Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

Friendster (2002) Launched in 2002, Friendster was originally going to be a dating site that would help set up people with friends in common. This moment essentially marked the beginning of social media influencers. As the story goes, Twitter early adopter Chris Messina, proposed the hashtag for organizing tweets.

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Social Media MySpace Tumblr Foursquare 145

Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 22, 2011

A few nights ago, I went to the bloggers/Twitterers briefing for News.com new digital subscriptons for news hosted by Chief Executive Officer – News Digital Media and The Australian Richard Freudenstein and The Australian’s editor Clive Mathieson. This IS recognition that bloggers and twitterers are critical in the distribution of News.

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Communities Social Media Journal Diagrams 108

Convince & Convert

JUNE 14, 2012

Just because it’s on a social network doesn’t mean it’s not advertising. Let’s say you have a terrible customer experience on a fairly consistent basis, and consequently a lot of people chatter about you in social media. Katie : I think Twitter’s a pretty good example of this. Katie : Right.

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Hashtag B2B Social Media Metrics 115

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The Conference Isn’t That Good Whether it was their fourth time or first, every person I spoke to within my social media bubble (and I asked about 50) said the same thing – “I was surprised by how bad some of the sessions were.&# More so than any other event I attend, SXSW is conference roulette.

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Social Media Strategy Conference Eventful 126