The Big List of 2009 Marketing Predictions


If you’ve been thinking about what’s in store for 2009, join the crowd. The start of a new year always brings out the proverbial crystal ball, but perhaps this year more than most, online marketers are trying to figure out what’s around the corner.

To that end, here’s a big list of articles and blog posts where writers have shared their forecasts, predictions, and/or resolutions for the new year. A couple are (an attempt at being) humorous, some are completely serious. Either way, this might help you focus your own thinking on what’s in store for 2009.

Search Marketing

Online Marketing

Social Media

Local/Mobile

Small Business

Trends

Miscellaneous

Feel free to add any I missed in the comments!



Matt McGee is the Search Engine Land Assignment Editor, and offers search marketing consulting and training to businesses of all sizes. He blogs at Small Business Search Marketing and HyperlocalBlogger.com.

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2 COMMENTS ON The Big List of 2009 Marketing Predictions

ajkohn,

I’ll toss my own 2009 Internet and Technology predictions, the biggest of which turns Microsoft’s Live Search into a viable place for search marketers.

http://www.blindfiveyearold.com/2009-internet-and-technology-predictions

For those who have carpel tunnel or just want a cliff notes version.

Facebook Becomes A Portal

Identity Systems Fail

Video Advertising Succeeds

Microformats Go Mainstream

Banner CTR Becomes Obsolete

RSS Adoption Spikes

Kindle 2.0 Flops

Google Search Share Stalls

FriendFeed Surpasses Twitter

Someone ‘Dies’ (no not Steve Jobs)



nmallin,

How could you forget SearchViews? http://bit.ly/qcSK




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