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Common Social Media Questions and Answers All Marketers Should Know

Hootsuite

Here’s a chronological timeline of the founding dates of Facebook and other platforms: LinkedIn: May 5, 2003. Facebook reportedly offered $3 billion to acquire Snapchat in 2013. billion users. Source: Hootsuite. When was Facebook founded? Facebook: February 2004. YouTube: February 14, 2005. Twitter: March 21, 2006. WhatsApp: 2009.

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Lessons along the road: 5 career pointers for new graduates

Dave Fleet

I moved to Canada in 2003 and soon after landed a temp gig with the Government of Ontario. When the big global tech client left us in 2013, I had a number of potential paths in front of me. I’ll get to that more later. That was supposed to just be for a few weeks, but a week or so in, something went sideways on a project.

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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity SMM

The two companies were created six months apart; Myspace was founded in August 2003 and by July 2005 was bought by News Corp for 580 million dollars. In late 2013, Myspace users numbered approximately 36 million–less than half the number of unique users Myspace had at its peak in Late 2008. The company now has over 1.4 billion users.

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Find Your Brand's Content Marketing Groove

Twist Image

When I first started publishing about this intersection (2003-ish), I thought I was one of a very small and nerdy group. This popularity has allowed Zander to record and release two solo albums - Sonorous (2010) and Saturn Return (2013). Listen to Zander's, find your brand's groove and dig in deep. Groove - Episode #25 - Zander Zon.

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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. You could create a profile, include “status updates,” and reveal your mood.

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SMS Marketing: a Grossly Underrated Marketing Tactic

Kikolani

A cross-media study conducted in 2013 found the ROIs of TV, radio, online, newspapers, and magazine ads to be between 60% (for TV) and 130% (for magazines). In the US, it falls under the CAN_SPAM act of 2003 and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. An ROI of 500% and 680%…no kidding!

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Lessons along the road: 5 career pointers for new graduates

Dave Fleet

I moved to Canada in 2003 and soon after landed a temp gig with the Government of Ontario. When the big global tech client left us in 2013, I had a number of potential paths in front of me. I’ll get to that more later. That was supposed to just be for a few weeks, but a week or so in, something went sideways on a project.

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