6 tips on staying ahead of new social media platforms in 2014 - This deck will give you six practical ideas to help you with social content, connecting with influencers, broadening your sources and getting more from your day. I also share some of my favourite sources of information in the form of vlogs, podcasts and people I follow on Vine and Twitter. Staying ahead is about being clever with your time. I would ike to know the best sources of information, whether it be a community, a podcast a blog or a person who is the best aggregator you know so if you have any suggestions please get in touch on Twitter @schtevey

1. How to…
Stay ahead of
new social
media platforms
in 2014

2. The future is…
Visual &
Social

5. Stay
well
read

6. Read daily blogs on
industry and platform
changes, read books on
wider strategic, economic
and technological areas.

7. 2014 recommended reading:
Brian Solis: WTF
Jay Baer: Youtility
Scoble / Israel: Age of Context

8. Listen

9. The podcast is not
dead! Listen to podcasts
on your commute so
you arrive to work
feeling fresh and with
ideas

10. 2014 recommended
listening:
Jay Baer: Social Media Pros
Hobson & Holtz: FIR podcast

11. Stay
Connected

12. Find aggregators and
build relationships with
them. Aggregating
takes time so box clever
and let other people do
it.

13. 2014 recommended
aggregators:
Neville Hobson
Kamal Bennani
Andrew Grill

14. Watch

15. YouTube, Vine and
Instagram are blowing
up with inspiration right
now. You need to
immerse yourself in
these platforms and
find people and content
that you like

16. 2014 recommended
YouTubers, Viners:
Daz Black (Vine)
Savvy, Sexy, Social (YouTube)

17. Use the
Platforms

18. There is no better way
of understanding how
platforms work than
actually using them
yourself. Seems obvious
doesn’t it.

19. Find
like
minded
people

20. Find communities that
share and aggregate
valuable information,
make sure they are
policed well and make
sure to contribute.

21. 2014 recommended
communities:
Social Media Professionals
(Google Plus)
Social Media Strategy
(Google Plus)

22. Steve Cole
www.stevecole.info
@schtevey
+StevenCole