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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. It heard about many contentious issues from industry representatives but when the report was published, the public interest was entirely absent. Click here to start to receive my newsletter. This was unprecedented.

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The Business Behind Facebook

Mindjumpers

But the social network didn’t have a clear business model, when it was founded back in 2004. The success of Facebook is rather indisputable with an estimate of 1 billion $ revenue in 2010. Still, being launched with focus on the product instead of a sustainable business model proved to be successful.

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How to get Yelp reviews & improve your online standing

Sprout Social

Founded in 2004, Yelp’s platform has evolved to be a go-to site for consumers to research and express their opinions on the businesses they frequent. For businesses in industries like food and beverage, local services and medical, reviews can make a significant impact on brand sentiment. Why are Yelp reviews so important?

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6 Tips to Make Your Email Marketing More Effective

yMarketingMatters

No wonder there’s such hostility towards the industry. For best results, you should always name your image files without using spaces or punctuation so you won’t need to rename them if you decide to use them in an email or newsletter. For example, the following file name may cause problems: my email newsletter banner.jpg.

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6 Tips to Make Your E-Mail Marketing More Effective

yMarketingMatters

No wonder there’s such hostility towards the industry. For best results, you should always name your image files without using spaces or punctuation so you won’t need to rename them if you decide to use them in an e-mail or newsletter. For example, the following file name may cause problems: my email newsletter banner.jpg.

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Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Newsletters. Get the entire series by subscribing to this blog , and subscribe to my free newsletter here. To me it was industry speak and ‘normal’ people just don’t talk like that. December 2004. November 2004. October 2004. September 2004. August 2004. April 2004.

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Social Media "Pioneers" Tell Why

Diva Marketing Blog

However, many of the people who began exploring social media 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 years ago were 30+ when they/we started working in this industry. Yvonne DiVita, BlogPaws, Lipsticking - I joined in 2004 and it gave me immediate results. Perhaps that’s true to an extent as the Pew 2012 Demographic report i ndicates. Guess who won? ~