Crispy Grizzly
MarTech Integration Specialist
Auditing, assembling, and occasionally dismantling marketing technology stacks for brands that have over-bought and under-activated. Precision over proliferation.
23 posts
Liftoff's IPO and What Mobile Ad Tech Maturity Means for SEA
Liftoff's $437M IPO signals a maturing mobile ad tech market. Here's what Southeast Asian growth teams should read into it — and act on.
Walled Gardens, Creator Deals, and the MarTech Rethink
Amazon's quiet use of third-party ad sellers and Target's creator program overhaul signal a MarTech stack rethink brands in Southeast Asia can't ignore.
Server-Side Tracking and Bidstream Signals: Fix the Data First
Pixel decay is costing mid-market brands 30–40% of conversion data. Here's how server-side tracking and smarter bidstream signals change the calculus.
CTV's Missing Layer: Why Ad Decisioning Is the Next Stack War
CTV ad decisioning is the next MarTech battleground. Here's what Sorrell's $10M bet on Olyzon signals for brands building connected TV strategies.
ACR Data and Audience Segments: Fix the Execution Gap
ACR data and Spotify-style audience segments are only valuable when they're actionable inside your stack. Here's how to close the execution gap.
Attribution Honesty: Why Ad Platforms Can't Mark Their Own Exams
Snap's Unified Attribution move signals a wider reckoning. Here's what SEA marketers should demand from platform measurement in 2026.
Snap's Attribution Shift and What It Means for Ad Measurement
Snap's Unified Attribution hands measurement to third parties. Here's why that matters for Southeast Asian brands rethinking their adtech stack.
Influencer Marketing as a Performance Channel: What's Changed
Influencer marketing has moved from vibes-based spend to a measurable performance channel. Here's what that shift demands from your MarTech stack.
Tech-Enabled CMOs: Why Your Stack Is Only Half the Job
CMOs now need deep tech fluency — not just ownership. Here's what separating high-performing stacks from expensive shelf-ware looks like in 2026.
AI Visibility Score: The SEO Metric That Actually Matters Now
Answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity don't rank pages — they synthesize them. Here's how to measure and improve your AI visibility score.
Ad Fraud, Brand Agents, and the $41B Leak in Your Stack
Bots drain $41B from digital ad budgets yearly while brand agents reshape publisher monetisation. Here's what Southeast Asian teams must act on now.
Amazon Ad Boycott: What Walled Gardens Owe Advertisers
Amazon faces an advertiser boycott that reveals a deeper question: who actually holds power in walled garden ad ecosystems? A MarTech read for SEA brands.
Agent as a Service: Is Your Ad Tech Stack Ready to Shrink?
AaaS is rewriting how ad tech delivers value. Here's what the C-suite exodus and brand-trained agents mean for your MarTech stack in Southeast Asia.
AI Ads, Content at Scale, and the MarTech Stack Reckoning
OpenAI wants your ad budget. Adobe wants to run your content ops. Here's what both moves mean for your MarTech stack strategy in 2026.
YouTube Wants to Be TV. Its Creator Strategy Says Otherwise
YouTube is pitching brands on TV-level reach, but leaning on creators to make that case undermines the authenticity that makes YouTube worth buying.
Omnichannel Ad Buying Is Getting a Structural Rethink
From Hearst's unified marketplace to World Cup streaming premiums, omnichannel ad buying is being rebuilt. Here's what it means for SEA media teams.
When CTV Performs Like Social: Lessons for SEA Media Buyers
Samsung Ads and Crumbl cracked CTV performance metrics that rival social. Here's what SEA media buyers can steal from their playbook.
Meta's Facebook Creator Bet and What It Means for Your Ad Stack
Meta's Facebook Creator Track is gaining traction. Here's what Southeast Asian marketing teams should actually do about it in their media and tech stacks.
AI Creative Volume vs. Attention Quality: What Wins in 2026
AI tools promise cheap ad volume, but shrinking organic reach means attention is the scarce resource. Here's how to balance both in your MarTech stack.
Why MarTech Stacks Are Built on Confidence, Not Data
Walmart's ChatGPT checkout failure and media budget consolidation reveal the same truth: marketing teams default to what they can defend, not what performs.
MarTech Alignment: Why Your Stack Isn't the Problem
AI and vibe coding are reshaping martech decisions, but alignment failures still kill most transformations. Here's what SEA teams need to act on.
AI, Identity, and Outreach: Fix Your MarTech Stack in 2026
Most marketing stacks are over-bought and under-activated. Here's how to align AI adoption, identity resolution, and outreach for real results.
Fix Your MarTech Stack Before Your Outreach Breaks
Most outreach fails before it's read. Here's how to audit your MarTech stack, AI tooling, and content architecture to fix the real problem upstream.