A peak at what’s to come in 2010 from Harvard Business Publishing Forum. No doubt, the past few years have been the discovery phase as businesses gear up to launch more substantial campaigns to leverage social media in years to come.
In 2009 we saw exponential growth of social media. According to Nielsen Online, Twitter alone grew 1,382% year-over-year in February, registering a total of just more than 7 million unique visitors in the US for the month. Meanwhile, Facebook continued to outpace MySpace. So what could social media look like in 2010? In 2010, social media will get even more popular, more mobile, and more exclusive — at least, that’s my guess. What are the near-term trends we could see as soon as next year? In no particular order:
via Six Social Media Trends for 2010 – Conversation Starter – HarvardBusiness.org.
