Eight Digital Trends to Watch in 2013
Adweek
Making predictions in digital media can be a dangerous game. Conjecture such as “2006 is going to be the year of mobile” come to mind. How many of us this time last year even knew what Pinterest was, let alone predicted its popularity explosion? With that being said, Adweek is attempting to make some educated guesses about where this industry might be headed. Here are eight trends to watch for as 2013 unfolds:
Brands as Publishers
Content marketing became all the rage this year as brands from IBM to Amazon to Unilever started thinking more like publishers. Most of the conversations centered on embedding companies within digital consumer experiences by way of visual or text-based content. Paul Polman, Unilever chief exec, planted his firm’s flag in the movement by saying it “is reallocating budgets to enable us to make content in an always-on world. Agencies need to organize themselves around the consumer, not the client.”
