Sprout Social

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Fast forward to the 1980s, a group of journalists developed the Rotisserie system for fantasy baseball. When the Rotisserie system (still the most popular scoring system today), was invented by a group of journalists & covered during a big baseball strike, fantasy sports got major media attention. million in 2003.

Sports 79

Sports Social Media Engagement Compete 79

Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

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. As the story goes, Twitter early adopter Chris Messina, proposed the hashtag for organizing tweets.

Social Media 145

Social Media MySpace Tumblr Foursquare 145

Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

If you were to ask me to describe LinkedIn in 2015, I might have said something along the lines of, “a great professional network” or “the perfect place to find a job.” A quick look at LinkedIn’s journey to 500 million members: 2003 (0 members): Launch. 2015 (330M members): $1.5B Written content.

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LinkedIn Microsoft B2B Marketing 112

Audiense

AUGUST 25, 2016

His vision of Solar Impulse came to life, and in 2003 the project came to life here in Switzerland. It then took us 13 years until we were able to successfully do the first round-the-world flight without fuel, starting in Abu Dhabi on March 9th 2015 and finishing there on July 26st. — SOLAR IMPULSE (@solarimpulse) June 1, 2015.

Social Media 60

Social Media Energy Project Campaign 60

Audiense

AUGUST 25, 2016

His vision of Solar Impulse came to life, and in 2003 the project came to life here in Switzerland. It then took us 13 years until we were able to successfully do the first round-the-world flight without fuel, starting in Abu Dhabi on March 9th 2015 and finishing there on July 26st. — SOLAR IMPULSE (@solarimpulse) June 1, 2015.

Social Media 60

Social Media Energy Project Campaign 60

Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 27, 2021

LinkedIn was launched in 2003 and had reached one million users by August 2004. Throughout the 20th century, B2B marketing relied most heavily on print and live events (industry conferences, user group meetings, and trade shows). Interest in the medium gradually declined over the next few years, then began picking up again in 2015.

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B2B Influencer Social Media BuzzStream 323