We read a lot of trends articles at Smallbizlabs. I found two articles covering online marketing trends for 2011 to be quite interesting:
1. Entrepreneur's 10 Trends for Online Marketers in 2011 not only covers trends, but provides advice on whether or not small businesses should be invest early in these trends or wait until they more mature.
The trends they think small businesses should move on are: location-based marketing, instant search, social media marketing, email marketing and online advertising.
They suggest you wait a while on: social media monitoring, mobile marketing, social shopping instant messaging and online TV.
2. Adweek's 2011: A Pivotal Year for Marketing discusses how "the mass acculturation of digital technology has fundamentally changed our way of life" and is leading to changes in marketing.
The author singles out social media, advanced analytics and mobile technologies as having the biggest impacts.
Both articles highlight the clear shift to digital marketing.
Online marketing is the best method in 2012.
Posted by: jakarta hotel | March 06, 2012 at 12:39 AM
Online marketing is best for us because it is convenient way of marketing our products. It is broad way and affordable for every business owner so this is most prefearble way for it.
Posted by: education marketing | October 14, 2011 at 04:09 AM
The things that I see in this article is that it focuses on SME for their marketing needs. It's better to gain good reputation on social media because it can give you a big boost of success in your business.
Posted by: ecommerce hosting | October 13, 2011 at 10:43 PM
Those are pretty good articles. I learned new things about it. The points they've said were good and I agree with them too.
Posted by: Ecommerce | August 08, 2011 at 05:21 AM
There is no doubt about how social media & smart phones are the new found treasures in the upcoming years or at least the next few years.
Posted by: Calgary Web Design | July 18, 2011 at 11:53 PM
Thanks for such an informative article. Great insights.
Posted by: Nick @ Business Consulting Services Australia | July 18, 2011 at 06:12 PM
Note that SEO is at the heart of both articles. Truly, SEO is the present AND the future.
Posted by: White Label SEO | July 06, 2011 at 11:26 PM
I took a look at both of these articles and found it very intersting. I agree that marketing tools must be used and the best way to do so is to pick ones that best fit your need and use them to the best of there ability.Seo in my opinion is a great way of getting your companies website to consumers as effectivly as possible.
Posted by: Seo companies | February 16, 2011 at 09:12 AM
Great post! A website for your business is essential to increase your profits by generating new business and also keeping your existing customers up-to-date with any changes or product ranges. So,look for a web design company that provides not just web development but also SEO services.
Posted by: Lianne | January 27, 2011 at 03:57 PM
While I completely agree with the points in both articles, I think they miss the trees for the forest. They're so focused on providing high-level analysis (kind of what "trends" are) that they forget that entrepreneurs and business owners are reading this and scratching their heads, thinking "how can I do all of this?" The fact is, online marketing is just a set of tools, and rather than making sure you use all your tools, you should be focused on choosing the correct tool for a given task. I would advise taking a step back, thinking about what goals you want to meet, and then figuring out which digital marketing tool is best.
Posted by: Online Marketing | January 24, 2011 at 03:23 PM