There is a demographic trend of which HR personnel, management, and CEOs need to be aware. According to demographic trends analyst, Cheryl Russell, by the year 2005, the most common household in the US will be single-person households. “Never before in American history has living alone been the predominant lifestyle,” says Russell, and the time is fast approaching.
Internet Trends to Watch in 2003
When I first got involved with the online world back in 1984, paying for services was what you did. You had to pay for the phone call (usually a long distance call) to dial up to a bulletin board service, and once you got there, you typically had to pay for a membership to be able to access the information on their system.
Then the World Wide Web was born and so was the era of getting almost all information for free. There were companies everywhere jumping onto the give-it-all-away-free bandwagon. Money was being generated in huge sums from advertisers looking to cash-in on the massive traffic free information generated.
Emerging Marketing Trends
Net Marketers Beware! Change is in the air. As you all know, on the net change is the golden rule. The all supreme law that spells success of all shapes and sizes. If you are able to harness it, you can ride high on the waves of change and grab your niche fortune.
Industry Trends: Plug & Play
Technological advances over the years have driven the manufacturers of information technology products and systems to add “plug & play” features into their systems as much as possible. The industry direction has been to lower the level of technical knowledge/skills required for system installations and configurations. However, the by-product of this has been to add a tremendous amount of overhead into all aspects of networking.