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#Selfie Is The Word Of The Year

Firebelly

Oxford found that “selfie” was first used in 2002 on an Australian online forum but gained popularity in 2012 after becoming an integral part of social media platforms like Instagram. As Mashable notes, Oxford has been awarding the title of word of the year since 2004.

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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

Yesterday, Michael Geis t presented a keynote address to the IABC 2012 Canada Business Communicators’ Summit which was held in Ottawa. It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. March 2012: Ottawa’s Twitter top 20. Michael Geist (Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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Social media and Montreal’s student protests

Sherrilynne Starkie

AT a recent IABC Ottawa professional development event, speaker Melissa Carroll, the person behind the Montreal Police Service ’s (SPVM) Twitter account during the 2012 student protests against tuition fee increases, explained that social media can really move people. Montreal Student Protest Berri Hill (Photo credit: xddorox).

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Most Popular Digital Marketing Jobs

The Realtime Report

Per Google trends, after reaching its popularity peak in August 2004 (a value of 100), interest in ‘Content Manager’ has fallen to a value of 38 (July 2019) meaning it is under half as popular as it once was. Since 2007, we can see the role has steadily decreased in popularity before reaching a low point in 2012.

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How Obama Sets Online Marketing High

Ari Herzog

It sounds staggering but President Barack Obama will likely break $1 billion in political fundraising for his 2012 re-election campaign. The big story from the 2004 election was the use of 527 groups, the big story from the 2008 election was the power of online marketing as an important tool to reach voters. Photograph by Pete Souza.

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Think Like Zuck: 5 Secrets of Success of Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Since 2004 it has grown to over one billion users globally, with over half of those logging on daily. Walter was named among 25 Women Who Rock Social Media in 2012. This is a guest post by Ekaterina Walter. There can be few companies that have become part of so many people’s daily lives in such a short space of time as Facebook.

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4 NFL NFC Western Division Apps for iPhones

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With the addition of some of the very rascals that led to their late post season exit the 9ers have the guns to make a bang yet again in 2012. The Rams haven’t been to the playoffs since 2004. If you can’t beat them then buy them. Arizona Cardinals Mobile. Arizona Cardinals Mobile has it all. Louis Post Dispatch.

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