The February ‘10 Social Media Hot Topic List

Welcome to the 2nd Social Media Hotlist of 2010!  This list contains hot topics for the month that could do very well on social sites.  Ideally you could use this to help aid in linkbait and content creation for social media.  Hopefully these ideas can help you harness the momentum of a current hot topic and get more traction.  Here’s what will be hot on social media in February!

• Valentines Day
  This Hallmark holiday <ducks> is always popular – especially if you get creative when putting together really creative lists.  Hint: If you talk negatively about V-day, you can get a lot more conversation and traction
• The Oscars
  Get your Oscar-related linkbait in now!  There isn’t much time left before Oscar night (March 7th), so get your content in early!
• Black History
  Take a look back at African-Americans who were pioneers in your industry, or look at how some of these folks helped us get where we are today!

• Bioshock 2
  This is the followup to one of the most critically acclaimed games of the past decade.  The game releases on February 9th and has a great deal of societal and historical influence and can be tied into a great deal of topics.
• The Wolfman
  This February movie release stars a fan favorite, Benicio Del Toro, who has to wear makeup that took 3 hours to put on (and one hour to take off), so mix in some special effects/hero & anti-hero/monster/cosmetics linkbait around this release.
• Kathryn Bigelow
  Another Oscar related topic, Kathryn directed ‘The Hurt Locker’, which is a film up for many awards, including best picture.  If she won, this would be the first time the award would go to a female.  And guess what? The director’s ex is James Cameron (who is also up for best picture).  Who else broke the gender barrier?  Who are some of the people who did so in your field?  All will make great linkbait topics!
• President’s Day
  Have any odd presidential facts or tie-ins with your industry?  Put them together as President’s Day is Feburary 15th.
• Super Bowl Spin-offs
  Follow up on spin-offs to the Super Bowl and use them as linkbait.  From the Puppy Bowl to the Lingerie Bowl, these spin-offs can be a less croweded space than Super Bowl linkbait.

Happy February linkbaiting!

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