Predictions

It’s December. Time for pseudo-snow to uphold the pretence of a white Christmas. Time for Christmas pop songs to replenish the coffers of faded pop idols. And, of course, time for reflections on the year. The biggest trends in marketing communications in 2007 were without a doubt the rise and rise of social networks, and the associated dominance of video content – professional and user-generated. Not a theme ignored on MarCom Professional I can see. This has been a subject close to our hearts since we ran the first blog training course for our clients in 2001 and introduced them to conversational PR not long after. That was the term we used then, but now we talk about the brand as the sum of the quality of its dialogue with its stakeholders, and our Chairman Larry Weber decided, rightly, that 2007 was the year the mass market wanted to read more about it. ...

Niels Bohr said “It is very difficult to make an accurate prediction, especially about the future.” As we ruminate on our 2007 predictions we also consider another of his insights… “Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.” Only time will tell! Every year we take stock of the trends of the past twelve months, and take time out to map ahead. We’ve distilled some of our favourites here for your consideration today and possible derision twelve months from now… ...