30 Social Media Predictions for 2012
Posted under: Social Media Examiner gathered predictions from top social media professionals to forecast where social media is headed and how it will impact business in 2012. Here’s a quick list of the Top 30 -
- Businesses consolidate social media activities
- Photo and video social networks will blossom
- Brands embrace real time
- Strategy takes center stage for social media
- New apps help with content overload
- Businesses outsource content creation
- Advanced analytics are coming for the masses
- Regularly creating unique content becomes essential
- Businesses learn to choose the right channels
- Facebook’s growth inspires unique Facebook marketing experiences
- Competition on Google+ rises
- YouTube provides a social experience
- YouTube takes the lead
- YouTube rises to top of mind
- More social players will join in
- Marketers adopt smarter social media tools
- Businesses integrate new content consumption practices
- The “applification” of social media continues
- More branded Facebook apps are on the way
- More “do it all” services will become available
- Convergence of social and mobile (but maybe not what you’re thinking)
- Marketers embrace mobile
- Email and social call a truce
- Businesses fall in love with email marketing again
- Traditional marketing interweaves social media
- The blue-collar blogging revolution heats up
- Marketers learn to craft messages to get above the noise
- The social media gap widens
- Businesses invest in quality content
- Rise of the media specialist
What other trends do you predict? How does your business plan to adapt to social media evolution?
Read the full article here >> 30 Social Media Predictions for 2012 From the Pros.