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Twitter is top social media channel among Fortune 500

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The study’s key findings include: 22% (108) of the primary corporations listed in the 2009 Fortune 500 have a public-facing corporate blog. This represents a six percent increase over the 2008 study. 86% of these blogs (93) link directly to a corporate twitter account, a 300% increase over the 2008 study.

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Youtube Tuesday: Lost Generation

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In February 2008,after receiving over 50 video entries, the AARP announced WhenI’m 50 as the winning video. The grand prize was $5,000. It contains students sharing their thoughts on what they think theyll be like when they are 50years old - their hopes,dreams, and aspirations.

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Jake's Take: Facebook Hits The Big 5-0-0

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Nobody expected it to even overtake social-networking giant MySpace,as it did in 2008, and eventually have more users than the USA has citizens. Mark Zuckerburg launched Facebook in 2004 for his friendsand classmates at Harvard University, then continued to branch it out to otherschools. So how did this happen?

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Jake's Take: Comcast Cares & You Can Too

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  Comcast’s Frank Eliason started using Twitter to respond to customers in 2008. Many companies are hiring people specifically to track these comments and respond appropriately.It A BusinessWeek article  published in 2009 chronicles Eliason’s day at the company - reading and responding to the disgruntled customers on Twitter.

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The 7 Best Hootsuite Alternatives for 2022

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Luckily, since it first launched in 2008, several Hootsuite alternatives have been developed and each one offers unique advantages. Social Listening : Can you engage in brand monitoring? 2) Hootsuite Alternative for Brand Monitoring: Agorapulse. Can advocates suggest content? Can you listen to your competitors?

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5 Facebook Stories From This Week You Need To Read

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Here are 5 news items or blog posts from this week that I wouldnt want you to miss: 1. 1 spot to Google in February 2008, and now sits in third place, according to Web analytics research by Compete. Facebook Outpaces Yahoo to Become No. Yahoo lost the No.

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11 Best Hootsuite Alternatives For Social Media Management In 2023

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Back in 2008, squandering off an online presence was a luxury. In this blog, we’ll talk about 11 top Hootsuite alternatives that you can benefit from day one. We bet whenever the social media management topic arises, Hootsuite is the first name that pops up. Only enterprises had the money and bandwidth to do so.