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Top 10 trends for 2013 - Part Two

Last month I covered five market trends that I view as important for this year, and no doubt for years to come.  I have five more here that I see as part of the rather remarkable transition that this industry has sustained over the years.  The ten trends are not ranked in importance.  It will be different for each of us. 6.  Social media.   The power of social media, in its now countless manifestations, cannot be underrated.  We are awed by its power in spawning the Arab Spring, raising money in response to disasters, or electing a president.  No doubt it has hit a nerve - 500 million users of Facebook is not an accident.  There are definite efficiencies in communication, presuming one wants to send brief notes to dozens or hundreds of people at the same time.  I, for one, use Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to tell people that I have written a blog.  That notice is better transmitted that way than by e-mail, say. Nevertheless, I must say that I am a terrible user of social media,