Endless Innovation Business Trends: June 2008

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Largely as an outgrowth of client work over the past quarter, I've put together a brief overview of four business trends that are worth keeping an eye on over the remainder of 2008:

(1) Social Data
(2) Micro-Payments for Online Social Experiences
(3) Content Mashups
(4) "Live" experiences (that really aren't "live")

The "social data" trend is one that I think is completely off the radar of many people, but this is a concept that continues to come up in different projects that I've worked on over the past six months - including a data visualization project for a huge financial services company and a website re-design for a multi-billion-dollar information/data provider. Of course, Google has already jumped into the "social data" game, with the acquisition of Gapminder. (Think about it -- Google could have the ability to sell ads against not only text, but also data!). Even the U.S. Census Bureau, I think, has started to "open" up its huge data collection to the online world.

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Comments

[K T Cat]

Great idea, but the colors you use on your slides makes the text hard to read.

[The Green Mop]

Thought you might find this interesting. Tony
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What I did you can do too by steering your existing or new business in a green direction.
I have seen the proof that if you do right for people, the environment, and yourself by focusing on being good stewards of the earth, the floodgates of green prosperity will open up to you.

So, lesson your foot print, enrich the lives of others, steer your business green and watch your prosperity grow.

The Green Mop, Inc
Tony Gallina, President
www.thegreenmop.com
(703) 508-8082

[Bob from Attract-a-Profitable-Home-Business.com]

Let's just hope that the "Green Trend" continues to grow. The world environment depends on it.