Also from TopRank:

http://www.toprankblog.com/2012/05/online-marketing-news-may252012/

This is a great lil infographic that shows the many opportunities even at the local market level of Internet sales.

Implementing an Idea or Concept
Something good to take a look at is why implement an idea is the hardest part of the puzzle, much more difficult than just coming up with an idea.

Take a look at this post over at toprankblog:

http://www.toprankblog.com/2012/05/marketing-failure-to-implement/

Something to take a look at regarding the current trend of higher education. How would you market a small school's (MSU) courses against say Yale or Harvard's?    

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/opinion/brooks-the-campus-tsunami.html?_r=1