If you want to stay away from the cutting edge of Internet marketing, read the newspapers and go to classes at universities. They do not have a clue, and are so far behind the real world that it is not funny. A great example is a piece in the NYT last week claiming that we are entering the "Dot Calm" era. Here is my rebuttal.
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/06/combatting-chicken-little-is-the-e-tailing-sky-falling.html