Yesterday’s MarTech News | March 12, 2026
Yesterday’s theme is the AI-driven disintermediation of the workflows and channels that marketing teams have spent years optimizing. Semrush rebranding around “Agentic Search Optimization” is not a marketing refresh — …
Navigating Digital Experience Maturity: Imperatives for Travel and Hospitality in 2026
The travel and hospitality (TTH) sector stands at a critical juncture. Global consumers consistently rank travel as their top discretionary purchase, indicating a robust demand outlook for 2025 and beyond. This economic buoyancy, combined with evolving customer expectations for hyper-personalized and seamless experiences, necessitates a strategic re-evaluation of digital…
Sitecore Expands Reseller Program with New Global Elite Initiative to Accelerate SitecoreAI Adoption in Growth Markets
Sitecore announced an expansion of its Global Reseller Program with a new Global Elite initiative designed for world-class partners focused on key growth markets. As part of the expansion, Sitecore named FPT Software as its first Global Elite Reseller and marked the milestone at FPT headquarters in Hanoi during…
Expert Mode: From HiPPO to Hypothesis: Building a Culture of Continuous Optimization
In enterprise marketing, there are few forces as powerful, or as potentially misguided, as the “great idea” that emerges from a senior leadership meeting. It often arrives with conviction, a sense of urgency, and a complete lack of supporting user data. We’ve all been there.
Expert Mode: Closing the Gap Between Brand Promise and Customer Reality with AI
The distance between the brand voice meticulously crafted in a boardroom and the way it’s perceived in the wild can be vast and treacherous. Marketing leaders spend fortunes defining their brand promise, only to see it refracted, distorted, or sometimes completely ignored across a chaotic landscape of customer reviews,…
Expert Mode: Beyond the Automation Hype: Designing an Empathetic Future with AI
The real challenge, and the greater opportunity, lies not in replacing human effort but in amplifying it. This requires a more nuanced approach, an intentional choreography between human creativity and machine capability. It demands that we move beyond the rigid, outdated frameworks of customer segmentation and learn to read…
Verndale Acquires Fishtank to Create North America’s Leading SitecoreAI Experience Practice
Verndale and Fishtank combine 14 Sitecore MVPs and award-winning expertise to help brands navigate the AI era with confidence.
#765: Hexagon AB’s George Chang on building a unified system of marketing measurement
Recorded live at Sitecore Symposium in Orlando, Florida, we’re going to talk about moving beyond ‘best practice’ and intuition to build a truly data-driven digital experience. We’ll explore how to create a disciplined conversion rate optimization program where usability testing, A/B experimentation, and personalization aren’t just separate tactics, but…
CMSWire: SitecoreAI and the Shift From Search to Discovery in Digital Experience
At Sitecore Symposium, AI wasn’t the future — it was the operating system. Here’s what changes now. This article was written by Greg Kihlström for CMSWire.
#764: Closing the gap between brand promise and brand experience with Mark Wagner, Horizontal Digital
We are here at Sitecore Symposium in Orlando, Florida, and today we’re going to talk about closing the gap between brand promise and customer perception. In an era of endless customer reviews, social media posts, and feedback channels, how can a large organization truly listen at scale and ensure…
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