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Marketing PlatformsUpdated April 2026

Marketing Platforms & MarTech Stack

One connected stack. Every channel on speaking terms.

Selection, implementation, integration, and governance of your marketing platforms — CRM, CDP, email, analytics, ads, CMS, attribution, and AI tooling.

What it is

Your marketing platforms are the plumbing behind every campaign. Done right, data flows cleanly between ads, CRM, site, email, and analytics — and your team moves faster. Done wrong, half your budget is wasted on broken tracking, duplicate tools, and reports no one trusts. We audit, select, implement, and govern the full MarTech stack across CRM (HubSpot, Salesforce), CDP (Segment, RudderStack), email/SMS (Klaviyo, Iterable, Customer.io), analytics (GA4, Amplitude, Mixpanel), ads (Google, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok), CMS (Sanity, Contentful, WordPress, Webflow), and attribution (Triple Whale, Hyros, Northbeam).

Why it matters

  • The average enterprise marketing team now uses 91 different tools; only about a third are used meaningfully and 60% of tool budget is wasted on overlapping or abandoned licenses (Gartner MarTech Utilization Survey, 2024).
  • Broken attribution and tracking waste 20–40% of paid-media spend on poorly-targeted audiences (Forrester Marketing Measurement Report).
  • Companies with integrated MarTech stacks report 2.3x higher marketing ROI than those running fragmented tools (Salesforce State of Marketing, 2024).
  • A well-architected stack is a permanent competitive advantage — it compounds.

Outcomes

  • Single source of truth for marketing and revenue data
  • Lower tool costs via consolidation
  • Faster campaign velocity
  • Attribution you can actually trust

Tools we love

HubSpotSalesforceSegmentRudderStackKlaviyoIterableCustomer.ioGA4AmplitudeMixpanelZapierMaken8nWorkato

Who this is for

Growth-stage teams that want marketing platforms treated as a discipline — not a side project. You have a real business to grow, budget to deploy thoughtfully, and an exec team that wants answers in numbers.

When you'd hire us

  • Launching a new brand, product, or market.
  • Current results are plateauing and you need a reset.
  • You need senior thinking without hiring a full-time team.

Engagement shape

Standalone sprint, multi-month program, or embedded team — you pick what fits. Fixed-fee sprints start small; programs scale with scope; embedded engagements run on a monthly retainer.

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Our process

A transparent, six-step cadence we run for every engagement — adapted to your business.

1

Stack Audit

Inventory of tools, usage, costs, overlaps, and data flow.

2

Architecture & Selection

Target-state architecture and tool selection (build vs. buy vs. consolidate).

3

Implementation

Configuration, integration (native + iPaaS), data migration, and QA.

4

Enablement & Governance

Playbooks, naming conventions, data contracts, and admin ownership.

5

Ongoing Optimization

Quarterly reviews, tool swaps, and roadmap planning.

What you get

How we're different

Marketing Platforms is a noisy space. A few things we believe — and push back on — that shape how we run every engagement.

What most agencies do
  • Sell you a fixed template and adapt your business to it.
  • Hand the work to juniors after the pitch.
  • Report on vanity metrics that don't tie to revenue.
  • Lock you into proprietary tools you can't take with you.
  • Chase shiny tactics without a durable strategy.
What we do instead
  • Build a marketing platforms system tuned to your P&L.
  • Senior practitioners on every call, every week.
  • Report on pipeline, revenue, CAC, LTV — not impressions.
  • All files, data, and docs live in your accounts. No lock-in.
  • Strategy first. Tactics second. Always in that order.

FAQs

Do you implement HubSpot and Salesforce?+

Yes — from Starter/Sales Cloud through Enterprise, including custom objects, CPQ, and integrations.

Can you take over an existing stack?+

Absolutely. Most engagements start with a stack audit before any changes are made.

Are you vendor-neutral?+

Yes. We recommend tools based on fit, not partner commissions.

Industries we deliver Marketing Platforms for

Every industry has its own buyer, compliance, and economics. Click through for the playbook we use in your category.

Recent writing on Marketing Platforms

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Marketing Platforms — by city

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