You've no doubt caught up on many posts on trends, including one of the best by my friend Axel Schultze of the Social Media Academy.
Here are a few more, with short annotations:
- From the Social Media Club, on social media education and the option of open coursework;
- Sports and Social Media Predictions in 2010, an eBook, with 16 contributors, on Scribd - "email will decline as a primary means of communicating with fans";
- 25 Reasons Your Social Graph Will Matter [more in 2010], "78% of consumers trust peer recommendations – only 14% trust advertisements";
- 10 Ways Social Media will Change in 2010, via Don Peppers - "women will rule Social Media";
- Five Social Media Predictions for 2010 from Socialized - "Microsoft's Bing was the surprise hit of 2009, and has started to erode Google's share of search. Bing has some social features, but expect some big news in social search in 2010... Search won't be a separate function. Instead of going to a site like google.com or bing.com, users will receive meaningful, personally relevant search results within the context of whatever they are currently doing."
- Social Media Strategy: 6 Areas of Focus for 2010 from Sales Blogcast - this is actually the owner reporting his own plan for social media in 2010 and asking his readers for help - not sure I agree with all of his goals but his method is great!;
- What will Community Managers be doing in 2010: Community Management predictions, from FreshNetworks - "the community management processes will need to involve more people in the company than just the community manager";
and finally - Challenges Coming for Independent Restaurants in 2010, just for change of topic! - You must become mentally in tune with your guests. Who are they? Where are they? What do they want? How have they changed? What drives them to your door or your competitor’s door? Will they increase their restaurant visits if you …..? You finish the line!
