With all of the predictions about social networking for the coming year, I thought it would be better to look at the end game. How will social networking look like in 2013. This slide goes along with a blog post found at: http://andynathan.net

1. What The World Shall Look
Like 375 Days From Now!
AndyNathan.net

2.  This is the one time of the year you can say
anything, and no one can dispute the facts
against you. Because the facts are in the future.
 Which leads me to my idea that predictions
should go beyond 2012.
 Instead, picture what social networking will
look like on January 1st, 2013. What will the
world look like roughly 375 days from now.

3.  On January 1st, 2013 I predict that 2/3 of all
social networking users in the US will access
their mobile devices as to check in on social
networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter,
and LinkedIn.
 However, since this is such as huge trend right
now I also want to add that 25% of those
mobile users will be engaging in some form of
Augmented Reality.

4.  Google Plus will have 250 million users. Where did I
come up with this line of thinking! Right now they are
around 50 million. It is not inconceivable for them to
grow at a pace of over 50 million a quarter for the next
year.
 Remember Google+ has the largest online backing in
the world with Google search, Gmail, and Youtube
among others.
 Now an even bigger question! Why is this important?
To that we go to the bat mobile! Or my third social
networking prediction 2013.

5. Third, Social networking will transform into
social search. This will be largely in part to
Google, but also because of the fact that every
major social media entity has enhanced their
search features. The social search line is gone, so
backlinking alone is not enough for search traffic.
Instead, you will need 1,000 backlinks and 100
likes, pluses, tweets, etc to look viable.

6.  This will diminish the power of relationship
building, but it will also provide a venue for small
businesses to compete more competitively with
larger ones. A merging a social and search means
that content marketing will be even more
important.
 While large companies have the capacity to create
volumes of content, most of them generally do not
know what to say. Small businesses have the
ability to relate to their readers, subscribers, fans,
and followers a lot more effectively.

7.  To gain additional insights into social
networking go to:
AndyNathan.net
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