces attribution and personalization challenges despite rising investment. Ryan Ferrier is CEO of Lob, the direct mail automation platform serving over 12,000 businesses with API-driven mail campaigns. The discussion covers AI-powered routing algorithms that optimize speed versus cost trade-offs, personalized QR codes with custom landing pages achieving 5% average conversion rates, and automated…
Play PodcastScott Brinker | chiefmartec
Scott Brinker’s 2026 Martech Predictions Unpacked
MarTech stack complexity is exploding despite consolidation predictions. Scott Brinker, VP of Platform Ecosystem at HubSpot and founder of chiefmartec.com, reveals why AI added 1,200 new vendors while eliminating just as many in 2025. He explains how agentic AI is shifting power from marketers to customers, breaking traditional sales playbooks as buyers use AI agents…
Play PodcastKathryn Rathje | McKinsey
Why CEO’s still don’t get modern marketing
Marketing's leadership gap is widening across Fortune 500 companies. Kathryn Rathje, partner at McKinsey, reveals why only 66% of Fortune 500 companies retained CMOs last year and how marketing budgets dropped to 7.7% of revenue. She explains how CMOs can rebuild credibility by aligning metrics with CEO priorities, establishing clear ROI definitions with CFOs, and…
Play PodcastDanielle Pederson | Amaze
To rebrand, or not to rebrand?
Combining five creator brands into one unified platform creates customer confusion and fragmented marketing spend. Danielle Pederson, CMO of Amaze, led the consolidation of five distinct creator commerce solutions under one corporate umbrella without losing individual brand equity. She implemented a phased taxonomy approach using "by Amaze" modifiers, unified three separate CRMs into HubSpot, and…
Play PodcastBenji Block | Signature Series
11 Must-Answer Questions to Build a B2B video
B2B content creators struggle to measure real impact beyond vanity metrics. Benji Block, founder of Signature Series, shares his framework for building content that drives business results. He reveals his 11-question assessment for evaluating content effectiveness, explains how to optimize YouTube thumbnails through A/B testing, and outlines three core metrics that prove content strategy success:…
Play PodcastCharlie Grinnell | RightMetric
Why Marketers Should Treat AI Like a Frenemy
AI reliability challenges plague over half of marketers despite vendor promises of perfect insights. Charlie Grinnell is Co-CEO of RightMetric, a strategic research firm specializing in external data intelligence for competitive advantage. The discussion covers treating AI as a "frenemy" that requires human oversight, building automation workflows through iterative prompt refinement, and combining internal analytics…
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Benjamin shapiro
Benjamin Shapiro is the producer & host of the MarTech podcast.
He is the founder of I Hear Everything, podcast production, growth and monetization company. He is also a brand development & marketing strategy consultant, that specializes in helping growth-stage companies understand how to identify the overlap between corporate identity & customer needs to build an effective marketing strategy.
Prior to his current role, Benjamin left a successful career in business development at eBay to become an entrepreneur that has run a bootstrapped startup, multiple marketing teams at early-stage VC-backed companies, & an independent consulting & content business.
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