What comes after ‘data-driven marketing?’

Did you ever think we would see the day when data-driven' marketing would be seen as backwards-looking marketing?

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For the past several years, “data-driven” and “marketing” have gone together like milk and cookies. You might even describe yourself as a “data-driven” marketer in your LinkedIn profile. 

But have you thought about what comes next?

Neej Gore, chief data officer at Zeta Global, says advances in AI and predictive capabilities might soon mean data-driven is looking backwards, which is exactly the opposite of what everyone was hoping to accomplish with being data-driven in the first place. 

I sat down with Neej at Zeta Live!, the company’s annual event in New York City, to talk about what comes after data-driven marketing, why systems might overtake stacks and the importance of context moving forward.

Neej also shares the one word he would use to describe the future of marketing, and it’s probably going to surprise you. 

Episode guide

0:38: Meet Neej Gore
1:51: From data-driven to answers-driven
3:10: Why context matters to data and AI
5:00: Marketing as a system, not a stack
6:14: The urgency around data governance
7:45: One word to describe the future of marketing

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About the author

Mike Pastore
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Mike Pastore is the Head of Content & Media at Third Door Media, the publisher of the Martech and Search Engine Land websites and the producer of the SMX and MarTech Conferences. In nearly three decades in B2B marketing, Mike has worked as an editor, writer, and marketer. He first wrote about marketing in 1998 for internet.com (later Jupitermedia). He then worked with marketers at some of the best-known brands in B2B tech, creating content for marketing campaigns at both Jupitermedia and QuinStreet. Prior to joining Third Door Media as the Editorial Director of the MarTech website, he led demand generation at B2B media company TechnologyAdvice.