Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

The history of social media is a long and storied one. It’s bursting with pivotal moments like the launch of Instagram Stories, to that one time Zuck was on trial for Facebook privacy issues, to…honestly, let’s just look at the entire social media history timeline. So, how old is social media?

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Social Media MySpace Tumblr Foursquare 145

Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

It started in 2002. From Singapore I’ve watched the social media world develop its identity and characteristics. I arrived here in 2002, as the debris from the dot com crash was still being cleared away. Often, friends from the “real” world gave me passage to the social media world. Foursquare?

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MySpace Tweetdeck Mashup Flickr 187

Convince & Convert

JUNE 25, 2013

While the majority of time spent on mobile devices is checking email, browsing social media sites or playing games – this leaves a crap load (see what I did there?) This same stat was less than 10% in 2002. mobile mobile marketing mobile shopping smartphones Social Media Marketing'

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 22, 2011

As tomorrow is an historic day – The Australian and other news.com sites move behind the paywall – what WILL we pay for, what SHOULD we pay for and what OTHER revenues streams are being missed by News.com refusal to build online communities around their content? a week for a digital-only pass to the site and apps.

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Communities Social Media Journal Diagrams 108

Convince & Convert

APRIL 22, 2011

In 2002, AOL had 25 million subscribers. In 2002, AOL’s market cap was $150 billion, enough to swallow Time-Warner. Facebook Places (foursquare). All those “like&# buttons spread across millions of sites give Facebook unprecedented data about our preferences and behaviors. History Repeats. Facebook Mobile.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 14, 2012

This is Episode 20 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Katie and our Social Media Stat of the Week ( this week : 47% of B2B companies do not track brand mentions on social media). This episode features Katie Morse of Billboard.

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Hashtag B2B Social Media Metrics 115

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

There seems to be a distinct collection of sessions, parties, and hang-outs for the social media crowd, and then a completely separate collection for developers, entrepreneurs (and of course film attendees). Location, Location, Location The biggest story of the event was the widespread usage of presence services foursquare and Gowalla.

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