The consumer-trend researchers at TrendSpotting asked 30 social media pros to predict what’s coming around the bend in 2010. The researchers found that the predictions fell under six main categories: Mobile, Location, Transparency, Measurement, ROI and Privacy.

Peruse the report, which is phrased in Twitterlike 140-character statements, in the slideshow below. (Brevity, you see, is already de rigeur.)

A few predictions that stood out:

@PeterKim: Advertising infiltrates public social sites on a widespread level, souring experiences for many.
Now that would be a shame. It’s the challenge of all advertisers to find a way to raise awareness of their brand(s) without intruding. The answer: Build community. Bring people into your world; don’t barge into theirs.

@DanZarella: Small Business Social Media – small business will discover the bang-for-buck accountability of social media marketing.
Yes! YES! Even mom-and-pop businesses need to be engaging their customers online.

@JasonFalls: Conversational marketing will be the prevailing success tactic for brands.
Perhaps this is how you infiltrate.

@CharleneLi: Social media in 2010 will cease being the shiny new object and instead become part of the everyday lexicon of business.
And, other experts in the report say, larger companies will attempt to regulate their employees’ use of it.

@GauravMishra: Brand marketers will create compelling micro-content to seed these communities, then run contests to invite customers to interpret their brand, create their own content.
The content remix!

@DMScott: The term “social media” wanes as people realize we’re just talking about communicating.
Now that’s what we’re talking about!

@AdamBroitman: Consumers will un-friend all brands that don’t add value.
Don’t just shout your message at people — give ‘em stuff they can use.

@MikeArauz: We’re moving into an age of transparency.
You can’t have conversation without it.