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No Straight Lines / Lessons learned and learned lessons

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I’m not sure I’m buying that all of this needs to be apprentice, craft growth. Tony, to be honest I’m not sure if I buy it all or not either. December 2005. November 2005. October 2005. September 2005. August 2005. April 2005. March 2005. February 2005.

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Common Social Media Questions and Answers All Marketers Should Know

Hootsuite

Can we just buy followers? It’s generally a waste of money to buy a bunch of followers who have no intention of interacting with your business or, ultimately, buying your product. Here’s a chronological timeline of the founding dates of Facebook and other platforms: LinkedIn: May 5, 2003. YouTube: February 14, 2005.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise. Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. The Facebook” followed in 2004.

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How I Earn a Living as a Blogger from ProBlogger and Digital Photography School

ProBlogger

This was the first income stream I ever tried (somewhere around 2003–2004), and it still works for me. I started doing this around 2004–2005. I can still remember ringing a camera store for the first time and saying, “Hey, would you like to reach people looking to buy cameras? AdSense revenue. Sponsorships.

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How Google Finds and Penalizes Advertorials

Bill Hartzer

Back in 2003, when Google was beginning to crack down on paid links, I had a conversation with Shari Thurow about how Google determined, in an automated fashion, whether a website contained paid links or not. First, a little background.

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188: How to Build Two Successful Blogs (and the Pros and Cons of Doing so)

ProBlogger

The first one I did was a camera review blog which I started late in 2003. By 2005, I think I had about 30 blogs including that network of blogs that I was involved with at that time. People I knew read review blogs when they’re in a buying mode, when they’re trying to work out which camera to buy.

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188: How to Build Two Successful Blogs (and the Pros and Cons of Doing so)

ProBlogger

The first one I did was a camera review blog which I started late in 2003. By 2005, I think I had about 30 blogs including that network of blogs that I was involved with at that time. People I knew read review blogs when they’re in a buying mode, when they’re trying to work out which camera to buy.

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