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The Life Cycle of a Social Network

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The launch of Geocities by Yahoo marked for some the beginning of a new revolution in the online media called social networking. From an evolutionary standpoint and through historical data, there have been several milestones that have been reached that can help us formulate a true life cycle phenomenon in the social networking space.

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Facebook’s $5 billion IPO: By the numbers

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Estimated overall value of the social network — which may command “a valuation more than five times higher than Google Inc.,” Initial investment by billionaire Peter Thiel in 2004 in exchange for 44.7 Initial funding sought by Facebook, in one of the largest IPOs ever filed by a technology company. $75

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Social Media Stock Talk: Five Reasons to Buy Facebook

Waxing UnLyrical

Google+ has stalled because, in spite of its amazing features (seriously, Hangouts is cool and you know it), it doesn’t have the already-existing numbers. Almost every other SN that has popped up has fallen into a niche ( Google+ = male techies , Pinterest = Lifestyle ladies , OK Cupid= somewhat unusual dating, etc.).

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Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

LinkedIn remains my favorite social networking tool. requesting recommendations from those within my network, 2.) Chris Brogan advises businesses, organizations and individuals on how to use social media and social networks to build relationships and deliver value. Best Social Media Calendar.

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

Webbiquity SMM

This question is particularly compelling today as we see Facebook set new records in terms of users, market valuation and revenue growth and wait with anticipation to see if Myspace can reinvent itself after conceding its market leadership position in social networking back in 2008. Background on the two social media sites.

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How to Use Social Media to Market Your Business Like a PRO

Rebekah Radice

Marketing your business on social media is tougher than ever. That doesn’t include Twitter, Instagram, Google Plus and the many other social networks. Or why so many businesses are eager to create differentiation through social media? Q1) When did you get involved with social media marketing?

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Is Google becoming evil?

The Way of the Web

Given the high standards Google set for itself with the aims of indexing the world’s information, and the mantra of ‘Don’t Be Evil’, it’s likely we hold it to higher standards than most companies. After all, if you’re paying $150,000 for Google Analytics Premium, you’d be expecting all information.

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