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Whenever I disclaim that my gigantor marketing technology landscape graphic is only a “representative sample” — that there are actually many more martech companies out there than I’ve been able to discover and include — I get the sense that most people consider it simply fine print. “Sure, Scott, you’re disclaiming that so as to not offend a handful of a companies that you might have inadvertently left out,” I imagine them thinking. “But you’ve …

Think my marketing tech landscape is too big? It’s missing 1,900 firms Continue Reading »

I know I’ve sworn off of making predictions in the dynamic marketing technology space, but I’m going to make a big one today: the marketing technology landscape supergraphic for 2045 will contain only a single logo. I know, I’m not the first armchair analyst to suggest that there will be massive consolidation in the marketing technology landscape — despite the empirical evidence to the contrary that has consistently foiled that claim for the past 5 …

Marketing tech landscape in 2045 will consolidate to one logo Continue Reading »

UPDATE: The 2020 Marketing Technology Landscape is now available. I’m posting this from the 2016 MarTech USA conference in San Francisco — a fitting venue to release the 2016 marketing technology landscape supergraphic. (Finally!) You can click on the image above for a larger version — which you’ll obviously need in order to be able to see anything more than a colorful blur. But if you really want to zoom in and explore the landscape, …

Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic (2016) Continue Reading »

A number of people have been asking me when the 2016 version of my marketing technology landscape will be released. The short answer is “soon.” But I’ll share some more color if you’re interested… For the past two years, I’ve gotten in the habit of working on that landscape over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Things quiet down for those couple of weeks, and I sit out on the deck of my brother-in-law’s house, …

Where in the world is the 2016 marketing tech landscape? Continue Reading »

My friends, the above is an infographic of 547 human resource (HR) software products across 17 categories. It was created by the smart folks at Capterra, and you can click here to view a larger version on their site. So why am I posting it here? Two reasons. First, the overlap between marketing and HR is more important than ever — marketing, like software development, is a profession of acquiring, empowering, and inspiring talent. So …

Marketing isn’t alone — HR software landscape with 547 products Continue Reading »

One of the most common questions I get asked about my marketing technology landscape graphic — other than the rhetorical exclamation, “Are you kidding me?” — is: Do you have an Excel spreadsheet of all these companies that you can share with me? My answers have been, no, I’m not kidding. And no, sorry, I don’t have a version in Excel. Well, Matt Heinz, Brian Hansford, Robert Pease, and the rest of the good team …

The Marketing Technology Landscape (2015) now in Excel Continue Reading »

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 …

Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic (2015) Continue Reading »

It’s the closing of the year. A time for gathering together with family and friends. A time for consuming far too much food and drink. A time for celebration and reflection. And for me, it’s the time when I lounge by a fire pit and lay out the next edition of the marketing technology landscape. A logo wonderland… And in case you’re looking for some sitting-around-the-fire conversation topics — surely everyone in your family is …

Marketing automation as a bellwether of overall martech landscape Continue Reading »

UPDATE: The 2020 Marketing Technology Landscape is now available. The short version: the above graphic is the latest incarnation of my marketing technology landscape supergraphic (click for a high-resolution 2600×1950 version, 4.7MB). It represents a whopping 947 different companies that provide software for marketers, organized into 43 categories across 6 major classes. A high-resolution PDF version is also available (14.3MB). Please feel free to copy, repost, distribute, and use this graphic “as is” in any …

Marketing Technology Landscape Supergraphic (2014) Continue Reading »