Predictions in Social Media for 2009

• Dec 31st, 2008
• Posted by jhagy
• Posted in Social Media, Spring Creek Group

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As the economy continues to frantically zig and zag, LinkedIn usage will accelerate.

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Twitter will be forced to monetize or it will be eaten and digested by the Fail Whale.

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More and more businesses will realize that social media is an effective way to retain customers.

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Sites that use black-hat SEO will start to look extremely dated as people catch on to more effective ways to get their content indexed by the search engines.

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Newspapers will embrace blogs more fully. This arranged marriage of old and new media will creative dozens of Gawker-like networks slanted toward local content.

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iPhone App Designer will be the next hot job title.

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Effective market research will mean more lurking online and less lurking behind two-way mirrors.

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Successful Mom & Pop shops will tend to be international, online businesses more than local, brick and mortar businesses.

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YouTube comments will continue to make us doubt our faith in humanity.

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It will be a very interesting year.