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7 Tips for Staying on Top of the Social Wave

Direct Marketing Observations

Think of Wal Mart or Astroturfing. 2) There will be a continued increase in the value of communities but you will also see more splintering of those communities into niches. 2) There will be a continued increase in the value of communities but you will also see more splintering of those communities into niches.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

Location-Based Applications Will Dissolve Into General Social Networks. Location-based applications like Foursquare and Brightkite will not be the darlings of social media as some predict, but will instead turn into features and dissolve into general social networks like Facebook and Twitter.