[2012 online trends] The year of exciting consolidation
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I have been swamped by the amount of articles and blogs being produced in the first week of 2012 with regards to what the ‘State of The Nation’ will be with regards to Online Marketing and in particular Social Media. I was particularly interested in this recent post on BizCommunity written by Chris Moerdyk which sums up what my general thought have been as to answering the ‘where to now’ question….. By: Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk 9 Jan 2012 16:02 It wo
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