2009 was the year in which Marketing Automation really took off. In this post I want to focus on the trends in Marketing Automation for 2010. In 2010 you’ll start to hear about marketing methods. At Marketbright, we believe Agile Marketing will emerge as a popular methodology so marketing professionals can adapt and survive in 2010. Social Media Marketing FAIL: In 2010, we’ll see a lot of companies spend a lot of money trying to make a big splash into social networks and many will crash and burn. Manticore Technology wishes you a full-funnel in 2010. MORE >>

Americans spent nearly a quarter of their time online on social networking sites and blogs in 2010, up from 15.8 At its current rate, Twitter will process almost 10 billion tweets in 2010. Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn continued to add users in the second half of 2010, albeit at a slower pace than in previous quarters. The State of the Blogosphere 2010 by Brian Solis. Year in Numbers: Top 10 Marketing Charts and Research Articles of 2010 by MarketingProfs. in the latter half of 2010. last year (2009). search volume rose 16% from 2009 to 2010. MORE >>

With 2009 quickly coming to a close, it’s a perfect time for marketing professionals to evaluate this past year and see where they can best focus their efforts in 2010. I came across an interesting post from ReadWriteWeb that predicts how social media will continue to evolve in 2010. Luckily 2010 is a fresh start for many marketing plans and budgets. If we’re only as strong as our weakest link, shouldn’t we find that faulty link fast and bring it up to par? What was a weak link in your marketing program? MORE >>

If you weren’t aware, Canada (Vancouver specifically) will be hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics. Sometimes it’s What’s Missing That Counts I was reading MarketingSherpa’s 2009 Email Marketing Benchmarking Guide looking for useful metrics and tips. common theme in 2009 is that marketers need to prove the value of their marketing spend in even greater detail. was inspired to write this post by a group of brave Canadian ski jumpers that are have been denied permission to compete in the upcoming games. We’ll come back to this story – let’s focus back on email marketing. MORE >>

Searchers Using Longer Queries in 2009 by Small Business Search Marketing. in 2009, while 4-word searches increased from 13.3% For companies, email newsletters still rate as the tactic offering the highest tangible improvement (67%) but a whopping 44% – almost double the percentage from 2009 – have discovered that social networks helped increase their online customer engagement. in 2009 to 11.3% What are the latest trends in search? Which industry segments are most actively discussed in social media? Who’s really using which social media networks? Matt McGee. MORE >>