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Twitter is top social media channel among Fortune 500

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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. The study’s key findings include: 22% (108) of the primary corporations listed in the 2009 Fortune 500 have a public-facing corporate blog.

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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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At least that’s what one of Comcast’s many Twitter accounts will tell you if you happen to mention their name in one of your tweets.Businesses everywhere are jumping on to the ever-expanding social networking bandwagon, and with very good reason. 

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The 7 Best Hootsuite Alternatives for 2022

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Being among the pioneer social media management tools, the loyal following that Hootsuite has amassed shouldn’t be surprising. However, as with any social media management tool, Hootsuite is far from perfect, and may not be well-adapted for everyone. Social Listening : Can you engage in brand monitoring?

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5 Facebook Stories From This Week You Need To Read

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1 spot to Google in February 2008, and now sits in third place, according to Web analytics research by Compete. Facebook Drives 44% Of Social Sharing On The Web By Erick Schonfeld If you are still wondering why Google is pushing so hard with its new product Buzz, it is because it wants in on social traffic. Yahoo lost the No.

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11 Best Hootsuite Alternatives For Social Media Management In 2023

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We bet whenever the social media management topic arises, Hootsuite is the first name that pops up. It is a legacy platform that was one of the first to cater to the ever-changing social media dynamics. Back in 2008, squandering off an online presence was a luxury. Only enterprises had the money and bandwidth to do so.