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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

The Facebook” followed in 2004. Tumblr and the age of the microblog (2007) In 2007, the social network described as “Twitter meets YouTube and WordPress” came a-tumblin’ along when 17-year-old David Karp launched Tumblr from his bedroom. Registering its one-millionth user that same year, the site became just “ Facebook ” in 2005.

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Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Based on my findings, Problogger started in 2004, Copyblogger started in 2006, Daily Blog Tips started in 2006, Steve Pavlina’s Blog started in 2004, and Entrepreneur’s Journey started in 2004. No need to buy John Reeses’ new product that will set you back $2k. They have been around for years now.

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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

A national survey of reporters and editors revealed that 89% use blogs for story research, 65% turn to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, and 52% utilize microblogging services such as Twitter. 75% of B2B marketers use microblogging tools such as Twitter vs. 49% of B2C marketers. While 28% of U.S. Did You Know?

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13 Reasons Why I Am an Obsessive Compulsive Facebook User Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Moreover, allowing users to “try before they buy&# was incredibly clever and keeps the hype strong. I had graduated college the previous year, so many of my classmates seemed to have “moved on&# from the social sites of my time (all of which have dissolved). One usually isn’t enough, but it will get you started.

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An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In fact, you can validate that by cross checking my user ID, 102991, which should indicate that I’ve been around for a real long time (since February 2004, to be more precise). So while we manage many pages, we don’t buy FB advertising for all of them, some clients do it through their media buying agency.

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