Stay ahead of new social media platforms in 2014

How to…

Visual &Social

The future is…

Staywell read

Read daily blogs on industry and platform changes, read books on wider strategic, economic and technological areas.

2014 recommended reading:

Brian Solis: WTFJay Baer: YoutilityScoble / Israel: Age of Context

Listen

The podcast is not dead! Listen to podcasts on your commute so you arrive to work feeling fresh and with ideas

2014 recommended listening:

Jay Baer: Social Media ProsHobson & Holtz: FIR podcast

StayConnected

Find aggregators and build relationships with them. Aggregating takes time so box clever and let other people do it.

2014 recommended aggregators:

Neville HobsonKamal BennaniAndrew Grill

Watch

YouTube, Vine and Instagram are blowing up with inspiration right now. You need to immerse yourself in these platforms and find people and content that you like

2014 recommended YouTubers, Viners:

Daz Black (Vine)Savvy, Sexy, Social (YouTube)

Use the Platforms

There is no better way of understanding how platforms work than actually using them yourself. Seems obvious doesn’t it.

Find like minded people

Find communities that share and aggregate valuable information, make sure they are policed well and make sure to contribute.

2014 recommended communities:

Social Media Professionals (Google Plus)Social Media Strategy (Google Plus)

Steve Cole

www.stevecole.info@schtevey+StevenCole