Industry leaders and professionals have been buzzing about projected marketing and business trends for 2013, and the buzz is especially increasing as we near the end of 2012.

Overview of IMG’sMarketing & Business Trends for 2013; Slide 3 of Bhargava’s Slideshow

Rohit Bhargava of Influential Marketing Blog has published an intriguing and comprehensive slideshow of his predicted trend report for 2013: 15 Marketing Trends in 2013 To Change Your Business by Rohit Bhargava, Founder of Influential Marketing Group.

This is definitely worth checking out. Not only is it insightful, but its brief, focused explanations are pleasantly digestible, and it reviews some cool tidbits you might have missed throughout the year.

It’s vital to be aware of such trends and how they can (and will) affect your business. Publications like this bring the significance of marketing and public relations back to the forefronts of business professionals’ minds and priority lists for the new year (where they should remain all year long).