ClickPredictions: Engage Better on Social Media

Posted by Ambal Balakrishnan February 5th 10

We asked Michael Stelzner "What are key marketing trends and predictions for 2010? What actions should marketers take in 2010?"
Michael Stelzner is author of the book Writing White Papers, founder of SocialMediaExaminer.com and an organizer of summits such as Social Media Success Summit and Copywriting Success Summit.

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"Social media strategies will be as commonplace as using a fax machine—every business will need to be in the game."

Michael Stelzner's Marketing Prediction for 2010
Social media marketing will become a mainstream method for businesses to connect directly with customers and prospects. Leveraging social media marketing strategies will be as commonplace as using a fax machine-every business will need to be in the game. Facebook users will top 450 million.

Sites like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook will announce strategic partnerships with search engines that will bring real-time social media actives to the masses. Services will emerge that greatly simplify the management and monitoring of global social media activities.

We will move from a discussion of "Which tools should I use" to a discussion of "How can I better engage with my customers, wherever they are."

Talking about mobile consumers will become an oxymoron as all consumers will have mobile access to data, opening up the social media marketing floodgates.

Google will announce a series of new services that will give Facebook a run for its money. Early movers are sure to become unstoppable forces. Hold on to your hat, it's gonna be a wild ride!

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