Top 10 Expectations Of Social Media In 2010

2009 has been an interesting year for social media industry with evolvement of social media experts, social media books, social media startups and social media companies. Having a social media strategy, became common practice for all minor and major corporations just to get hooked with social media powers. As we know that more businesses are turning their heads towards Facebook, Twitter and Web 2.0 tools to achieve the desired, it is now impossible to separate social media from the online world. And on the business side it is imperative to analyse carefully how the tools perform and change with time. While past year was all about involvement this year will be more about connecting social media to business and it is also time to measure the returns on investment done. We can expect lot of changes, improvement and innovations this year, so to compile all honeytechblog brings you Top 10 expectations of social media in 2010.

Top 10 Expectations Of Social Media In 2010

1. Social media to take major role in politics

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Politics will lead the way in new marketing techniques and the use of social media would certainly help deciding the result of political election. One cannot deny the fact that today social media is quickly becoming a necessity for political campaigns. President Barrack Obama’s campaign was a live example last year. Some of the reason why you can consider social media the best option for political campaign is because it would help to increase supporters, donations and also to build political network. And don’t forget the process of selecting a leader will be much easier than ever.

2. Make money with Social Media – A reality

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In 2009 we saw social media has changed forever the way people used the technology to interact with people, and today people are hunting for options to make money with it. Now, in 2010 there will be great rise of aggregating platforms, location-based features, more social networks, revenue sharing plans, and targeted ads that can help bring lucrative job opportunity. Users would be able to generate his or her own experience with the help tools, features, and apps that magically unite innovative companies to them.

3. Twitter to serve billions of tweets each hour

There was a recent update from Twitter co-founder Stone claiming that the site would serve billions of tweets every hour. With the growing popularity of the micro-blogging platform this update certainly looks like realty. Further Stone also says that no matter how the algorithms get, no matter how many machines we add to the network, Twitter will tend to grow and will also support billions of search queries a day. Twitter will become the mainstream in 2010 for local news and more.

4. Mobile – Chief device to access social media

According to a survey by Armano, with the banning of social media activity increasing in the workplace each day and Smartphone sales on the rise, the social networking addiction would now be carried over to mobile devices. In 2010, people would increasingly use their mobile phones on-to-go for accessing social networks, search, watch video, read content and locate location based information. With this we can not only see the rise of accessing social media via mobile but also the sale of mobile phones are expected to augment.

5. More corporate to use social media tools

We know that social media has turned the way we interact with other. For millions of people it is a passion to use every day. While some might just be addicted other would be making a living out of it. Last year many corporate have understood the power of this fact and have adopted the use quicker, for example 35+ Examples of Corporate Social Media in Action and 10 of the Smartest Big Brands in Social Media. This year we would see more corporate to use social media tools drastically. Using social media tools are not only vital to work around but also make life easier.

6. Search engine optimization to lose importance

Although you can say that SEO and social media marketing are relative term there is a huge difference in the process. Earlier there social media campaign was a part of SEO and experts did it for few extra bucks. But now social media will rule and SEO will tend lose its importance, because social media offer quick success while SEO process takes time. Another reason is that SEOs seem to be more technical, where social media buffs emphasize creativity and content. Social media is taking over very fast and SEO will soon be replaced with social media

7. Women to rule social media

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Mashable came up with an interesting data, that exposed the number of men and women using social media. The data shows that equal numbers of men and women use sites like LinkedIn, DeviantArt and YouTube. When it comes to sites like Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, MySpace and Bebo, however, women outnumber men. In fact, there’s only one major holdout for men on the social web: social news site Digg, where 64% of users are male. 2009 revealed the growing role women play online and 2010 will be ruled by women in social media. BusinessWeek also revealed in a post that “According to a Rapleaf study, while both sexes still use social networking sites in huge numbers, women are the ones holding down the fort “. Moreover more than 42 Million U.S. Women Use Social Media and you can also check the list of 50 women’s having influential social profiles and blogs.

8. Location-based network to be seen

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We recently saw Geotagging features rolled out by Twitter, but it is for limited basis as of now. And the company has seen huge subscriber for it, so the network is likely to grow. Location-based network will experience severe growth in 2010 for many purposes. These features will not only help the companies to locate right seeker, but will also help the end user in hitting the right bar. Foursquare and Gowalla will monetize their networks to a lucrative position faster if other network do not react fast in 2010.

9. Spammers’ and hackers’ to find their place

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Web is no new to spammers and hackers. There has been end-numbers of steps taken to remove spammers but far away from through success. In 2010 while social network tend to grow dramatically, we can also predict that there will be more number of spammers and hackers to find their place. So, social media gurus should come up with strong ideas to get rid of spams and to have a healthy experience for users.

10. Social Media Job roles to rise

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In 2010 another major change we will see is the role of social media jobs. The job roles will increase considerably than last year. Social Media will lead the way in redefining customer relationships with the new technology. There will be more job seekers and providers in the year 2010. Have a look over the presentation on Job Search With Social Media & Mobile

So what do you think will be the trend in social media and web as a whole for the year 2010? Will it be a boon or a bane? Come share your thoughts with us and leave a comment below!

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