1.0Claravinehttps://www.claravine.comrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="czvJvdo8w1"><a href="https://www.claravine.com/tracking-first-newsletter-may-17-2017/">Claravine Newsletter: May 17, 2017</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.claravine.com/tracking-first-newsletter-may-17-2017/embed/#?secret=czvJvdo8w1" width="600" height="338" title="“Claravine Newsletter: May 17, 2017” — Claravine" data-secret="czvJvdo8w1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Take a look here, to see what we’re reading and talking about. Some of the headlines:   —Marketing Technology May Never Consolidate (But That’s a Good Thing) Marketing technology has consolidated to the point where it looks like a pyramid: a few billion-dollar giants on top, dozens of $100 million firms at the next level, and thousands of companies with less revenue below that — with that number increasing steadily. By revenue distribution, the industry is consolidating. But by number of firms, it’s expanding: a common market structure in the digital age known as a “long tail.” The result could be a market that is consolidated at the platform level, with diverse specialized products available to plug into those platforms. Ad Age  (4/17/17)