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Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

Buffer Social

In light of #SMDay (6/30/2017) , we’re teaming up with Bitly to share stories and celebrate the positive impact that social media has had on individuals, businesses, and the globe over the last 20 glorious years – all using the hashtag #impactofsocial. Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) September 22, 2015.

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47 Social Media Statistics to Bookmark for 2017

Sprout Social

However, there’s some helpful data that can show you how the networks is doing today–not in 2014 or 2015. Instagram posts using at least one hashtag receive 12.6% Nearly a fourth of social media influencers believe Instagram is the top avenue for influencer marketing strategies. Not bad for a year’s work, right?

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Social media and the rise of fantasy sports

Sprout Social

It was founded by three VistaPrint executives (Jason Robins, Matthew Kalish, and Paul Liberman) in 2012. Let’s look at some of Draftkings best social media strategies. We’ve written before about how holding contests is a great way to generate engagement and build a follower base on all of the major social media networks.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Tumblr and the age of the microblog (2007) In 2007, the social network described as “Twitter meets YouTube and WordPress” came a-tumblin’ along when 17-year-old David Karp launched Tumblr from his bedroom. The hashtag arrives (2007) The strict 140-character limit for tweets set Twitter apart from rivals, including Facebook and Tumblr.

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5 Under-the-Radar Social Media Studies to Make You A Smarter Marketer

Buffer Social

Facebook is more than 2x as popular as the next most-popular social network. adults above the age of 18, the researchers found that Facebook is still the most popular social media platform — and by a huge margin. The researchers also discovered that Facebook users are much more engaged than other social media platform users.

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106 More Amazing Social Media and Marketing Statistics for 2014 and 2015

Webbiquity SMM

Is the value of social media marketing for b2c brand overrated? consumers say they “mostly” or “always” ignore brand posts on every social network. And 83% of consumers say they have had a “bad experience with social media marketing.” But 24% of brand say they do “social listening.”

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A Brief History of Social Media [Infographic]

Oktopost

2007 brought the first realistic monetization of social media platforms, with Facebook announcing the launch of the Facebook Ads platform. In the same year, Chris Messina invented the hashtag – the first method of categorizing social media posts, which then became a central feature of Twitter’s platform.