In episode #946, we count down 7 social media predictions for 2019. Tune in to hear what changes will come in the ensuing year.

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• [00:27] Today’s Topic: 7 Social Media Predictions That'll Come True in 2019
• [00:35] 1: Live is going to get bigger this year.
• [00:58] 2: We’re going to see social networks pushing for more video content.
• [01:22] 3: Monetization is going to get better.
• [01:38] 4: The podcast market is going to get much bigger.
• [01:50] China’s podcast marketing is making millions of dollars.
• [02:18] 5: Comments are going to increase the virality of posts.
• [02:35] Social networks are going to rank things by the number of comments a given post has received.
• [03:40] Neil considers podcasts to be “social”.
• [04:03] 6: All social algorithms will start to behave the same way.
• [04:25] 7: A lot more people are going to go to YouTube to market.
• [04:46] That’s it for today!
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