This document summarizes 7 technology trends that are changing marketing: 1) facial recognition, 2) customer profiles and preferences, 3) wearable technology, 4) data lakes and experimentation, 5) automation, 6) personalization, and 7) content automation. It notes that marketing departments will outspend IT on technology by 2017. It also discusses how software has become central to how marketing engages with customers and that brands will need to meet customers on their own terms across websites, apps, emails, and social media.