The Top Most Mentioned Small Business Predictions and Trends for 2013
2013 will be an important turning point for many small businesses as they step onto the bandwagon and begin to follow the latest trends. Most of the predictions and trends for this year involve how companies will interact with the internet and their website visitors. Here are lists of topics that were mentioned the most in 70 business forecasts posts for 2013:
Top 5 Topics Mentioned
Mobile - 83
Advertising and Marketing - 53
Social Media and More - 25
Business Intelligence - 25
Customer Power – 20
Subcategories
Mobile
General - 25
SoLoMo (Social, Local, Mobile) - 22
- Context Marketing - 11
- Local Marketing - 4
- Location Marketing - 4
- Mobile Social Media - 2
- General - 1
Mobile Wallet - 10
Mobile Apps - 8
Mobile Website - 8
Growth in Tablet Use - 6
Mobile Marketing – 3
Advertising and Marketing
Video/Visual Content - 17
Content Marketing - 15
SEO - 11
Content Filtering/Curation/Aggregation - 6
Advertising - 4
Social Media and More
Social Media - 13
Social Influencers - 4
Social TV - 3
Social News - 2
Adaptation by Larger Businesses - 2
Social Media Advertising - 1
Business Intelligence
Big Data – 10
Website/Social Media Metrics and Analysis – 9
ROI Measurement - 6
Customer Power
Relationships Over Numbers – 15
Online Reviews and Reputation Management - 5
All the Rest
Cloud and SAAS - 13
E-Commerce - 11
Power of Crowds - 9
- Crowdfunding - 5
- Crowdsourcing - 3
- Crowdsolving - 1
Remote Workforce - 6
Visual Simplicity/Ease-of-Use (Websites and Apps) - 5
E-Mail Marketing - 4
Micro Startups (Solopreneurs, Niche Businesses) - 3
Expanding Global Opportunity (Markets and Outsourcing) - 3
Gamification - 3
Security (Both Online and Mobile) - 2
Integrated Solutions - 2
Shift Back Towards Paid Content – 2
After reading through these lists of the topics most mentioned in business forecast posts for 2013, you should be more aware of the new ideas and trends that are being utilized and implemented at the moment. Having more knowledge of the latest developments and jargon will not only help you become more conscious of your surroundings but will grant you the opportunities to get ahead of your competition.
