Late last year, the folks at Forbes did a great job compiling a thought-provoking list of digital trends and predictions from marketing thought leaders. For the benefit of marketers out there who are too busy to read through the whole list, we've put together a summarized infographic version for easy-scanning. Enjoy!
1. More mobile than ever
More location-based marketing
Wearable technology will be ubiquitous
Appls will be increasingly smart, context-aware and location sensitive
More anticipatory computing
Smartphones & tablets will be the center of consumers' lives
Be more aware of private content sharing and disappearing social media
Emergence of life-centric technologies as people "return to real life"
Hoaxes will make the digital world more distrustful than ever
6. The computerized future is now
Cognitive computing as the next big trend
The rise of more intelligent social listening solutions
Brands and products will find you instead of vice versa
Pay attention to bitcoin and virtual currency
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