January 2015

How is it even possible to have 2,000 marketing technology vendors? Surely, this space must consolidate. It’s not even conceivable that it would continue to grow, right? A bubble ready to burst? Well, maybe. Consolidation is the easy answer. And, hey, it may be the right one. Certainly there are powerful consolidation forces in this sector. But I’m hesitant to declare that outcome is imminent with the same conviction that others do. It seems more …

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UPDATE: The 2020 Marketing Technology Landscape is now available. There’s a lot of marketing technology in the world, my friend. The 2015 edition of my marketing technology landscape supergraphic has been released, now with 1,876 vendors represented across 43 categories. To actually read it, you need a hi-res version (be prepared to zoom and scroll, and then zoom and scroll some more): Marketing Technology Landscape — Hi-Res PNG (2800x2100px, 6.5MB) Marketing Technology Landscape — Hi-Res …

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