Branding Trends Watchlist

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Nick Wreden has posted his branding trends predictions for this year, they include:

• Performance-based compensation - a la P&G in 2000
• Enhanced customer connectivity
• Social Branding
• Universe is the brand - like product placement
• Blogs, wikis and RSS

Good reading on each point on Nick's post linked above...
Anyone care to make bold and or wild predictions for the future?