Creating a 
Marketing 
Technology 
Strategy 
Scott Brinker 
@chiefmartec
Rapidly You 
changing 
technology 
Things you 
want to avoid 
My goal
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
Co-founder & CTO 
Software and services 
for marketing apps. 
Author & Editor 
Blog on the entwining of 
marketing & technology.
The Most Interesting 
Intersection in the World 
Technology 
Marketing 
Strategy
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
Strategy Technology 
Linear, strategy first
Strategy Technology 
Linear, strategy first 
Linear, technology first
Strategy Technology 
Linear, strategy first 
Linear, technology first 
Circular, both intertwined
Everything digital is 
controlled by software.
Software is 
marketing’s 
interface to 
reality.
Analytics/attribution software 
affects our perceptions. 
Marketing automation software 
affects our processes. 
Social media listening software 
affects our engagement. 
Customer experience software 
affects our touchpoints. 
CRM software, by definition, 
affects our relationships.
Marketer 
Marketing 
Software 
Web 
Services 
Client 
Software 
Customer 
Software is the middleman 
in digital marketing.
~100 companies
~350 companies
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
~950 companies
Marketing Experiences 
Marketing 
Operations 
Marketing Middleware 
Marketing Backbone Platforms 
Infrastructure Internet
Internet
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Marketing Backbone Platforms
Marketing Backbone Platforms
Marketing Backbone Platforms
Marketing Backbone Platforms
Marketing Middleware
Marketing Middleware
Marketing Middleware
Marketing 
Operations
Marketing 
Operations
Marketing 
Operations
Marketing 
Operations
Marketing 
Operations
Marketing 
Operations
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences
Marketing Experiences 
Marketing 
Operations 
Marketing Middleware 
Marketing Backbone Platforms 
Infrastructure Internet
Aug 2011 Sep 2012 Jan 2014
Marketing has more software available 
to it today than any other business 
function in the history of computing.
Adoibacle.com 
one suite to rule them all!
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
Cheap 
IaaS & PaaS 
Scalability 
SaaS 
Business 
Models 
Open 
Source & 
APIs 
Global 
Talent & 
Knowledge 
Inbound 
Marketing 
The 
Perfect 
Storm
Cheap 
IaaS & PaaS 
Scalability 
SaaS 
Business 
Models 
Open 
Source & 
APIs 
Global 
Talent & 
Knowledge 
Inbound 
Marketing 
Digital 
marketing is 
the first 
major 
business 
market 
born in the 
era of the 
cloud.
Innovation Consolidation 
Inflow >= Outflow
$11.8 billion $5.8 billion 
$1.5 billion 
$2.6 billion
There will be consolidation, but it 
probably won’t be evenly distributed.
Marketing Experiences 
Marketing 
Operations 
Marketing Middleware 
Marketing Backbone Platforms 
Infrastructure Internet
BACKBONE 
PLATFORMS 
MIDDLE-WARE 
Core customer data offers the 
greatest incentives & practicality 
for consolidation. 
(Process, insights, and experiences, less so.) 
Data Management Platforms/Customer Data Platforms Tag Management User Mgmt Cloud 
APIs 
Connectors 
Correlation Data 
Core Customer Data 
CRM Marketing Automation / Integrated Marketing Web Site / WCM / WEM E-commerce 
Customer Data Campaign Data Content Data Catalog Data
Ironically, this kind of 
platform consolidation can 
accelerate innovation at the 
next layer up.
More 
Customers 
More 
Developers 
More 
Capabilities
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
A Judo move on 
the challenge of 
accelerating 
change.
One Suite Platform to Rule Them All?
2,160 apps
29,871 Plugins
Choice is a 
good thing. 
Competition 
drives prices 
down, drives 
innovation 
up. 
Choice gives 
you ways to 
differentiate.
• Integration risk 
• Vendor risk 
• Management risk 
Platforms will 
help mitigate 
these.
Damn it, Jim — 
I’m a marketer, 
not a systems 
administrator!
Damn it, Jim — 
I’m a marketer, 
not a systems 
administrator!
Aspirations vs. Capabilities
Capabilities 
Marketing 
Technology 
Strategy & 
Management
CMO: 
I’m ready to 
take over our 
IT spend! 
CIO: 
Why me? 
By 2017 the CMO 
will spend more on 
IT than the CIO. 
– Gartner
Cowboy 
Laggard Prisoner 
Technology Expertise 
Technology Authority
IT Marketing 
A fascinating 
intersection of 
“hybrid” talent.
Marketing Expertise 
Technology Expertise 
Old School 
Marketers 
Old School 
IT & Engineers
New School: 
Marketing Technologists 
Creative Technologists 
Growth Hackers 
Chief Digital Officers 
Data Scientists 
Marketing Expertise 
Technology Expertise 
Old School 
Marketers 
Old School 
IT & Engineers
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
CIO CMO 
Chief 
Marketing 
Technologist 
Mktg 
Mktg 
Mktg 
Marketing Technology 
Staff & Vendors
81% of large organizations now have the 
equivalent of a chief marketing technologist role.
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
MTech14: Creating A Marketing Technology Strategy - Scott Brinker
FRONT-OFFICE 
BACK-OFFICE 
OPTIMIZATION 
INNOVATION
FRONT-OFFICE 
Customer 
Experience 
BACK-OFFICE 
OPTIMIZATION 
INNOVATION 
Marketing 
Innovation 
Marketing 
Operations 
Data 
Science
time 
# of software programs 
used by marketers 
Ambient 
Software
technology changes 
exponentially 
technology 
management is 
deciding which 
changes are 
adopted 
? 
organizations change 
logarithmically 
? 
Time 
Change
How did we do?
Download a free copy at chiefmartec.com 
“Scott Brinker helps the 
reader to understand how 
technology can be used for 
both successful marketing 
strategy and execution.” 
– Jonathan Becher, CMO 
SAP 
“…the key meta-trends 
that will define how all 
marketing is done in a world 
of technology enablement...” 
– Terence Kawaja, CEO 
LUMA Partners
Thank you! Please 
feel free to reach 
out to me if I can 
help in any way. 
sbrinker@ioninteractive.com 
Twitter: @chiefmartec 
Co-founder & CTO 
ion interactive, inc. 
http://ioninteractive.com 
Author & Editor 
Chief Marketing Technologist 
http://chiefmartec.com

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