At Social Media Marketing 2010, taking place in London this Thurs (17th June), we’ll be having a discussion on the Future of Social Media Marketing. Our expert Panel, consisting of Tom Nixon (NixonMcInness), Neville Hobson (WCG), Murray Newlands (Influence People) and Richard Sedley (cScape), will be offering their predictions for the coming 12-18 months and I have to say I’m intrigued as to what they’ll highlight. Here are some suggestions.
Lutz Finger and his team from Fisheye Analytics have just published an interesting social media monitoring report on the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. They looked at the coverage each athlete received in online news and social media combined, then calculated a “marketing value” for each one. For example, Lindsey Vonn of the US is the most valuable brand online, generating nearly $65 million of online coverage during Vancouver 2010.