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The Best Job in Social Media

Convince & Convert

Social Media Stat of the Week: 24 billion minutes a month spent on Tumblr. Yahoo bought Tumblr last week, triggering a lot of talk about the blogging content site. In an interview, Tumblr founder David Karp mentioned to Charlie Rose that people spend 24 billion minutes every month perusing Tumblr’s content.

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

One night in 2006, over Tiger beer and carrot cake at a hawker center , my designer friend Little Ong told me about Multiply. Another friend, Dinnertube , started posting videos on Youtube in 2006. I am ready to do the Tumblr thing. Wikipedia is where I learned about from Tanja Sadow, the dean of a local jewelery school.

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Five Social Channels You May Not Know About

Ignite Social Media

Maybe Redditt, Tumblr and Snapchat. Like Facebook, when it launched in 2006 it was limited to those attending university and invitation only. How many social channels do you know about? The main ones like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest?

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What Is A Blog? The Question That Won't Go Away

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Is tumblr a Blog (some would argue that tumblr is a Blog mixed with more social layers)? More riffing on this from 2006: A Blog Is Like Lemmy From Motorhead ). Instant publishing. Is Twitter a Blog (some call in micro-blogging)? Is flickr a Blog (you can post pictures, comment on them, archive them date, etc.)? business book.

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The Story of Ignite Social Media, The Original Social Media Agency

Ignite Social Media

This was 2006, just after Twitter had launched, but the world didn’t yet know Tumblr, Pinterest, or Instagram. Ironically enough, when I was jolted back to the present, I realized the church members were all actually signing, “Hallelujah, Hallelujah.” About the only thing missing was a lightbulb over my head.

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Blogging Is Dead (Again)

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Why go through that, when you can tweet your life away in 140-characters (or less) on Twitter , update your Facebook status, shoot a quick video with your webcam and upload it to YouTube or just post whatever is going on in your life to a tumblr lifestream? Blogging isn't really dead. Make the comparisons comparable. blogging is dead.

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Breaking All Of Twitter's Rules

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Business books, Blog posts, magazine articles, tumblr feeds, newspaper articles, TV news segments and yes, even tweets, have been written about what it takes for both individuals and brands to be successful on Twitter. Evan Williams (co-founder of Twitter) joined in March of 2006. avinash kaushik. business book. business column.

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