Here’s a small collection of blog posts that may help you in planning where to spend your online marketing efforts in the coming year.

All indications are that the social media space may quickly become very crowded as companies look for ways to stretch their marketing and advertising budgets. Being engaged with your clients and prospects online has never been more important. Social media will transform the way that companies interact with their customers. You need to be there. Your competition probably already is.

• Being Peter Kim: Social Media Predictions 2009
• eMarketer’s Predictions for 2009
• More media blogger predictions for 2009
• 42+ Social Media and Content Marketing Predictions for 2009
• Social Media Wins In Marketers Plans for 2009
• Search Trends To Watch In 2009

Have any predictions of your own?