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7 Smart Ways You Can Use TBT To Grow Your Brand on Social

Hootsuite

Some hashtags feel like quaint relics of an internet past. But there’s one throwback hashtag that will never go out of style: #TBT. Maybe it’s because this hashtag comes with nostalgia built right in, but the #TBT (or #ThrowbackThursday) hashtag somehow never gets old. What does TBT mean?

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Social media and Montreal’s student protests

Sherrilynne Starkie

“Our objective is to bring the SPVM closer to the community and our use of social media helps us do this,” said Melissa who is a graduate of the University of Laval with a degree in journalism and has been a communications officer with the SPVM since 2004. I used the students’ own hashtag, #ggi, and asked them to retweet our messages.

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Social Media New Year’s Resolutions That You’ll Have Fun Achieving

agora pulse

College students were the target audience for Facebook when it went live in 2004. Those college students of 2004 are the older millennials of today. Are there relevant days or hashtags to incorporate? As the Frozen song says, “Let it go …” Facebook is now 16 years old, and its user demographic has shifted.

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Awareness to Sales: Building a Social Media PRISM Funnel That Converts – Ian Cleary [SSM051]

Buffer Social

The age-old question that marketers have been debating even before Mark Zuckerberg started TheFacebook in his tiny Harvard dorm room back in 2004. We’d love to connect with you at @buffer on Twitter or with the hashtag #bufferpodcast. Is social media best used for sales or for brand awareness and engagement? Is there one?

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Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

Buffer Social

In light of #SMDay (6/30/2017) , we’re teaming up with Bitly to share stories and celebrate the positive impact that social media has had on individuals, businesses, and the globe over the last 20 glorious years – all using the hashtag #impactofsocial. Is this perhaps the next big thing ?

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How 5 Top Companies Celebrated National Dog Day

Convince & Convert

Held on August 26 th , National Dog Day was founded in 2004 by Animal Advocate Colleen Paige to recognize rescue dogs and the positive role dogs play in people’s lives. If there was ever a moment to unleash an adorable dog photo, it’s National Dog Day. Happy #NationalDogDay!

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#MySMCStory: Social Media Club and Me

Ari Herzog

Eight years after building my first website, I began blogging 2004 on a now-deleted LiveJournal community. This year, the parent organization is raising operational funds and asking people, past and present members and friends, to submit their stories with the “#MySMCStory” hashtag. Here’s mine. Why is 2006 important?