The Future of Social Networks as Interpreted by 21 Social Media Practitioners | Ignite Social Media

The Future of Social Networks as Interpreted by 21 Social Media Practitioners | Ignite Social Media: "Why mobile? Mobile phones are outselling laptops and more and more people are using their mobile devices for everything. Everything. Pinterest is awesome, but they haven't figured out how to make that mobile crossover. Google+ is a great mobile-based social networking site that businesses should shift over to – tons of room for visual communication there as well."

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Leaders and trend-setters all agree on one thing | Code.org

Leaders and trend-setters all agree on one thing | Code.org: "
Dr. Alan Goodwin
Principal, Walt Whitman High School
“In the 21st century, learning to program computers is one of the most valuable skills we can teach our young children, no matter what career they choose."

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The Future of Social Networks as Interpreted by 21 Social Media Practitioners | Ignite Social Media

The Future of Social Networks as Interpreted by 21 Social Media Practitioners | Ignite Social Media: ". I believe Facebook has peaked and is on a slow, painful decent. They have abused people's trust too often and have also not been able to keep up with the way the Internet and the user experience is evolving. My prediction is that 5 years from now, Facebook will be a ghost of its current self."

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The Future of Social Networks as Interpreted by 21 Social Media Practitioners | Ignite Social Media

The Future of Social Networks as Interpreted by 21 Social Media Practitioners | Ignite Social Media: "The problem is that many businesses are missing the whole "social" aspect with social networking and are using social networking sites in a way that's not congruent with how their audience (a.k.a. people) is using this medium."

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The Future of Social Networks as Interpreted by 21 Social Media Practitioners | Ignite Social Media

The Future of Social Networks as Interpreted by 21 Social Media Practitioners | Ignite Social Media: "Clearly the photography revolution has taken hold, and brands absolutely have to respond by building or curating visual assets for almost every story they offer. The other big trend that's happened is the mobile revolution, and frankly, businesses have missed this boat, too. There's no excuse for a web site that doesn't offer mobile functionality"

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Facebook Punishes Brand Pages, Instagram Goes Direct, G+ Goes Wild | Social You Should Know | Ignite Social Media

Facebook Punishes Brand Pages, Instagram Goes Direct, G+ Goes Wild | Social You Should Know | Ignite Social Media: "oogle+ Gets into Sponsored Posts In A Clever Way
Unlike Instagram or Facebook, you can’t currently pay to have your content promoted in the stream on Google+. But Google came up with a clever way to promote G+ content anywhere on the web. Called “+Post Ads,” your G+ posts can now run on the Google Display Network of 2 million sites. Brands will only pay when someone hovers over the ad unit to activate it. Google claims that ads gets 50% higher “expansion rates” because of their social annotations. Very clever."

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Leaders and trend-setters all agree on one thing | Code.org

Leaders and trend-setters all agree on one thing | Code.org: "
Mark Surman
Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation
“Code has become the 4th literacy. Everyone needs to know how our digital world works, not just engineers.“"

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