The Consumer Electronics Show, also known as the world’s largest trade-show, is January 6-9th in Las Vegas, NV. I’ve followed CES closely for as long as I can remember but this year will be different… this year I’ll be attending. Please excuse me while I explode with excitement.

While this is my first CES, I’m no stranger to it. The products coming out of CES have influenced the way we live our lives and run our businesses for a long time. Every year I watch the coverage to see what trends appear and how the market evolves. Every year devices get smaller and more integrated within our lives. Two trends always stand out to me: media consumption and product marketing.

CES is all about media consumption. It’s been the launch pad for CDs, HDTV, Xbox, Blu-Ray, DVRs and countless mobile devices… some of the biggest media consumption devices ever have been launched there and I don’t expect that to change. As our lives get more integrated with online devices I’m looking for what forms that media consumption will take.

Product marketing goes hand in hand with media consumption. Marketing at the core is about getting people to do things. As the way we consume media changes, the way companies market to them changes as well. I’m looking for interesting ways companies are marketing their products at CES as well as how these products will affect the way we market down the line. We’re inching towards Minority Report territory and I’m looking for ways marketing gets folded into the way we live our lives, specifically in our social channels.

Without further ado, here’s the three major trends I’m looking for at CES:

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