A Peek into the Future of Advertising
Barry Silverstein is taking that peek over on the ReveNews blog. Barry says, “if you believe television is on the decline because of digital media, think again.” The future of advertising is always on marketers’ minds.

Introducing ProfitSwami.com…My New VIDEO Blog!
Amit is posting on his Super Affiliate Mindset blog about his new video blog. It’s called the Profit Swami The blog will consist almost entirely of video. Amit plans to “cover strategies and tactics beyond just PPC.”

FTC Going After Bloggers = Epic Fail
There’s a post on the 5 Star Affiliate Blog about the FTC’s plan to go after bloggers who “make fake endorsements or get paid in products for coverage without disclosing it.”

A Matter of Image Building in the Mind of Customer
Ben Johnson, posting on the Cash Tactics blog as a guest…

, “n this day and age, one of the most crucial tasks for any business is to stand-out among the immense market competition. Therefore, businesses have to make extra efforts in order to create a unique brand image in the mind of prospective customer.”

The Future of Online Retail Doesn’t Look…Too Bad
The best way to describe the post on the eMarketer website is “cautious optimism.” eMarketer predictions say, “US retail e-commerce sales (excluding travel) will total nearly $132 billion in 2009, down 0.4% from 2008.” It could be worse…much worse!