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Social Media Stock Talk: Five Reasons to Buy Facebook

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The biggest news in the history of social media took place Friday when Facebook had its IPO, becoming the biggest social name ever to join the public market. Its $108 Billion offering came in as the 3rd largest ever (behind Visa and Enel), so the day was significant not only for social media types but also for market watchers.

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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. Growth means that the network has reached enough mass that businesses and marketers have taken note. It can be used as a tool for making people aware of the new product launched to the market.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #100

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How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet - Gizmodo. "Perhaps a bit over the top in its anti- Yahoo slant, but this is a brilliant piece of anthropological history of the social web, and decline of one of the very first 'social networks.' Both Flickr and Delicious were bought by Yahoo!, " (Hugh for Alistair).

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

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So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? How can the respective histories and behaviors of these two companies inform the best practices for B2B marketers? My answer is certainly–yes!

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Social Class Distinction Between MySpace and Facebook » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As a college graduate and early adopter of Facebook (in 2004), I could definitely see that. Why did I join in 2004? One was in college in 2004, while the other was in high school. I’m a borderline user of both social networks; I graduated from college in 2003, but joined Facebook when it established in 2004.

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What is Work Literacy?

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Of course if youre lucky youll find something valuable in the mix of agile software, Ruby on Rails, ASP.NET, eLearning, technology, politics and marketing that I write about. marketing. (1). Apparently I'm in marketing now. ► 2004. (78). Thursday, June 05, 2008. What is Work Literacy? HipsterPDA. (1).

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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. All of these blogs also make use of affiliate marketing and it works for them since they have a large audience.

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