This document provides an overview of social media trends in 2014, highlighting several strategies that were popular at the time. It discusses the rise of in-house social media activation, brand reporters, exclusive access campaigns, real-time marketing, newsjacking, high impact images, offline events tied to social media, paying with social, Twitter campaigns, responsive advertising, Instagram and Vine video content, selfie campaigns, native advertising, and placebo effect advertising. The document serves as a guide to the types of social media strategies that were common and effective for brands in 2014.