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Scott Brinker

Pioneering martech analyst and advisor, dubbed the "godfather of martech" by Ad Age.

Attribution 2.0: From the Tower of Babel to marketing's control tower

Apr 6, 2026

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9 min read

Attribution 2.0: From the Tower of Babel to marketing's control tower

What we learned researching The State of Marketing Attribution 2026 — and why it wasn't the statistics class I expected

Scott Brinker
Scott Brinker
Springtime for agencies and service providers in marketing and martech

Mar 27, 2026

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9 min read

Springtime for agencies and service providers in marketing and martech

While some SaaS companies struggle with AI angst, the services industry is blossoming

Scott Brinker
Scott Brinker
Stacks on a Plane: Reshaping martech on a universal data layer

Mar 19, 2026

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12 min read

Stacks on a Plane: Reshaping martech on a universal data layer

A Grand Unifying Theory of Martech and a composable architecture for the AI age

Scott Brinker
Scott Brinker
Could loyalty systems be killer context-as-a-service (CaaS) platforms?

Mar 6, 2026

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7 min read

Could loyalty systems be killer context-as-a-service (CaaS) platforms?

Rethinking loyalty programs as context infrastructure for the AI era

Scott Brinker
Scott Brinker
The art of marketing and the art of software have fully fused together

Feb 27, 2026

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12 min read

The art of marketing and the art of software have fully fused together

10 years ago, "Hacking Marketing" revealed emerging parallels between marketers and software developers that are now daily life

Scott Brinker
Scott Brinker
57% of the "best" marketing & sales software is new this year

Feb 18, 2026

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7 min read

57% of the "best" marketing & sales software is new this year

For marketers, adaptability is key; for vendors, it's platform ecosystems

Scott Brinker
Scott Brinker
Context is gravity in an expanding, not dying, software universe

Feb 13, 2026

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15 min read

Context is gravity in an expanding, not dying, software universe

Ecosystem judo, aggregation theory, and the business model for context-as-a-service

Scott Brinker
Scott Brinker
The SaaS moats are crumbling, but the opportunity is bigger

Feb 6, 2026

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11 min read

The SaaS moats are crumbling, but the opportunity is bigger

Context-as-a-Service (CaaS) and the future of domain-specific software platforms

Scott Brinker
Scott Brinker
I'm all in as an independent martech analyst and advisor

Feb 1, 2026

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5 min read

I'm all in as an independent martech analyst and advisor

Still my labor of love, but now also my full-time gig

Scott Brinker
Scott Brinker

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