The rarely needed (but still important) “offSuccess” un-handler

“We’re seeing duplicate GTM Data Layer updates for a single Marketo form fill,” read the trouble ticket. “Sometimes even 3 or 4 updates.” My mind went to adding multiple

Don’t start your LP domain with “ads” (i.e. ads.example.com)!

Some things you only learn at the School of Hard MOps.

FlowBoost can check if a Data Value Change was a “real” change, or just a case change

Marketo uses exact string comparison (case-sensitive and accent-sensitive) to determine if fields have changed. Overall, this is good: otherwise, we’d never know if enrichment/normalization APIs were working. Problem:

Manage form field visibility based on Marketo segmentations

Hide a field for customers, show a field only to resellers, and so on — without creating multiple forms.

To use Marketo {{lead.tokens}} in JS, output them into an HTML element, then read them back

IMO, deeply understanding several text encodings is better than superficially knowing multiple languages. Here’s a case where using the wrong encoding can be bad or… really bad.

Automatically update images in Google Docs-based documentation

This post isn’t martech-specific. But it applies to MOPS process guides, so figured it was worth sharing.

Gain instant lead insight with a DNS MX lookup

Identifying email client(s) is easy enough after people open an email, but what about before?

Alert when your FlowBoost API key runs out of monthly calls

Know when it’s time to upgrade.