1. New Technologies:
Where is the Web Headed
and How to Keep Up
Presented by
Virtual Options Coaching & Training

2. Housekeeping
* Expectations
* Introductions
* Immersion
* Agenda
* Digital Handouts
* Favorite Useful Sites
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4. Trends & Technology

5. Trend #1
Social Media becomes
an integral part of
customer service
• 51% of respondents used
social media to
communicate with
businesses
• 78% expected this form of
communication to
become dominant

6. Trend #2
Mobile software is booming
• 43% of US mobile phone
owners had a smartphone
as of October 2011
• Consumers are beginning
to demand applications
that give them the same
functionality that they
expect on their home
computers
• Smartphone applications
first, the desktop programs
follow

7. Trend #3
Increased use of social
check-in platforms and
GPS
• FourSquare
• Gowalla
• Yelp
• Google Latitude
• Facebook Places
• Geocaching
http://www.geocaching.com/

8. Trend #4
Business to business
conversations become
more personal
• Businesses are talking to
each other through their
established social media
outlets

9. Trend #5
Viral content adopted
and encouraged by
corporations

10. Social Media Sites

11. Instagram
* Instagram is a photo-sharing app that makes it
easy for anyone with an iPhone to snap a
photo, apply a filter and share it with friends on
Instagram and other networks, including
Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Tumblr. The filters
offer an added sense of creativity and “color
correction” — perfect for amateur
photographers.
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12. Pinterest
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13. * Save web articles as PDF for reading later.
* Joliprint is a web and mobile app that
saves web pages as PDF for reading later.
Turn full pages into clean PDF with one
click, including title, text, images, author,
category, no ads, no navigation menu.
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14. Tout.com
• 15-second video status updates
• 1 Click to record with Smartphone
• 1 Click to instantly push to friends (SMS),
family, Twitter or Facebook
• Find and follow friends - and watch their
Touts as they happen
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15. Knowem.com

16. Curate.us
* Create visually compelling clips and quotes of
web content that are easily embedded in
blog posts, email, forums, and websites. It
allows anyone to come up with cool clips and
format quotes that can be embedded on your
blog or website.
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17. Wanderfly.com
* Create visually compelling clips and quotes of
web content that are easily embedded in
blog posts, email, forums, and websites.
* Discover new experiences based on your
interests and budget.
* Ideal for your desktop or Travel Blog.
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18. Hyperalerts.com
• Email reports of posts
and comments on a
Facebook Page.
• Have as many
subscriptions as you
want.
• Get alerts within
minutes, or a digest
every hour, day, week
or month.
• The alert goes directly
to your email address.
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19. Online - Handout

20. What is Next?
How to Move
Forward from
here..
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21. Questions??