Invoca vs Iterable

Invoca Named to Fast Company's 2026 List of Best Workplaces for Innovators

Invoca has been named to Fast Company's 2026 List of Best Workplaces for Innovators, announced September 8, 2026.

Proposal: Add Contribution Metrics to Affiliate Reporting

The author argues that affiliate marketing is disadvantaged by strict deterministic (last-click) attribution compared with other channels that claim inferred influence. They propose that affiliate reporting should regularly include two numbers: deterministic tracking (clicks, coupons) and a separate contribution or influence metric (AI inference, other uncredited touchpoints). The article cites next-generation tracking technologies (examples: Partnerize, impact.com) as enablers, and notes historical call-tracking proposals (RingRevenue, now Invoca) that revealed uncredited conversions. Publishing contribution numbers to affiliates could strengthen their negotiating position and put affiliate channels on more equal footing with channels that rely on inferred attribution.

• The author proposes affiliate reports should include two numbers: deterministic tracking (clicks, coupons) and a contribution/influence number (AI inference, other uncredited touch points).
• Partnerize and impact.com are cited as providers of next-generation tracking technologies that can support the proposed reporting approach.
• Affiliate marketing commonly relies on deterministic last-click attribution, while many walled gardens use statistical models to infer influence.

AI Changing Tech Marketing — Iterable CEO Sam Allen

Adweek published an interview (Marketing Vanguard) with Sam Allen, CEO of Iterable, about how AI is reshaping marketing technology and the CMO role. Allen argues AI enables one-to-one personalization at scale but lacks organizational and historical context, so marketers must interrogate AI recommendations and combine them with human judgment. He advises hiring to fill capability gaps, not egos, and says creative origination remains a human strength even as AI handles optimization and execution. The piece references Allen’s prior roles at Salesforce, where he managed a $100 million marketing-technology budget and served as COO of global marketing. The article is presented as a short video/episode with host Jenny Rooney and was published on Aug. 20, 2026.

• Sam Allen is CEO of Iterable, described as a customer engagement platform focused on AI-driven personalization.
• The article is an episode of Adweek’s Marketing Vanguard series hosted by Jenny Rooney and includes a video interview.
• Sam Allen previously held prominent roles at Salesforce, where he managed a $100 million marketing-technology budget and served as COO of the global marketing organization.

Iterable CMO on AI-Powered Customer Engagement

Priya Gill, Chief Marketing Officer at Iterable, discusses how AI is shifting marketing from content creation to real-time decisioning and execution, enabling 1:1 personalization at scale. The interview covers benefits of an AI-native customer engagement strategy—faster in-workflow changes, improved decisioning, and greater customer trust—plus governance best practices (shared real-time customer view, auditable decisioning, and strategic suppression). Gill also highlights infrastructure bottlenecks that slow marketers, the need to orchestrate journeys rather than campaigns, and the value of tight test-and-learn loops supported by AI to continuously optimize engagement.

• Priya Gill is the Chief Marketing Officer at Iterable.
• Iterable is described as an AI-powered customer engagement platform that helps marketers create personalized experiences across channels and manage engagement at scale.
• The interview states brands using AI-powered decisioning have achieved higher activation rates, open rates, and click-through rates.