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Some interesting trends are colliding that will have vast implications for the way we work, live and think. A few prognostications for the coming year.

Is the social web a level playing field for small business owners? Increasingly, the answer is no. Here’s why.
Content marketing offers tremendous advantages — except if you’re the second one to market. A tale of content marketing murder.
You have to reach a little bit to get our of the social media echo chamber, or, “How Dr. Seuss can inspire great blogging!”
An article that shows the invisible factor of your brand can be much more important than your visible one.
Here are some basic ideas to consider if you are working on a social media marketing budget.
This article explores how content marketing is like a manufacturing process. You can’t have everything!
Is begging for backlinks really PR or content marketing? A different view.
In this remarkable and entertaining video, Coca-Cola reveals its strategic plans to light up the world of content marketing and storytelling to enable profitability, connection, and positive world change.
Lee Odden is a well-known thought leader and claims the SEO landscape has been obliterated by search engine changes and the rise in content marketing.
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