Most Popular Future Buzz Posts In 2011

2011 has been another thriving year for the marketing industry. As I’ve said at conferences, to clients and to industry friends: for those who are creative and motivated to learn, it has never been a better time to be a communications professional.
It’s also been a great year for our community: we’ve continued to grow and currently have more than 25,000 subscribers across email, RSS, Google+, Facebook and Twitter. Your sharing of content has helped attract more than 700,000 visitors here. We’ve also had guest contributors from a variety of brands and launched a fresh design.
But what did you, the readers, find most interesting? Following is a list of the most read posts published in 2011:
1. 50 Creative, Compelling And Clever Viral Images Shared In 2011
2. Best Buy Learns The Streisand Effect Is Very Real
3. If You Like Links, You’ll Hate What Facebook Is Doing To Them
4. 17 Digital Marketing Blogs You’re Not Yet Reading (But Should Be)
5. Ragu Pasta Sauce Leaves Bad Taste With Social Media Users
6. Social Media Marketing Is More Than Facebook And Twitter
7. How To Say Nothing In 500 Words: 9 Definitive Writing Tips
8. Please Stop Saying Blogs *And* Social Media
9. Obsessed With Your Klout Score? You’re Doing It Wrong
10. Dear Cision: Manipulative Comments Are Neither SEO Or Social Media, They Are Spam
Thanks for being a part of our community and we look forward to big things in 2012.
Let us know if there’s anything you’d like to see more of next year, we’ll try and deliver it.
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Samantha replied | Dec 19, 2011 (15 comments)
These were all good, I personally love the ones where the subject of your articles took to the comments to respond to your criticism, as we saw with “If You Like Links, You’ll Hate What Facebook Is Doing To Them”. You had a couple of those happen lately in fact.
Adam Singer replied | Dec 19, 2011 (552 comments)
Thanks Samantha, yes I enjoy when that happens as well. Good to see more brands / people getting involved in discussions.
Tony Faustino replied | Dec 19, 2011 (23 comments)
Some of my personal 2011 Future Buzz:
* Why You Should Plan to Pretty Much Self-Publish Forever
* Why It’s Still a Great Time to Start a Blog
* A College Degree Is Hardly a Guarantee
* All of your posts re: “Smart Comments From the Future Buzz Community in Month X 2011″ (so generous how you shine the spotlight on contributing community members and show how you value our participation)
I’m excited for more thoughtful and provocative articles in 2012. Thank you Adam.
And, have a safe and happy 2011 holiday season!
Adam Singer replied | Dec 19, 2011 (552 comments)
Thanks Tony — and yes we are due for more comment round-ups :)
Mitch Mitchell replied | Dec 20, 2011 (13 comments)
Nicely shared; I loved the images post, and after writing this I’ll be checking out the digital marketing blogs post as well.
Charlie replied | Dec 21, 2011 (1 comment)
Fantastic resources this year. Thank you.
I’ll be sure to drop by more often in 2012.