| In business, we always talk about the future. | | | | Second, I feel virtual-reality will become a greater |
| What lies in store for the future of business? | | | | part of social networking, as services such as, |
| Where should invest in marketing today to be | | | | OoVoo and Skype become more popular. More |
| prepared for future trends? How should we adapt | | | | people are utilizing the relatively inexpensive video |
| our business to deal with future economic | | | | conferencing tools out there to connect with their |
| conditions? What parts of online business will | | | | friends, family, and associates. Video conferencing |
| change how we interact? Today I want to | | | | will lead us using social networking on a |
| address as best as I can with the future of social | | | | three-dimensional level. Site such as Second Life |
| networking will look like. | | | | are only the beginning towards our adaptation to |
| While it is impossible to exactly tell what the | | | | virtual-reality social networking or as I like to call it |
| future will look like we can make an educated | | | | virtual networking. |
| guess of what networking sites will look like five | | | | This type of virtual networking will allow us to not |
| years from now. | | | | only connect through video, voice, and chat, but |
| First, the trend towards mobile will continue with | | | | add another dimension in our communications with |
| near certainty, since the number of cell phones | | | | people across the globe. Imagine calling someone |
| out there is gigantic. The Internet will not be | | | | from New York and talking to a friend in Tokyo |
| perceived in 5 years from now as something you | | | | as if they were standing right next to you on |
| get on your computer, instead it will be a | | | | Facebook as you browse through your profile and |
| Blackberry, iPhone or other smartphone. As a | | | | look at your wall. |
| Blackberry user for the past two years, and as a | | | | What will the world of 2015 look like in terms of |
| person who has a wife, who is an iPhone fanatic I | | | | social networking? It is too early to tell, but based |
| have seen how many amazing things you can do | | | | on the trends expect to see more mobile |
| while away from home. Searching online and | | | | applications and virtual networking a stronger part |
| finding information that you need is at the touch | | | | of our everyday social networking experience. |
| of your fingers. | | | | |