2019 is a fantastic year for social media. So many trends that came up and are still making news until today that will surely continue in the next year.

What are those?

Influencer marketing

Influencer marketing has helped so many SMBs, startups and big brands thrive this year and so next year.

In fact, research shows that most marketing plans for the year 2020 include increasing their influencer marketing budget.

Micro-influencers are also in the lookout to boom next year as many SMBs and startups have no budget to go for named influencers.

Social media shopping

Social media has just evolved to become a marketplace and will continue to grow in the coming years.

Users love to connect to brands, SMBs, and startups in social media where they wouldn’t need to exit the platform to make a purchase.

Surely, there will be growing numbers of brands, SMBs, and startups going in this direction next year.

Marketing in stories

Stories became a darling when they came out first from Snapchat and now to Facebook, Instagram and even YouTube.

Stories are also a great venue to share insights and promote marketing which makes it a surefire hit next year.

Booming AR (Augmented Reality)

AR technology is evolving with increased applications from eCommerce, product discovery, shopping, social media, special offer and many more.

There are no limits to where AR technology can go and so is a positive success for the coming years and beyond.

Chatbots

Chatbots are a great help for businesses as they don’t need to copy-paste their pre-written answers to customers anymore.

Chatbot technology will only grow and evolve in the coming years and more which more and more businesses will follow the trend.

Although it is hard to predict the future and there’s just too much to expect, here the few trends we predict to carry out the next year 2020.

Do you have anything to add to our list? Let us know in the comments below!