Ten Social Media Sites That Will Be Around In the Next Decade

We have talked a lot this semester about how Social Media and the tools used change so much. Its hard to keep up with Twitter and Facebook. Have you ever heard of RenRen or Sina Weibo? While researching a topic about what to write about this week, I stumbled upon a top ten list. Ten Social Media Brands That Will Still Matter In 10 Years.

I found the list on Business Insider website,  it seems as though they have a nice tech portion on their website. How are they to know what sites will be around it ten years? They don’t. I believe the author just decided he would do some research and come up with 10 social media brands that he thinks will make it through the next decade.

Here is his list.

Facebook

LinkedIn

Twitter

Instagram

Google

Yelp

Spotify

Apple GameCenter

RenRen

Sina Weibo

I haven’t even heard of some of these, how do they think they will be around in ten years? The author explains his reasoning  why he believes each site will make it.

Facebook, Twitter, Google and I guess even LinkedIn are obvious choices what about the others? Instagram – it’s a iPhone app that allows you to share photos that you take on your iPhone and share them on other sites like Twitter and Facebook. I can see how this might make it. iPhones are the world’s number one selling cell phone and they won’t be going away anytime soon.

Yelp is a site that allows you to review just about everything in any city, at least the larger cities right now. People can log on share their reviews about a certain restaurant or hotel and others can log on and look. Seems simple enough and I think it will stick around.

Spotify, this one I have heard of and I really like the idea. Find music on their server, play it and you have instant access to millions of songs for free. You can share these songs on your other Social Media sites and recommend to your friends some good music.  I think I might sign up for this one.

Apple GameCenter. It seems as though Apple would really have to be struggling to screw something up. GameCenter is an app that can be downloaded on any mobile iProduct that Apple sells and gives you access to hundreds of games. The unique thing about this app, it allows you to play your friends anytime you want.

RenRen and Sina Weibo are both based in China. RenRen is Chna;’s version of Facebook and Sina Weibo is their version of Twitter. China has a huge population and seem like they are just as tech hungry as we are, so I can see why these two made the list.

What are your thoughts? Do you think these to 10 sites will be around in ten years? 

New Books on Social Media

Are you a business owner? Have you thought about starting your own business? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you better familiar yourself with social media. Its not going to go away anytime soon and there isn't a better way to get your name and goods out there than to utilize the tools with social media. Its free and if its used right, it can be extremely beneficial to the success of a company.

Recently I ran across an article on the New York Times website that talks about four new books about the social media tools; Facebook, Twitter, Google and LinkedIn. They are being printed and sold at Office Depots around the country for the small price of $7.95. A lucky five million people will be receiving an e-mail from Office Depot and will be getting a digital format of the magazines for free. The magazines are called: fb & business, Tweeting & Business LI & Business and The Big G & Business. They are also setting up a website called socialmediamags.com, which should be open this coming Monday.

Eric Yaverbaum, associate publisher of the magazines is not concerned with the all the information already available online. "Small-business owners and entrepreneurs are all trying to figure out social media out," Mr. Yaverbaum said. "Print magazines help make the information accessible to them. There will be great success stories and useful information."

He also noted that they are going to be printing a total of 250,000 copies of the magazine to start with.

I really like the idea of the magazines. Almost everyone uses social media, but that doesn't mean they know how to use it, and how to use it right for marketing and promotion of a business. I don't know too much about Linked, and for less than $8, it sounds like I can end up with a great magazine that will show me tips and tricks on what it all about.

Getting a business up and running is a hard enough job in itself, these magazines can be great benefit to anyone looking to jump into the digital world of social media to promote themselves or to watch their company grow.