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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2007: Facebook. My first podcast, audio interviews/explorations of Singapore combined with music, appeared on a music site run by Cosa Nostra. A story I posted on Digg in 2005 crashed the “interesting” get-paid-for content site I was briefly testing. It was likely in 2007 and I never really used it. Foursquare?

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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. Tips: Don’t just hang out with people you already know. If you spend the whole time with people you could meet any day of the week normally, you’re missing out. 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.

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7 steps to shutting down a social media site

Laurel Papworth

Remember, customers believe that social media sites belong to “them&# the customer and for a % of your online community your exit strategy is going to destroy their friendships and their content. By the way, I joined Radar in November 2007 and was impressed with their signup/verification/welcome email (a much missed proposition).

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What Websites Are You the One True Fan of?

Justin Levy

If you’re like me, you’ll immediately think of the different services that are available such as Foursquare , Gowalla and Facebook Places. Also, it provides you some insight into what sites you’re visiting and how often you frequent them. How OneTrueFan works is pretty simple.

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Facebook considers competing with Myspace on the music front

Freelance Social Media

The surging social-networking giant is talking to a number of song-streaming services and music community sites, including Rhapsody.com, iMeem.com, iLike.com and Lala.com, about an outsourcing deal that would more deeply integrate their music experience into Facebook, sources familiar with the situation said, the NY Post reports.

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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.