Expert Mode - Insights from marketing, AI, and CX pros

Expert Mode: The Architecture of the Modern Marketing Team with Pranav Dalal, CEO at Office Beacon

Oct 9, 2026

According to Pranav Dalal, CEO of Office Beacon, a company that has been at the forefront of building distributed teams for a quarter-century, this isn’t a temporary trend. It’s the new strategic foundation for high-performance marketing.

Expert Mode - Insights from marketing, AI, and CX pros

Expert Mode: How to Make Your Rebrand Behave Differently, Not Just Look Different with Greg Heinz of Optimizely

Oct 8, 2026

Recently, Optimizely undertook a brand transformation, moving to position itself not merely as a collection of powerful tools for experimentation and content, but as the definitive AI platform for marketing. This wasn’t just about launching a new campaign; it was about changing the company’s center of gravity.

Expert Mode - Insights from marketing, AI, and CX pros

Expert Mode: Ads Can Buy Placement, But They Can’t Buy Belief with Doug Straton from Bazaarvoice

Oct 7, 2026

For most of this year the question in marketing leadership meetings has been some version of “how do we show up when a customer asks an assistant what to buy

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ShipStation® Launches Ship with Walmart, Bringing Discounted Rates and Seller Protections Directly In the Platform

Oct 7, 2026

Walmart Marketplace sellers can access discounted shipping labels from trusted carriers and access seller protections—all within the ShipStation workflow. AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 6, 2026 — ShipStation, a leading intelligent shipping …

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Riverbed: Agentic AI: High Ambition Meets Enterprise Readiness Gap in Autonomous IT Operations

Oct 6, 2026

The Riverbed Global Survey 2026 underscores that while the ambition for AI-driven autonomy is universal, readiness lags significantly. Success hinges on addressing foundational challenges related to data quality, achieving unified observability across fragmented IT environments, and strategically consolidating the technology stack.

Expert Mode - Insights from marketing, AI, and CX pros

Expert Mode: Why Your AI Investment Demands a Parallel Investment in Brand with Meghan Gendelman, CMO of B2B at Canva

Oct 6, 2026

In the race for speed, a critical and costly gap is opening up. While one hand writes checks for AI tools that democratize content creation across the entire organization, the other often neglects the very foundation that gives that content value: the brand itself.

Mastering Social Video: Data-Driven Strategies for Creative Effectiveness

Zappi: Mastering Social Video: Data-Driven Strategies for Creative Effectiveness

Oct 5, 2026

Zappi’s “State of Creative Effectiveness: Social Video” report underscores a fundamental tension in social media advertising: the drive for attention versus the imperative for brand attribution. While visual hooks, surprise, and humor are critical for stopping the scroll, they must be meticulously integrated with advertising fundamentals to generate measurable…

Expert Mode - Insights from marketing, AI, and CX pros

Expert Mode: Influence Orchestration in the Age of the AI Shortlist

Oct 5, 2026

The B2B buying journey has always been a complex, multi-touch affair, but the last few years have introduced a new gatekeeper that is fundamentally altering the landscape.

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27 Holiday Shopping Statistics for 2026

Oct 4, 2026

27 holiday shopping statistics for 2026 on Cyber Week sales, AI shopping agents, spending, and shopper timing — from the 2025 season, fully sourced.

Expert Mode - Insights from marketing, AI, and CX pros

Expert Mode: From Found to Cited: Navigating the New Frontier of AI Search

Oct 4, 2026

The most important visitor to your website may no longer be a prospective customer, but an AI agent acting on their behalf. This changes everything.

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