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Do John Naisbitt’s Megatrend predictions still hold true for 2018?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Google John Naisbitt and you’ll find more than 1,300 web pages, most of the referencing his 1982 seminal work Megatrends. In 2006 a time when social media was just starting to take off, I wrote a summary list of his predictions, (and provided my feedback on each point). Megatrends in today’s world. It still is!).

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

LinkedIn “in the Black” (2006) In sharp contrast to other networks, LinkedIn was the first to offer users paid premium packages. Ahead of its acquisition by Google in the fall of 2006, the site grew to 100 million videos watched by 20 million dedicated users. and really set the tone for future tweets.

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Nine Social Media Marketing Stats You Can Use

Webbiquity SMM

According to Google Trends, social media marketing as a topic if search interest recently turned nine years old (or is about to turn 11 years old, depending on when you place its origin). Facebook was opened up to the public in 2006. Buyers appreciate business social media use. across all major social networks.

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How to Promote Your YouTube Channel: 30 Tactics That Work

Hootsuite

Choose Google-friendly keywords. People don’t just look for videos on YouTube; they use Google too. And Google now prioritizes video over other content for many searches. Here’s how to find a Google-friendly keyword for any video: Identify possible keywords with a tool like the Google Ads Keyword Planner.

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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity SMM

This question is particularly compelling today as we see Facebook set new records in terms of users, market valuation and revenue growth and wait with anticipation to see if Myspace can reinvent itself after conceding its market leadership position in social networking back in 2008. Background on the two social media sites.

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Bloggers Flash Back to 2006 and Flash Forward to 2009

Diva Marketing Blog

Several 2006 wishes came true. Turning to thoughts for 2009 a few people felt that the blogs/social media has lost its focus of customer first content t o becoming ego vehicles while others are looking for advances in technology. I hope you enjoy the 2006 - 2009 comparisons. Tim Jackson , MASIGuy 2006 More people blogging.

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What’s the Best Social Media Monitoring Tool? It Depends

Webbiquity SMM

A simple tool like Google Alerts would pick up most stray citations. The explosion of social media has led to a corresponding need for more sophisticated monitoring tools that can crawl the hundreds of social networking and bookmarking sites and millions of blogs across the globe. Social Mention.

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