Unifying the MarTech data stack — Kevin Tate // Clearbit

Kevin Tate, Chief Revenue Officer at Clearbit, discusses why brands need data-driven marketing philosophies. Ensuring that your MarTech stack keeps up with all the different channels and apps is definitely a challenge. Which begs the question of whether you should be unifying your MarTech stack or making those touchpoints smarter. Today, Kevin talks about how to unify the MarTech stack.
About the speaker

Kevin Tate

Clearbit

 - Clearbit

Kevin is Chief Revenue Officer at Clearbit

Show Notes

  • 02:41
    Challenges with unifying the MarTech stack
    Data needs to be available to a number of different apps and touchpoints. So, the challenge lies in being able to embrace specialization while also unifying the MarTech stack.
  • 04:49
    The three layers of a unified MarTech stack
    The bottom layer refines data and is centralized. The middle layer gives the data context, in terms of segmentation. The top layer is where data is personalized according to the channel.
  • 07:34
    Indicators of a unified MarTech stack
    You understand what's happening across revenue operations. Plus, you can form hypotheses around improvement, obstacle removal, and take action to see what happens.
  • 09:44
    Deciding whether a MarTech stack should be unified
    A single system approach may not fit all companies. Instead, the most important things to consider upfront include flexibility, openness, speed, and ease of integration.

Quotes

  • "We feel very strongly that the audiences you create in Clearbit should be portable. Whether you want to take them into your CDP or over to your email, we're going to be able to share those across." -Kevin Tate, CRO, Clearbit

  • "One silo or a single system is not the approach for all, but the simplest of businesses. Flexibility, openness, speed, and ease of integration, are the things to think about upfront." -Kevin Tate, CRO, Clearbit

About the speaker

Kevin Tate

Clearbit

 - Clearbit

Kevin is Chief Revenue Officer at Clearbit

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