Sarah Rotman Epps

Senior Analyst serving Marketing Leadership PROFESSIONALS

Sarah Rotman Epps is a Senior Analyst serving marketing leadership professionals, based in San Francisco. She studies the evolution of personal computing: how devices are changing, the new consumer behaviors they produce, and the industries they disrupt. She advises marketing and strategy leaders on how to capitalize on these trends through Forrester’s syndicated research, consulting, public speaking, and blogging.

Sarah's research is quoted frequently in The New York TimesThe Wall Street Journal, the Financial TimesBusinessWeekThe Economist, and other leading publications. She has appeared as an expert on CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, and NPR. She is a guest blogger on Forbes.com, ReadWrite.com, Ars Technica, PaidContent.org, AdAge, and All Things D. Sarah is a sought-after speaker at industry events.

Previous Work Experience

Sarah joined Forrester in 2004. Prior to her current role, Sarah was an analyst covering media and content, helping publishers optimize their digital content and monetization strategies. Before joining Forrester, Sarah was the publishing director at Let's Go Publications, where she oversaw the publication of the annually updated series of 40 travel guides.


Education

Sarah graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in visual and environmental studies. She cross-registered at MIT and wrote her thesis on tangible interfaces and alternatives to keyboard and mouse computing.

Sarah Rotman Epps's Research

  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report: "Smart Body, Smart World" For Marketers

    Your customers are becoming even more connected. Sensor-laden devices on our bodies, in our homes, in our cars, and virtually everywhere else are creating new opportunities and demands for marke...

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    Report: Fitness Wearables — Many Products, Few Customers

    Wearable devices are part of the next wave of growth and innovation in personal computing, a phenomenon we call "smart body, smart world." Wearables could target any use case, from gaming to pro...

    • Downloads: 270
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  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report: Smart Body, Smart World

    Sensor-laden devices (SLDs) such as wearables and embedded devices — sometimes called "the Internet of Things" — will drive the next phase of growth in personal computing and have th...

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  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report: The Rise Of Post-PC Productivity

    Post-PC devices such as smartphones and tablets inspire new productivity scenarios, and their app stores introduce new ways to distribute and monetize software. Billions of dollars are at stake:...

    • Downloads: 404
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report: Wearable Computing

    Consumers are adopting technology faster than ever: Witness the rapid mainstreaming of devices such as the Apple iPad and Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360. Wearable devices will be next, but right ...

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  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report: How To Leverage Social Media For Audience And Revenue Growth

    The groundswell of consumers using social technologies poses both a threat and an opportunity for media companies. The threat has often been more visible than the opportunity: User-generated con...

    • Downloads: 2064
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report: How Big Is The eReader Opportunity?

    The eReader market is hot: Barely a day goes by without an announcement of a new device release or acquisition. Amazon.com, leveraging its position as a dominant book retailer, has catalyzed the...

    • Downloads: 2035
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report: Tablets Will Grow As Fast As MP3 Players

    Product strategists are struggling to make sense of the tablet opportunity: Will there be a market for tablets beyond Apple's iPad, and if so, how big will it be? In this report, we present data...

    • Downloads: 1776
  • For Marketing Leadership Professionals

    Report: Eight Models For Monetizing Digital Content

    History repeats itself: As they have in other economic downturns, publishers are considering offering paid content products as a way to wean themselves off the shrinking teat of advertising. In ...

    • Downloads: 1932
  • For eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals

    Report: Why Tablet Commerce May Soon Trump Mobile Commerce

    Ownership of tablet devices is poised for rapid growth with tablet users in the US estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 51% from 2010 to 2015. Already a significant perce...

    • Downloads: 1795
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Sarah Rotman Epps's Planned Reports

Jun 2013

Report: Google Glass For Marketers

This report describes the importance of Google Glass for marketers.

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