Experienced Martech Expert
Garin Hobbs is a seasoned Martech and Marketing professional with over 20 years of successful product marketing, customer success, strategy, and sales experience. With a career spanning across ESPs, agencies, and technology providers, Garin is recognized for his broad experience in growing email impact and revenue, helping launch new programs and products, and developing the strategies and thought leadership to support them. Understanding how to optimally align people, process, and technology to produce meaningful outcomes, Garin has worked to deliver sustainable improvements in consumer experience and program revenue for such brands as Gap, Starbucks, Macy’s, Foot Locker, Bank of America, United Airlines, and Hilton Hotels.
The economy is neither fully open, nor fully closed. We call this limbo. In a close-up view, the world seems to be standing relatively
Personalization. You know you need to do it, but you just need to know how—in a way that’s both effective and efficient. The good
Last year I wrote that I don’t like prediction pieces. Then, I broke my own rule, and I compiled a series of predictions that had
The advent of Mobile has created a radical shift in the financial industry. Standing out in the Fintech marketplace is becoming
While younger generations were more digitally equipped to accommodate the demands of the pandemic, financially they’ve
The last few years have imposed a lot of heavy acronyms imposed upon marketers. GDPR, CCPA, and IDFA to name a
The end-of-year shopping season is always an important time for brands, but this year, the season has assumed a particularly
As retailers prepare for the holidays and look for better ways to cater to customers’ new online and offline shopping habits, mobile
A well-executed personalized marketing program may resemble person-to-person conversations like those a shopper could
It’s not even November, but the holiday shopping season has already begun. With nearly two-thirds of consumers saying the
Shopping cart abandonment costs brands billions of dollars each year, and yet much of it can be avoided through better customer
Upgrades to technology doesn’t always have to mean a full digital transformation, sometimes modernization can get your
Growth Marketing. You may think that it’s one of those ever-present business buzzwords we always hear. But unlike terms
When it comes to user segmentation—the first of the four core pillars of personalization—you can’t have a one-to-one conversation
The end-of-year shopping season is always an important time for brands, but this year, the season has assumed a particularly
Customer experience matters, in fact, many think it will surpass price and product as the main brand differentiator. Avoid these pitfalls.
Amazon’s second-quarter earnings made one thing perfectly clear: If there was a king of retail for the coronavirus era, it would
Customer experiences that worked when your company was a small start-up won't necessarily scale as your organization grows.
Now, this may seem a somewhat alarmist point of view, but what’s missing is the context, and I think it’s this…It’s a fairly
2020: It wouldn’t be a new year without a passel of prophecies and things to come. Each industry has its fair share of oracles and
Why do I need an email marketing company? And why would one business earn regular revenue from email but another would not? With better insight into email marketing services, you will understand how some businesses can actually generate 20-40% of total revenue from email alone. Through this guide, we will help you understand what an […]
Most brands treat agency evaluation like a job interview — they’re the candidate, you’re deciding. Flip that. You’re hiring them. And like any hire, the red flags show up before the contract is signed, not after. If you choose the wrong email marketing agency, your email program will struggle to scale. It affects how much […]
Quick Answer An email list cleaning service helps you control the quality of your email list as it grows and evolves. The best email list cleaning services depend on what you need: ZeroBounce → Best for insights and email scoring NeverBounce → Best for large, frequently updated email lists Kickbox → Best for simple, […]
After more than a decade in the email marketing industry, one issue shows up more often than most people realize: campaigns underperform simply because the emails never reach the inbox. On paper, everything seems to be in order, and the campaigns look solid in all aspects. However, the open rates still plummet. And the reason […]
Emails from your domain are not reaching every inbox. Some messages get delivered, others land in spam folders, and some never appear at all. Such patterns usually point to a domain reputation problem. Email service providers and mailbox providers evaluate every domain name based on reputation data, engagement signals, authentication protocols, and sending history. That […]
The choice between a dedicated IP vs shared IP email sending shapes how a particular email program grows and how risk is managed. Many teams select an IP address type early and keep it long after their sending behavior changes. Over time, that decision starts influencing email deliverability more than expected. Mailbox providers evaluate […]
BIMI (Brand Indicator for Message Identification) gets a lot of attention now, and for good reason. It’s one of the few email standards that actually changes what your subscribers see in the inbox. BIMI basically allows your verified brand logo to appear next to emails that pass authentication. Think of it as a trust signal […]
SPF (Sender Policy Framework), DKIM (DmainKeys Identified Mail), and DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) are the foundation of inbox trust, and we see their impact every day across real email programs. Companies like Gmail, Yahoo, and Microsoft are enforcing stricter sending standards, and the margin for error is smaller than ever. This is […]