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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2007: Facebook. It was likely in 2007 and I never really used it. Foursquare? This is his story. 2005: Flickr. Do I want to treat Flickr as a serious base for showcasing my photographic works? Or, do I want to use it as a base for experimentation? Ask Chiaki Williams. I scramble my name and Alps Bethneck is born. 2012: Today.

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SXSW 2011: Strong on Networking; Less on Content

Dave Fleet

Twitter got its big break-through at SXSW in 2007. Foursquare arguably did so a couple of years later. As I mentioned above, take advantage of the opportunity to get out, meet new people and make new connections. No breakout companies this year.

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Mobile Social Networking Growing

Freelance Social Media

To hire LangfordMedia email info@langfordmedia.com Recent Posts Twitter and the Curious Case of Samantha Steele’s Hair Social Media Blog Regurgitation GroupTabs-Groupon Meets Foursquare The Auto DM Marketing Beyond Traditional Means Sites we like Bear Goodell – Sports. About the author Jacinta wrote 70 articles on this blog.

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Why a Social Credit Score is an Empty and Dangerous Notion

Waxing UnLyrical

Back in 2007, my co-founder, David, and I kicked around ideas fairly similar to what Klout does today. I’m a fierce competitor on FourSquare (though neither my friends on 4sq or I read anything into our scores), but there really is no real actionable data we can find outside of the social game built around raising your score above friends.

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Facebook considers competing with Myspace on the music front

Freelance Social Media

In August 2007 it was forced to pull the plug on Audio, a popular third-party application that allowed users to upload and stream music, in the face of label complaints of copyright violation. Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives also have been busy taking meetings with the major record companies about the strategy.

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Social Media and Travel

Social Media Marketing

JetBlue made a name for itself in the social media space after a difficult travel situation thanks to severe winter weather in 2007. And their use of Groupon, Loopt, Foursquare and more prove it. And to think that my colleague Morgan Johnston at JetBlue had started his job on that very day.

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Obama Reiterates the Power of Social Networks

Freelance Social Media

LangfordMedia-Social Media, Web Development Mack Collier Phil Martinez Practical Small Business Marketing-Duct Tape Sonny Gill Subscribe Social Media Tips via Email Recent Comments Rejuvene Salon & Spa on Foursquare Marketing Robert Portman on Butterball Does Social Media With Turkey Texts! The bottom line is Obama got it.