I recently wrote three articles about the composability revolution (start here). Composability, especially in the context of the CDP space, is a big topic of conversation these days. And here comes MessageGears (a composable customer data and activation platform) telling us composability is not the future but actually the present.

Well, yes, maybe — for the enterprise. Small to medium businesses, aware that their marketing should be data-driven, are trying to get a handle on relevant customer data using far more modest solutions. Many are still wondering about investing in a traditional CDP; few are investing in cloud data warehouses. This is one to watch, though, as sophisticated and expensive technologies do have a habit of making their way downstream. Look at AI.

Kim Davis
Editor at Large

 
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What they're saying

  • “Think of email sequences as a Swiss army knife of sorts — useful for a ton of different things. You can use them to promote events, keep leads engaged, follow up with customers and much more.” Ali Schwanke in Why you’re probably underutilizing email sequences
  • “(T)apping into genAI’s full potential requires more than just adding another tool to the martech stack. Shifting from pilot projects to widespread implementation demands a strategic approach. One that supports change management across every element of the current workflow that needs to evolve.” Nicole Greene in A marketer’s guide to implementing generative AI
 

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