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According to a new survey put out by Merchant Circle , 70% of all small businesses now market themselves on Facebook. This seems like a no-brainer

Job hunting can be a bit easier when someone else is helping out. Temp agencies and staffing services have shown an 18 percent year-over-year growth rate, according to AnythingResearch.com.

Getting fresh has never seemed more appealing. Organic foods—particularly in the niches of producing snacks and the specialty food stores that sell them—are showing great promise over the next few years. Organic snack foods accounted for 5 percent of the country's total organic food sales in 2009, according to the Organic Trade Association.

For six decades, the Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair, the world's largest trade fair for toys and games, has demonstrated the innovation and imagination behind childhood fun. Its 62nd show, held in February 2011, showcased the newest, burgeoning sub-sector of the toy industry: sustainability.

When the housing bubble burst and the recession hit, real estate became an industry to exit, and exit quickly. Home values may not have fully recovered, but those assigning those values are making a comeback. The real estate appraisal industry grew a modest 1.6 percent since 2008, but IBISWorld expects a 5.2 percent growth in industry revenue for each of the next five years

"Overall, we've learned that our nation's population has become more racially and ethnically diverse over the past 10 years," Nicholas A. Jones, chief of the U.S. Census Bureau's racial statistics branch, told interviewers when analyzing the new Census numbers

At South by Southwes t Interactive this year, one couldn't walk 10 feet without hearing about a new app that connected you to people, places, or deals near your present location. Many, like the location-aware app game Dokobots, use Foursquare as a template. Others, such as Yobongo or Meet Gatsby, match users up with people nearby to chat with, ask advice from, or meet

Once considered a trend , environmentalism has established itself as permanent and profitable. "Environmental consulting is a mature business now," says Brad Mauer, business development manager for Sovereign Consulting Inc., an environmental consulting firm based in Robbinsville, New Jersey

Job hunting can be so much easier when someone else is doing it for you.

Adding some flair to the economy, clothing accessories stores are showing a pattern of growth. As signs of an economic recovery continue to develop, consumers are spending again on small luxury items

Sounds like cupid is doing quite bit better than OK.

It's hard to keep a good time down: Recreational goods rentals, which includes everything from camping and ski equipment to sailboats, is predicted to break the $1 billion mark by 2013, according to data from AnythingResearch.com. The industry is the seventh fastest growing in 2011: it grew 10 percent over 2010, with an average company size of $447,982

Keeping history alive is seeing a resurgence. The preservation of landmarks, archeological sites, historical battlefields, and the like, has seen a year-over-year growth rate of 16 percent, according to AnythingResearch.com.

Big players like Bank of America and Wells Fargo may rule the financial world, but there is still some room for the little guy to make a buck. Bolstered by an improved economy, the financial planning, advice, and investment industry saw an 11 percent increase in sales in 2010, according Sageworks. And as more Americans pull out of the recession, demand for professional financial advice is poised to increase.

Looking at the numbers, one might be discouraged. IBISWorld's predictions show the physical therapy industry might barely grow through the rest of 2011