| Shouldn't we all be flying around in spaceships by | | | | using mobile/cell phone to access vending machines.) |
| now? I don't know about you, but I was a massive | | | | Radio wave products (ie. There is a new technology |
| Star Wars fan and Trekkie. I loved the technology, | | | | called RFID (radio frequency identification. Currently |
| that's why I got into computers in the first place. So | | | | RFIDa) used to track products from production to sale. |
| why hasn't technology taken over the world? Where | | | | This technology may have other applications.) |
| is my lightsaber, speeder bike and portable comms | | | | Education based products and services (ie. Online |
| unit? Look around you my friends, the future IS | | | | learning, access to electronic documents for study |
| here!Do you own a mobile phone? A laptop? PDA? | | | | purposes.) |
| Do you have a broadband connection? Does your car | | | | Video over net. |
| have fuel injection? Traction control? Satellite | | | | Internet based Telephony products and services. |
| navigation? Do you pay your bills online? Do you have | | | | (Skype) |
| an email account you use for business or to keep in | | | | Telecommuting products and services. |
| touch with loved ones?History and future generations | | | | Integration based products and services (ie. Getting all |
| will look back on TODAY as a golden age. A time of | | | | your products and services through one supplier. Eg. |
| great opportunity when fortunes were made and lost, | | | | Landline phone, mobile/cell (including sms and wap), |
| and new social practices implemented. You often hear | | | | gaming, movies on demand, internet, digital tv, cable tv. |
| the term information age used to describe the current | | | | OR a bank account with credit card, house loan, |
| time in which we live. But it is only growing, and | | | | personal loan, share investment portfolio, insurance) |
| opportunity abounds for the entrepreneurial person | | | | All in one devices ( ie. a cell/mobile phone with a |
| who reaches out and grasps the website marketing | | | | colour camera, gaming device, pda, mp3 player, radio, |
| opportunities before them.Do you have a product or | | | | and ticketing device. OR TV, video on demand, |
| service which you sell offline? Could this product or | | | | internet, music system.) |
| service be marketed and sold online, thus expanding | | | | Internet enabled housing (ie. switching lights and |
| your potential customer-base exponentially? | | | | appliances on remotely, monitoring security over the |
| Do you have an idea, special skill, story idea or song | | | | internet via alarms and video. Fridges ordering milk and |
| which you could make into an electronic document and | | | | butter. Automatic vacuum systems able to be |
| market on the internet? The market and opportunities | | | | activated remotely.) |
| for people with creative ideas is so large these days, | | | | Products and services marketed towards China, India |
| that the rules that once bound such pursuits have | | | | and Indonesia. |
| changed forever.Here is my list of what I believe to be | | | | Products and services provided from China, India and |
| the big markets in the coming 10 years:Information | | | | Indonesia to the rest of the world. |
| Technology Security based products and services | | | | Services that can provide integration between the |
| Energy saving products and services. | | | | developing, fledgling superpowers of the East and the |
| Environmentally friendly based products and services. | | | | West. |
| Entertainment based products. | | | | Miniaturised mass storage devices and backup |
| Health and fitness based products and services. | | | | solutions. |
| Beauty based products and services. | | | | Cheap, lightweight portable computing devices. |
| Life coaching based products and services. | | | | Mass storage MP3 players. (iPod)So there we have it. |
| Investment based products and services. | | | | My list of what I predict to be the big ticket item |
| Holiday/vacation/Travel based products and services. | | | | product and services you can market on your website |
| (airfares, accommodation) | | | | in the coming years. If you have any further ideas or |
| Convenience based products and services (ie. Online | | | | thoughts for what you think the future holds, email |
| grocery shopping, online ticket purchases, online bill | | | | them to me, I'd be very interested to hear your |
| payment, online vouchers.) | | | | predictions and thoughts! The above is all subjective of |
| Community based products and services (ie. | | | | course, but if you pay close attention, you can figure |
| Chatrooms, forums, email groups, all of these both | | | | out where the trends are heading and take advantage |
| wireless and online) | | | | of the opportunities new technologies present, and the |
| Wireless products and services (ie. SMS, WAP, | | | | new markets that they open up. The keen eyed |
| mobile ringtones, picture messaging, mobile chat, | | | | Guerilla Website Marketer will be on the lookout for |
| wireless gaming., wireless ticketing, wireless fee-based | | | | these opportunities, and seize them when they arise. |
| services like paying parking fees with mobile/cell phone, | | | | So keep your eyes peeled, and ear to the ground. |
| using mobile or cell phone to pay bus and train tickets, | | | | |