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A digital media framework for smart marketing communications

Sherrilynne Starkie

Almost half of Canada’s population, 46 per cent, are on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is introducing more social features and is becoming more content friendly. Time spent reading newspapers is down 75 per cent since 2011. per cent since 2011. Before 2005 our goal was to get our clients in the news. This is changing.

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Fandango Making Good Use of Group Buying

Idaconcpts

Back in March 2011, Livingsocial partnered with Fandango to offer a $9 deal for 2 movie tickets in certain cities such as Honolulu. This March 16, 2011 Groupon released the a deal for half off tickets to the new Matthew McConaughey film “The Lincoln Lawyer&# , which opens this Friday March 18th. Share this on LinkedIn.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

2005 marked the apex of Myspace. Gaining traction: LinkedIn, YouTube, and WordPress (and more) arrive (2003-2005) In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facemash, described as Harvard University’s answer to Hot or Not. Registering its one-millionth user that same year, the site became just “ Facebook ” in 2005.

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The Silent Rise of LinkedIn to 500M Members: What Marketers Need to Know for 2018 [SSM069]

Buffer Social

What if I told you that LinkedIn, a social media platform that is now 14 years old, is the next big opportunity for marketers and brands? While much of the focus over the last few years has been on perfecting our Facebook and Instagram marketing strategies, LinkedIn has been silently growing their user base to more than 500 million users.

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A Brief History of Social Media [Infographic]

Oktopost

The very same year, surprisingly, LinkedIn launched as a professional networking and job posting site. While younger people were agonizing over their top 8 on Myspace, LinkedIn slowly grew, acquiring just 20 signups per day. In 2016, LinkedIn had grown to 430 million members. A Not-So-Distant Past: 2010-2015. Social Media Today.

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Common Social Media Questions and Answers All Marketers Should Know

Hootsuite

We put the question to our LinkedIn community and based on the responses one thing is clear: There’s a lot of people out there who don’t know what social media marketers do. How do I update my LinkedIn photo? Here’s a chronological timeline of the founding dates of Facebook and other platforms: LinkedIn: May 5, 2003.

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Social Pros 18 – Ike Pigott, Alabama Power

Convince & Convert

” 30% of them said LinkedIn, 20% said blogging, and 19% said Facebook. Now, I like LinkedIn a lot. I think LinkedIn gets a bad rap. If you’re a B2B company and you believe that LinkedIn is the best possible way for you to deploy your social media self, I think maybe you need to look around a little more broadly.

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