Ah, December. ‘Tis the season for Christmas caroling, gift giving, copious egg nog consumption, and the ritual onslaught of marketers clamoring to publish their predictions for the state of XYZ in the following year.
When it comes to the world of content, we’ve already seen titans like Contently and Kapost put forth their predictions for 2015, with many more brands sure to follow. What’s on their radars for 2015? More brand-owned publications will launch, Facebook’s impact for B2B marketers will continue to decrease, and companies will continue to jump on board the content bandwagon, recognizing the importance of a dedicated content strategy.
Undoubtedly good stuff.
Though I have to wonder: as great and (occasionally) intellectually stimulating as these kinds of posts are, what if we shook things up a little bit? What if in this here blog post we adopted the LaunchSquad mentality of taking risks and making bold choices, thinking outside the box while staying true to our mission? What if we predicted the future of content not 1 year, not 2 years, not 3 years, but 51 years in the future?
Well, guess what? We can. And we will.
Prediction #1. We will see the advent of branded humanoid holograms, who are designed to appear and interact as if they were actual humans, but who consistently pepper their conversations with thinly-veiled marketing messages.
That nice girl you met on the subway lightrail? The one with the beautiful brown eyes and just-right jeans who is in every regard your dream woman, but for the weird quirk she has of referencing how much she loves her Apple iImplant every five minutes? Hate to break it to you, boy—she’s a brand hologram.
