Quicksprout 2015 SEO Preductions

Decent article that includes Search Engine Optimization considerations:

http://www.quicksprout.com/2015/01/05/10-marketing-predictions-you-should-prepare-for-in-2015/

They tend to get SEO very wrong on Quicksprout.  This one wasn’t too bad.

Here are my notes:

1. “Guest Post Links won’t be as effective”
   1. so old school already
2. “SEO will become harder”
   1. Yes, for low adaptability
   2. Easier, for high adaptability
3. “Old School link building will be more popular than ever”
   1. Maybe true
   2. Not true for ME.  I’m getting better at SEO every year, every month, every day.
4. “Social Media Will Become the Cornerstone of Blogging”
   1. **Shrug** May or may not be true.  I don’t really care.
   2. Social Media is a big part of the plan, but not for the reasons most people think…
5. “Marketing Budgets Will Shift More Creative”
   1. This has always been and always will be true
6. “Newspapers will be leveraged more”
   1. Don’t know and don’t care
7. “Companies will create software to generate demand”
   1. Software is awesome for so many reasons!
8. “We’ll see a demand in conversion optimization”
   1. There’s been a demand for a long time.  This is sales.
9. “Marketing tools will become free”
   1. I like Free
10. “People will start building their personal brands”
    1. Makes Sense