I see increasing motivation to trend toward globalization of ones business appeal, and more judicious analysis and consideration by successful entrepreneurs extending over all aspects of their enterprises...this will continue throughout 2009...

For many years we promoted building international relationships and networks - Lee chief among them - and some successful forward thinkers took that advice - the rest are scrambling now to maintain revenues and properly chagrined when I approach them about their EU revenue and consequent attraction [or lack of] to EU affiliates. Fortunately, it's never too late and the EU will soon have many more individuals online than the USA...

Now is probably the time to increase marketing expenditures on proven resources and outlets, not cut back as is always the first reaction - just be more clever in the choice of vehicles, outlay, and distribution...