After 9 years, I am wrapping up this blog and this business. I’m taking the time spent on Birmingham Blogging Academy to invest in my career.

I do so with the satisfaction of having created a free resource to help bloggers of all backgrounds in their work. I’ve shared a part of my hard-won knowledge in writing, marketing, social media, public speaking and other topics in these 521 posts.

What's next for Wade ...

In my two most recent posts on the Y'all Connect blog, I shared some glimpses of the future of digital marketing.

In the first post, I summarized the exciting trends that might happen in 2018, based on predictions from the Forbes Agency Council.

In the second post, I took a huge leap to 2038 and what we might expect in the impossible-to-imagine future.

Behold how digital marketing evolves now and in 20 years.

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