My Prediction for 2009
Here is my prediction for 2009: In December of 2009, there will be countless blog posts made about predictions for 2010. Technology changes so rapidly that it is very difficult to predict what will happen even within just a year. It may be possible at a very high level, but only those that are actually responsible for its evolution can predict it with any sort of precision.
New and exciting products and services will be introduced, and for me to try to provide any further level of detail would be a futile effort. The companies developing those products and services are capable of predicting the future. However, they will only share their predictions when the future becomes the present and their products come to market.
Nevertheless, it is sometimes fun and interesting to read what others are predicting will take place next year:
- Technosailor: Tech Predictions for 2009
- The Inquisitr: Blogging Predictions for 2009
- shawn farner [dot com]: 5 ballsy social media predictions for 2009
- The Altimeter by Charlene Li: Predictions for 2009
- The Marketing and Technology Blog: 2009 Prediction: Search and Mobile are the Future
- Louis Gray: 10 Predictions for 2009 In the World of Tech
- ReadWriteWeb: 2009 Web Predictions
- VentureBeat: Ten tech predictions for 2009
Happy new year!
Two Ways to Reclaim Your Feeds from FeedBurner
Do you use FeedBurner for your blog feed(s)? Are you annoyed that the article links are feeds.feedburner.com URLs rather than the URLs of the original articles? This bothered me for some time until I was finally able to figure out what was causing it and how to prevent it from happening.
Track the Mention of Your Blog or Website with Google Alerts
I have a couple of Google Alerts set up to track the mention of GeekLad and ForeverSMS on other websites. You can do the same with the names of your blogs or websites. Tracking your names and brands is particularly useful when they are mentioned on blogs. Blog articles provide you with perfect opportunities to respond by replying with comments.
The Brilliance of the Izea Kmart Campaign
Izea recently ran a promotion for Kmart that would offer influential bloggers a $500 Kmart gift card, if they blogged about their experience at the store. In addition to offering the bloggers gift cards, they also gave them an additional $500 gift card to offer as a prize to one of their readers. Whether or not you agree with the ethics of the campaign, you have to admit that it was quite brilliant.
Some other Bloggers You May Enjoy
It’s not a big secret that promoting others is a great way to make friends online, as well as promote yourself. In doing so, you site sources of great information and demonstrate to others that you can be a trusted source as well. In accordance with that thought, I’d like to introduce you to a few other blogs I really enjoy reading and that you may enjoy reading as well.
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