Rosemblat: AWS re:Invent is Datadog's most efficient marketing campaign across all metrics
Alex Rosemblat · Building Marketing Channels Slowly to Achieve Massive Scale with Datadog CMO Alex Rosemblat · Jan 13, 2022 · at 18:28
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Datadog CMO Alex Rosemblat discusses why Datadog invests heavily as a top sponsor and brings hundreds of employees to AWS re:Invent.
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“ReInvent is the best campaign that we run. In every metric that we assess, it's actually our most efficient. We have access to the biggest customers that we end up bringing on board”
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