The big factor is business in the past year was the US Presidential election. With November as a memory we can predict that 2013 will be a year of stabilization and small growth for everyone in the country. Contractors and small business owners who were waiting on the election will now deal with the results by getting back on track and back to work.
Money ?Honey
Trends in the economy overall will have the biggest effect on your small business but overall things are looking up.? Stock prices have been stabilizing and next year looks good. Interest rates will stay low. We?ll see better prices and lower unemployment rates.? Real Estate prices are back on the rise and that means your home or office condo will be worth more. If trends continue then we will see oil prices falling. Although we probably won?t see any big gains in alternative energy sources, technology is bringing in a new wave of domestic oil production. Our dependency on foreign oil and the prices will all go down. This will bring better gasoline, shipping and trucking prices and help the small business who is seeking? options for online or out of state distribution channels.
Take It or Take it
It?s all about mobile. We are a country and people on the move. We won?t sit still and wait for 2013 to come to us, we will meet it anywhere. Mobile will continue to be the? trend for all businesses and the small business that wants to compete will have to jump into the mobile arena. Even if your store or office doesn?t have a geo-locating sales or feedback app it still will be looking into mobile to push marketing offers to close by customers or incorporating sales tools to be able to serve customers wherever you are or where they are. Mobile applications options for phones and tablets will continue to grow throughout the new year. ?How will your business be able to meet and capitalize on mobile mania?
Life in the Cloud
This year we saw an increase in big business getting into data storage and small business and individuals using cloud technologies to store massive amounts of information. Bigger and better programs will appear in 2013. Options for storing all your data will cost little. In the future there will be no limits to the storage and transference of data. ??So Trendy:? There is so much data out there we predict there will be a big market for apps and businesses that will help us gain back some anonymity. Vending machines of every type and variety are on the rise, apps that hide your location will be popular and programs that delete or mask your ?digital? map or footprint will be more in demand in 2013 and beyond.
Health is Wealth
In social trends health continues to be a major concern for those waiting to see what will become of the healthcare laws and their effect on small business. It is also a focus of an aging population and an older workforce.? Technology will see mobile playing a bigger part in monitoring health, too.? The healthcare field will continue to boom and provide unique opportunities for business management and creation.
Quality VS Quantity
Over all whether it is health, time management or apps for everything the trend in 2013 will be to help people improve the quality of their lives.? Perhaps it was the economic collapse a few years ago that taught people they could live with less, the disengagement of a perceived need for massive amounts of cheap goods or just a reboot in our values, 2013 will continue to be a time where we explore what is really important. What is meaningful for our business, our customers and ourselves.
Happy New Year!
Source: http://blog.wepay.com/2012/12/31/trending-in-2013-what-small-business-will-be-doing-in-the-new-year/
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