Mr. Brinker is a co-founder and CTO of ion interactive and the author of the Chief Marketing Technologist blog, where he writes about the intersection of marketing and technology. He holds degrees in computer science from Columbia and Harvard and an MBA from MIT Sloan.
Having spent many years in the “conversion optimization” subdiscipline of marketing—a forerunner to what is now known as “growth hacking” in some circles—I’ve...
A customer communication is rarely just a document. It is a claim being paid, a benefit being explained, a disclosure that has to be exactly right. It is the moment a person decides whether the organi
How might highly regulated organizations maintain a competitive edge while balancing rising customer expectations with strict adherence to regulatory requirements?
There is a conversation happening in boardrooms and compliance offices across financial services, insurance, healthcare and utilities that tends to start with regulation and end with obligation. Organ