2009 – Year Of Systems, iPhone Apps, WordPress, Start-Ups, Twitter, FaceBook, ShortURLs And Clouds
Happy 2010 To One And All!
Have you made your resolutions as how to make this year even better than 2009? If you have, that’s good, and do remember to take action and make it happen. If you have not, it’s still not too late – just remember to write it down somewhere visible (don’t just think through) and get things done!
A Look Back To 2009
Back at the start of last year, I made a blog post on what I have viewed 2009 and guess most of what I have predicted came true! I made a prediction that most marketing guides will still be for newbies (I am right on that), and that there will be lots of hu-has on the mobile industry (iphone has lots of application) and that social media has taken to new heights!
So let’s look into depth on, what I have listed on my blog title, that have made up 2009!
Marketing With Systems
2009 is the year where most online marketers introduced their “self-made” system, e.g. a step-by-step system that a certain marketer has developed from scratch to finding a niche (weight-loss, dog training, golf swings), create or promote an affiliate product around it and made a lot of money around it! You can do it too when you have the similar systems.
My personal feel for this in year 2010
More of such will still be in the market. Do these systems really work? Yes they do! But the fact that more will still be released because of the fact that many beginners lack the discipline to going through the systems and create their own. So I believe 2010 may be the year may most marketers may create “ready-made” systems whereby most will just need to load, modify and they are ready to go.
iPhone/SmartPhone Applications – The Year For Developers And The $0.99 Price Tag
2009 is a crazy year for iphone. Many people insist on having it. There are elders (in Singapore) who know nuts of using an iphone but insist of having one. It’s that crazy. So why is it the year for iphone – it’s the simplicity of using it. You want more out of iphone - just go to itunes and add applications from it.
That’s why this is the year for developers and also the popularity of the $0.99 price tag for most applications.
For 2010. I believe there will be a major price hike. Most people have an iphone and live by applications. And some of these people evolve their life around applications. So this could be the good time where most developers will create sophisticated applications and attach a bigger price tag. You want it – you pay for it!
And for most marketers out there who want to make money out of this niche – get your hands dirty with a bit of programming knowledge or develop an idea and outsource it!
WordPress – Official Blogging Platform For Many
In 2008 and 2009, many people have choices to choose between blogging platforms, e.g. typepad and wordpress. And seems like WordPress has taken the lead and became the top choice for most bloggers.
Reasons mainly because of the widgets, plugins and also Premium WordPress Themes.
And in 2010. More Premium WordPress Themes will be developed, e.g. seeing better/alternative to Thesis, Headway, WooThemes and such. More sophisticated plugins will be created as well – the only mixed feeling for 2010 will be whether a price tag will be attached to these plugins as most have been gotten for free and the only way to support these developers are means of donation.
Internet Start-Ups
2009 is also the year whereby many online entrepreneurs set up their company and begin offering their online services. The Internet is buzzing with activities now and the world needs the next big company similar to Google to take us to greater heights in 2010!
Twitter and Facebook – Everybody Is In And Want Them – Real-Time Updates
Just when you think Twitter may just disappear (since till date, most of us do not the source of their fundings), it’s been confirmed that Twitter will form part of our daily online activities. Facebook is one of them as well. Mainly because of Real-Time Updates.
There’s also lots of application or services created along for the use of Twitter like Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, Tweetadder.
In 2010, we will see lots of real-time updates and no longer just from Twitter and Facebook. Major search engines will be giving us that. You will never know how advance this can become! Let’s await for this!
ShortURLs
This is a craze in 2009. As mentioned above, some internet start-ups consist of these short urls services – some did not survive while some (e.g. bit.ly) are getting popular over time and many other interactive services like analytics come along with it.
As Domain Names are getting longer and taking lots of web spaces, shorturls will help to free up most of this spaces in 2010. Small is the new big!
Cloud Services
Though I do not know much about this. The thing about Cloud Services have been widely-talked about. I believe most online services will depend on this.
Phew. Thinking through all this have been exhausting! 365 days, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day and many online activities are going on. Better and Better!
2009 has been exciting for online marketers like me. And I am indeed looking forward to 2010.
So how has 2009 been for you and what do you look forward to in 2010 as an online marketer or online entrepreneur?
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2 Comments
Dexter Damien Chan on January 26th, 2010
Hey Aaron! Thanks for visiting and reading my blog! Happy 2010 to you as well! May you make lots of money online!
Aaron on January 7th, 2010
HAPPY 2010! Awesome blog, man. I’ll be coming back.
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