Various industries will continue to be disrupted by insurgents with completely new business models (remember Skype and the telco industry?). At the same time large established companies will use the crisis to make tough decisions and prepare the field for new business models. It’s always easier to implement new ideas during a crisis because less questions are asked and there is less resistance because people don’t want to keep their jobs.

Initially there will be little risk-taking though, because it’s difficult to foresee how the global economic crisis will evolve…

Thanks for the comment. I hope 2009 is a year that people take their future into their own hands…even more so based on the turmoil we’ve seen when you rely on others - just look at the many retirement accounts that have been turned upside down.

I remember, my sister said these words to me years ago. I thought she was weird.

Great post.

Good one, video is already taking on a bigger and bigger role. Now with increased bandwidth availability the throughput isn’t such a big deal.

2009 will definitely be the year twitter takes off. Looking forward to your upcoming twitter showcase.

Not much else to add…

Keep providing clear direction like this and you will probably be nominated best blogger of 2009!

Anthony Whyms

Moving4ward Marketing
http://Moving4ward4Profit.4t.com/blog

Consider it (loosely) like having insurance on your automobile!

A “just in case” precaution!

Mike J
TheBusyBrain

Very good point. I clicked the link and verified that it did end up going to the actual client’s site and then 404′d on the client’s server.

Now, the banner ad company could have redirected to the wrong url, the client could have put in the wrong url, etc.
In either case, the link did end up going to the client’s site - so the 404 fix would have helped them.

But you are absolutely correct, if the Ad link wasn’t served correctly, then there’s not much you can do about that - except find a new Ad provider

Thanks Brian, good insight.