Make your martech investment pay.

Win more customers.

Keep them
longer.

Grow revenue
more efficiently.

Growth Lab helps you get more from your marketing technology, customer data and AI. We find what needs to change, put the improvements in place and keep improving the results.

  • Sanlam
  • KFC
  • Santam
  • Momentum
  • Budget Insurance
  • First for Women
  1. Diagnose

    Find the waste. Find the opportunity.

    Where are customers dropping off? Which platforms are underused? What is stopping your teams from delivering? We examine your martech, data and customer journeys to find the answers.

  2. Prioritise

    Put your money where it makes a difference.

    We weigh the commercial opportunity against the cost and effort, so you know what to improve, what to invest in and what to leave alone.

  3. Unlock

    Turn potential into performance.

    We make the changes happen, from getting existing platforms working properly to connecting customer data, improving journeys and introducing useful AI and automation.

  4. Optimise

    Prove the value. Build on the gains.

    We measure what changes in revenue, retention and efficiency. Then we refine the approach, expand what works and stop what doesn’t.

Your next move shouldn’t take months. Or millions.

Considering Deloitte or Accenture?

Move faster and smarter through leading independent global martech research, applied to your business.

We combine that research with proven patterns, practical know-how and your own data to:

  • Identify where your business can improve.
  • Prioritise the changes that matter.
  • Help you put them into practice.
MartechMap 2026, the marketing technology landscape by chiefmartec and MartechTribe: thousands of product logos grouped by category.

Through MartechTribe, Growth Lab draws on 1,634 benchmarked martech stacks and research across industries since 2017.

Research: MartechTribe. MartechMap © chiefmartec and MartechTribe.

See the opportunity. Know where to act.

Use cross-industry research and your own data to identify opportunities, prioritise investment and plan the next steps.

Value Engineering Workshop

Identify the initiatives with the strongest potential return and focus your investment where it matters.

The value you get

  • The value at stake, quantified
  • Investment priorities, ranked by potential return
  • A clear case for where to invest
  • A framework your team can reuse

Three mornings or one full day.

Technology Strategy Workshop

See how your stack compares with peers, identify the gaps and set a clear investment roadmap.

The value you get

  • A benchmark against high performing peers
  • Prioritised technology investments
  • A clear investment roadmap
  • Recommendations your executives can act on

Three mornings or one full day.

Experience that moves you forward.

Neil and Frans combine customer experience strategy, martech research and hands-on implementation to help you turn insights into results.

  • Neil Botha

    Founder and Strategy Director, Growth Lab

    More than 20 years turning customer experience strategy, data and martech into measurable growth for South African organisations.

  • Frans Riemersma

    Founder, MartechTribe

    One of the leading international thinkers in martech. Produces the MartechMap and co-authors the annual State of Martech report with Scott Brinker, drawing on more than 30 years of consulting experience.