Social Media Trends Watch 2016 [Infographic]

Can you believe we’re already in the second week of February? We just took down the Christmas decorations! Now seems like as good a time as any to think about the year ahead, including the anticipated social media trends.

According to CJG Digital Marketing, these are the trends to take advantage of for the rest of this year (we included a link to an outside post where you can learn more about each topic).

• E-commerce and buy buttons

• New publishing options, like Facebook’s Instant Articles

• Real-time and virtual reality

• Search features on social media

• Organic visibility

• In-app functionality

• Increase concern for security

Will anything on this list make you change the way you’re doing business? Let us know @Shortstacklab

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