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SXSW 2011: Strong on Networking; Less on Content

Dave Fleet

I went to some interesting sessions ( Gary Vaynerchuk was again a SXSW highlight, while Angela LoSasso ( disclosure: client ), Adam Lavelle and Siobhan Quinn did a great panel on real-time marketing) but avoided many others. Twitter got its big break-through at SXSW in 2007. Foursquare arguably did so a couple of years later.

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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? When he's not blogging, Ari helps brands improve their digital media marketing. This is his story. 2005: Flickr. Do I want to treat Flickr as a serious base for showcasing my photographic works? Ask Chiaki Williams. 2010: Twitter. 2012: Today.

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Mobile Social Networking Growing

Freelance Social Media

Search About Jacinta is the owner of LangfordMedia , a digital marketing firm that specializes in social media, web development, and mobile app development. Featuring the Thesis Wufoo Skin WordPress Admin

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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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How Arena Stage Uses Initiators to Grow its Audience

Waxing UnLyrical

If you’re embarking on a marketing campaign that includes spreading awareness (and which marketing campaign doesn’t), you might want to take a page out of Arena Stage ‘s playbook and look for “initiators&# instead of “influencers.&#. It’s not easy to market a show if people don’t experience it.

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Obama Reiterates the Power of Social Networks

Freelance Social Media

Social Links Freelance Social Media Social Media Tips and Marketing Blog Home About Contact Subscribe Obama Reiterates the Power of Social Networks by cinta5 on November 10, 2008 Over the last year Obama’s campaign was all over the internet. He was in people’s inboxes, on their Facebook pages, in Youtube videos, etc.