Leading MarTech software providers have long promised an integrated MarTech technology suite, allowing brands to seamlessly achieve modern marketing capabilities without building and integrating a “Franken-stack.” Through this article, Justin Wolf, Senior Director, Customer Strategy Group at Merkle will explore these Franken-stacks and what makes up a modern marketing suite.

Digital assistants are fundamentally changing the way we live, and therefore, the way brands engage with consumers. Merkle’s SVP of Search Capability, Matt Mierzejewski, discusses the opportunity and what brands can do now to be ready.

Here's how financial marketers can hurdle the array of mental barriers erected by consumers, and make sure they aren't wasting money on messages delivered to the wrong people at the wrong time.

At a time when expectations of brand experiences are at an all-time high, how can marketers build the right kind of relationship to deliver the experience the consumer wants, with the limited data they are given?

Shopping, local searches and audience optimizations are three of the biggest considerations to keep in mind.

In today’s market, all nonprofit organizations should objectively ask and answer hard questions about their impact, solvency, relevancy and opportunities. And as an outcome, they need to act differently—diversify their revenue streams, approach their fundraising work in new ways and shift their strategies.

The paid search results of the upcoming holiday season will be heavily dependent on Google Shopping performance for many retailers. But how will Google Express factor into it?

Being able to bring together the facets of customer engagement – and to do so automatically – is the true value of decisioning tools.