Travis Smith's Articles on Martech Zone
- E-commerce and Retail
Why You Can’t Just Copy Amazon
The team is still trying to settle down after this year’s South By South West Interactive (SXSWi) conference in March. We all had a great time and learned a lot about the interactive community and what is coming next. There were loads of interesting sessions from a panel with the Gmail team to Cooking for Nerds, many of which have…
- Customer Data Platforms
Side With Your Customers
On a recent call to a major telecom company, which I won’t mention (their logo looks like a blue death star), I was infatuated with my customer service representative (CSR). Shocking, I know. Throughout the call, she actually listened to what I wanted, and she said things like, “This is the deal that most of my customers like,” “Let me…
- Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
You Are Not Your User
If you are an expert in your business, you know more than almost anyone about what you do and about the details of your product. Your product, by the way, can be a service, a website, or a tangible good. Whatever constitutes your product, you can likely see your expertise and genius in every part of it. The problem is…
