When it comes to social media, predicting the future is next to impossible, especially with new social media sites’ popping up every year, however, Knoxweb explains that there are some clues as to what’s next in Social Media.

Since its inception, dozens of Social Media networks have come and gone with early sites, such as MySpace and Friendster transitioning to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.

Tweeting used to be all the rage, but according to recent statistics, Twitters figures dropped to an all time low in 2015 with Facebook shares hitting never before seen highs. With that being said, Facebook is gearing up to share its messaging map across the board with users eventually being able to book flights, make dinner reservations and much more.

With Facebook planning to integrate Uber into the messenger app, Knoxweb expects all messaging apps to do a lot more than text and voice. Facebook plans to make its messenger tool more useful for the 800 million-plus user base to take care of all types of business. Facebook will most likely test its personal assistant app looking for ways that users can track interactions with all kinds of companies located within the messenger app.

In other Social Media news, Snapchat will go public with the private company valued at $16 billion. This year, analysts believe that the company will double its revenue from the, “Live,” and, “Discover,” stories. Snapchat also offers geofilters and custom lenses that enable users to communicate across the entire Snapchat app.

If you follow the Knoxweb blog, you will know that content has always taken center stage and will continue to do so in the remainder of 2016. Snapchat and Facebook are working with publishers and content creators to bring timely articles to users with Instant Articles. This trend will most likely continue with other Social Media networks jumping on the bandwagon. This year Facebook is continuing to work with brands, content companies and content creators to come up with custom-branded content for the Facebook news feed. This is part of a much larger push that will enable consumers to read and watch within the app without having to leave Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.

Over the past year, Social Media platforms have begun to experiment with, “Buy,” buttons. Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook all have the buy buttons, which according to some, could be the next big thing as consumers get more comfortable putting their credit card and personal information into the Social Media apps.

According to Knoxweb, the biggest potential boost for Facebook will be ramping up its e-commerce services for small businesses making Facebook e-commerce services a one-stop shop. From customer service to messenger, Facebook wants to eventually make the Social Media site an alternative to mobile websites so that users, and potential customers will never have a reason to leave Facebook.

So what’s the bottom line? Social Media isn’t going anywhere, and unless you have the time to commit to Social Media, you and your business could very well miss the boat. Make sure that doesn’t happen to you and schedule a no obligation consultation with the Social Media guru’s from Knoxweb.

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