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How a Social Media Evangelist Became a Social Media Realist

Social Media Strategery

And there are all too many social media experts, ninjas, and gurus ready to help them get on Twitter, start a Facebook page, and check in on Foursquare. Create an internal blogging platform! Back then, using social media in the government was like being among the first cavemen to discover fire. Suffering from negative media coverage?

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

It depends, but early social media platforms started to pop up in the late 90s to early 2000s, with the technology budding as early as the 70s. LinkedIn “in the Black” (2006) In sharp contrast to other networks, LinkedIn was the first to offer users paid premium packages. So, how old is social media? My, how times have(n’t) changed!)

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YouTube Has Turned 6!

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The site was initially opened to beta testers in May 2005 and in October 2006 it was acquired by Google for $1.65bn. With Google TV as its main platform, YouTube is attempting to transition to users’ living rooms to gobble some of the five hours of TV U.S. The Growth of Foursquare In an Infographic.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Growing Your Business: 5 Tips from the Founder of Foursquare (Mashable): Dennis Crowley knows his stuff, and he’s given some good and creative tips to build visibility to his business. Hey, Foursquare was pretty small once! Foursquare Business Strategies You Don’t Want to Miss (Samir Balwani): With only (!)

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What You Can Learn About Social Media Marketing from TLC

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Around that time, though, I noticed that TLC was promoting Foursquare as Facebook within their TV programs. On multiple occasions, I noticed an overlay during their episodes that encouraged users to follow them on Foursquare with a link to a Facebook.com address. The FourSquare/Facebook issue is at best a confusing promotion.

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Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

and thank you, Tamar, for giving me a platform to reach more people in the social media sphere than i could have on my own. Reply Mark January 16, 2010 at 4:47 pm Apparently this is still an ongoing scam, as I was just recently friended by LillyAnn on Foursquare. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. I do not believe this!

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Dear Facebook Friends, You're Doing it Wrong

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Case in point: in 2006, Facebook removed the only Facebook friend I had who wasn’t a real person. Besides, what if there was no online platform to network? And he wants that kind of technology in a foursquare type of app. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. That person was St. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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