Six social media trends for 2010

November 03, 2009 | Internet Marketing

In 2010, social media will get even more popular, more mobile, and more exclusive, according to this Harvard Business Publishing article, which lists a few of the emerging trends in social media.

In 2009 we saw exponential growth of social media. According to Nielson 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?

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