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The Billion Dollar Branding Play

Twist Image

What is Yahoo going to do with Tumblr? What is Tumblr going to become with Yahoo? After it was announced that Yahoo would be acquiring Tumblr for a little over a billion dollars, the online channels (and traditional media outlets) went crazy in an " Instagram just got bought by Facebook for a billion dollars" kind of way.

Tumblr 101
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Your Blog Stinks! You Should Quit!

SocMed Sean

Or… Maybe it’s time to take a look back at 2011 and figure out why your blog hasn’t taken off. Maybe it’s time to treat it like a startup business that might never earn you a cool million, but might earn you the respect of your peers and provide a channel where you can share your experiences and expertise.

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15 Lessons That Took Me 15 Years to Learn by Jim Tobin

Ignite Social Media

That same year, Tumblr, Friend, Feed and Justin.tv So we were three years before those even started, and it was yet another year before Snapchat, Twitch as Twitch, and Google Plus launched in 2011. I don’t work with a lot of startups. Google Wave came out, I think that was 2011. Looked to be a game changer.

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7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks

Waxing UnLyrical

There are several other options, such as Flickr, Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger, etc… even Ping.fm. I have never – NEVER – seen the top folk at startups respond to the questions and requests of the “every day people&# who use their services. You can set up your own blog. Now that would really be something.)

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6,595 Words on a Traffic Generation Tactic You’re Not Using (But Should Be)

Viper Chill

In 2011 she launched a simple flowchart website entitled, Should I Work for Free , which you can see below. In 2011 Natasa Lekic left her job as an editor of a book publisher in New York to seek out a new career. Code4Startup: Learn how to code by cloning real life startups. Just ask Jessica Hische.