The document discusses the growing number of marketing technology (martech) tools available and the risk of a "Stackapocalypse" as consolidation occurs. It notes that with economic downturns due to COVID-19, marketing budgets will be cut, redundant and underperforming tools will be cancelled, and overly complex stacks may collapse. The presentation provides advice on integrating tools, cutting costs strategically, identifying opportunities, and adjusting strategies to weather the crisis.
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Dan McGaw
CEO @EffinAmazing
Introduction
Dan McGaw is an award-winning entrepreneur and speaker.
He is also the Founder and CEO of Effin Amazing, an
analytics and growth consultancy that helps product and
marketing teams get data driven and optimize their
businesses. Coined as one of the original growth hackers, he
has led the teams at Kissmetrics.com and CodeSchool.com.
You can find him on most social networks, or follow him on
Twitter at @DanielMcgaw.
Just a handful of our amazing clients
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Greg Brunk
Head of Product at MetaRouter
Introduction
Greg Brunk is a seasoned software engineer and product
specialist, with a strong background in data engineering
platforms. He is currently serving as Head of Product at
MetaRouter, where he helped architect the industry’s first
completely private cloud customer data routing platform with
exclusively server-side 3rd-party integrations.
4. Free Martech Action
Plan Meeting
- Covid-19 cost cutting plan
- Stackapocalypse preparedness strategy
- Inventory all of your Martech tools
- Understand your costs, and what costs to cut
- Know where your customer data is flowing
- Gain expert knowledge of how to resurrect
revenues
- Find opportunities to improve marketing efforts
EffinAmazing.com/MartechPlan
6. Marketing Stack Growth.
Industry
Over the past few years
martech has grown like crazy.
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2011
150+ martech tools
http://chiefmartec.com/2016/03/marketing-technology-landscape-supergraphic-2016/
#Stackapocalypse
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2019
With so many companies coming on to the market, the landscape can be hard and overwhelming
for any marketer. At this moment we are seeing lots of consolidation. Adobe has being acquiring
tools like crazy, let’s just hope this does not create a #stackapocalypse in your stack.
Summary
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7,040+ martech tools
Source: http://chiefmartec.com
#Stackapocalypse
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My inbox - Gmail
4 Social Automation tool – Buffer, Revive Old Post, Zapier &
Quuu
LinkedIn message blast tool - GPZ
4 Lead capture tools – Prospecthive, Snov.io, Toofr, Grouply
Webinar tool - Zoom
Video Meeting tool - Zoom
2 Calendar tools – Mixmax and Google Calendar
Video streaming tool - Wistia
AB testing tool - Optimizely
Hosting -
CMS - Wordpress
2 Data piping tool – Segment and Zapier
Tag manager – Google Tag Manager
CRM – Salesforce
Contract Signature - Nitrocloud
4 marketing automation tools – Klenty, Mixmax, Mailchimp and
Autopilot
5 analytics tools – Google Analytics, Amplitude, Kissmetrics,
Mixpanel and Hotjar
How many tools are in my stack?
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35. Budget Cuts!
- Redundant tools will be cancelled
- Tools with poor ROI will be cancelled
- Laid off teams means tools don’t get
used and ultimately turned off
When revenue dips, so do budgets!
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Your stack should work together as one cohesive unit. Each tool should be able
to collect and send information to others tools when possible.
Integrated Stack
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Your stack should work together as one cohesive unit. Each tool should be able
to collect and send information to others tools when possible.
Integrated Stack
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Your stack should work together as one cohesive unit. Each tool should be able
to collect and send information to others tools when possible.
Integrated Stack
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Your stack should work together as one cohesive unit. Each tool should be able
to collect and send information to others tools when possible.
Integrated Stack
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Your stack should work together as one cohesive unit. Each tool should be able
to collect and send information to others tools when possible.
Integrated Stack
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Your stack should work together as one cohesive unit. Each tool should be able
to collect and send information to others tools when possible.
Integrated Stack
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Your stack should work together as one cohesive unit. Each tool should be able
to collect and send information to others tools when possible.
Integrated Stack
43. But we will rebuild
No matter what, we will rebuild and
we will get another chance. Keeping
costs down while building is critical.
58. 58#Stackapocalypse
Messaging is critical to success, and the mediums to spread that messaging are
changing. Other than typical paid channel, many companies are having to expand
other areas.
Tactics That Work
59. Free Martech Action
Plan Meeting
- Covid-19 cost cutting plan
- Stackapocalypse preparedness strategy
- Inventory all of your Martech tools
- Understand your costs, and what costs to cut
- Know where your customer data is flowing
- Gain expert knowledge of how to resurrect
revenues
- Find opportunities to improve marketing efforts
EffinAmazing.com/MartechPlan