Here are three business predictions that I’ve been thinking about ever since I read them. I think they are quite prescient and worth your consideration. Perhaps they’ll hit you the same way they hit me. Made-Me-Think Prediction #1: Search moves to apps by John Jantsch of DuctTapeMarketing.com John writes on his blog: “My use of […]
Continue readingGoogle is making a significant change to its core search engine today. This change will result in your Google search results being more customized than they’ve ever been before. The basis for the change is Google+. Google now plans to serve up results based on your connections: stories your friends have recommended, pages you’ve written, […]
Continue readingSo 2012 has arrived, and with it thousands of business predictions for the new year. One blog post in particular links out to 300+ Internet marketing predictions for the new year (!!). My track record, while not perfect, has been fairly accurate. And so, once again, I’ll venture a few modest business predictions for the […]
Continue readingAs I gear up to publish my 2012 business predictions, I thought I’d do a quick look-back on my 2011 predictions. How accurate were they anyway? Here’s what I predicted for the year 2011: Cloud Computing Goes Mainstream Optimizing for Social Media (Rather than Search Engines) Increased Focus on Reputation Management More Video, More Mobile […]
Continue readingAs I was reading A People’s History of the United States of America this morning, I came across this interesting quote: Times were hard in 1676. “There was genuine distress, genuine poverty…. All contemporary sources speak of the great mass of people as living in severe economic straits,” writes Wilcomb Washburn, who, using British colonial […]
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