When marketing savant Perry predicts, I take notice!
He recently blogged his 10 Predictions for 2010-2019.
His prediction about the future of website development was of particular interest. To quote:
The traditional HTML website site hand-crafted by an HTML editor and uploaded via FTP is fast becoming a relic, replaced by Content Management Systems and platforms like WordPress and Joomla.
I think he’s spot on with this one. I’ve been using WordPress as a content management system (CMS) for years and am very happy with its performance and price (free!). It’s only a matter of time before the word gets around.
So where does this leave website designers/developers? I believe there will still be plenty of work designing the look and feel of sites and implementing the CMS’s. There’s a huge opportunity for more savvy firms to move into tweaking websites to improve their marketing results.
Perry’s other prophecies include:
- Massive consolidation of newspapers with most local rags disappearing. Authoritative bloggers take up the slack.
- Twitter regrets rejecting Facebook’s $500 million buy out offer in 2009.
- Bands will sell their music directly to fans using social media and direct marketing. Big labels will wither and die.
Check out all of guru Perry’s predictions
Charles Cuninghame – Website Copywriter
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