MarTech Today: Building on Amazon Alexa, implementing your chatbot & retail’s access to data

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, MarTech and other places across the web. From MarTech Today: Building an Amazon Alexa Skill is so easy, Grandma can do it Jul 20, 2017 by Paul Shapiro How can you tap into the power of Amazon’s Alexa? Contributor Paul Shapiro […]

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Here’s our daily recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech TodayMarTech and other places across the web.

From MarTech Today:

From Marketing Land:

  • Why data is at the center of leadership shakeups in retail
    Jul 20, 2017 by Rohit Gupta
    Should merchandising and marketing fall under the same umbrella in the new retail paradigm? Contributor Rohit Gupta says yes, explaining how increasing access to data is transforming how retailers can respond to consumers.
  • Organizing for Martech: Re-examining modern marketing
    Jul 19, 2017 by Digital Marketing Depot
    Many organizations are struggling to optimize their staffing and skills to compete in a rapidly changing marketing world. What worked yesterday in marketing and technology may not work today – or tomorrow. With the rapid infusion of technology into the marketing organization, tensions between marketing and IT are inevitable.
  • Time is almost up. Attend MarTech at the lowest price possible – don’t miss out!
    Jul 19, 2017 by Scott Brinker
    Don’t miss the only MarTech on the East Coast this year! Check out my hand-crafted agenda featuring 30+ sessions and 40 marketing superstars: See the agenda at a glance here. Register before Saturday for an All Access Pass and pay $400 less compared to on-site rates.

From Around The Web:


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Barry Levine
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Barry Levine covers marketing technology for Third Door Media. Previously, he covered this space as a Senior Writer for VentureBeat, and he has written about these and other tech subjects for such publications as CMSWire and NewsFactor. He founded and led the web site/unit at PBS station Thirteen/WNET; worked as an online Senior Producer/writer for Viacom; created a successful interactive game, PLAY IT BY EAR: The First CD Game; founded and led an independent film showcase, CENTER SCREEN, based at Harvard and M.I.T.; and served over five years as a consultant to the M.I.T. Media Lab. You can find him at LinkedIn, and on Twitter at xBarryLevine.