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Paying Homage to the Social Technographics Ladder

Ignite Social Media

The year was 2007 and Ignite Social Media was opening as the first social media agency in the United States. The year 2007 was a crazy time in social media marketing, with new tools popping up seemingly daily and the early Social Media Club attendees trying to get their arms around the dizzying array of opportunities.

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks? I’ll admit (a little secret of mine) that I initially befriended a few folks I admired on TV (specifically, 2006-2007′s Beauty and the Geek) but since I have no personal connection to the guys, I deleted the non-genuine contacts.

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The Five-Year Marketing Plan: Looking Beyond Facebook

Idaconcpts

Back in 2007, Tiger Woods was still the undisputed king of golf. MySpace ruled the social media roost, fending off a feisty underdog called Facebook that threatened to steal a share of its influence. Within half a decade, most social networkers have fully abandoned MySpace. Things change quickly.

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The Five-Year Marketing Plan: Looking Beyond Facebook

Idaconcpts

Back in 2007, Tiger Woods was still the undisputed king of golf. MySpace ruled the social media roost, fending off a feisty underdog called Facebook that threatened to steal a share of its influence. Within half a decade, most social networkers have fully abandoned MySpace. Things change quickly.

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Twitter is Dead Pls RT

Taylor Marek

Remember MySpace? I remember when Myspace was “talked up&# all the time in mainstream news, whether it was good or bad. Sure, the media shined more of a negative light on myspace, which accounts for most of the traffic, but the instant myspace hit the airwaves and everybody heard about it is when it hit its high point.

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#95: Now is the Hour, 5 Branding Mistakes, and Facebook breaks 250.

Taylor Marek

link] Technology : Facebook breaks 250 million Facebook has broken 250 million users and is crushing MySpace in terms of page views, you’ll want to listen to this one! Business : 5 Branding Mistakes Don’t make the same mistakes when building your brand. and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar !

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

What are my top picks? Twitter as a tool to communicate during conferences. After attending SMX (I’ll post something on that soon) and SES NY, I realized that Twitter is a useful tool for conferencegoers to communicate their whereabouts or to share breaking news and announcements. Similarly, Michael Twittered during SES in April.

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