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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

As I understand it, the trio at Forrester built the Social Technographics framework for their excellent book, Groundswell , and it was a helpful way for those of us in the space to explain how people were engaging with sites like Friendster, MySpace, Blogger and Facebook. Why Do People Not Use Facebook? .

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How Facebook is Slowly Strangling Twitter

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

But here’s why even a Jack Attack might not save the company from eventual MySpace-ization : Facebook is slowly strangling Twitter at every turn. Facebook buys Instagram, which becomes far larger. Twitter launches lead generation advertising cards. Twitter launches a one-click buy button. highlight to tweet).

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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you don’t buy the extended warranty it costs you just to call and try to get help. I’m going to ask Apple to buy me a Zune. I think Microsoft would be more receptive to user feedback. I’ve seen this on Microsoft’s PR depts. Look at their policy about servicing you from the get go. Answers Yahoo!

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. But back to MySpace.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

It use to be that Apple was the scrappy underdog and white knight to Microsoft's evil empire. link] James Windrow Apple used to be the scrappy underdog and white knight to Microsofts evil empire. Thats convenience! What I found most interesting is the continued shift in the perception of the Apple brand.

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JUNE 27, 2008

buy a link » SUBSCRIBE TO CIO. Otherwise, youll spend unlimited time and money creating something that gets used about as much as the online help function in Microsoft Word. MySpace Opens Up Data Portability Initiative. This white paper highlights best-of-breed solutions being built on the Microsoft platform.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 7, 2010

The details of his somewhat haphazard education at Harvard, and his kismet kissed co-founding of LinkExchange (ultimately sold to Microsoft for $265 million) are downright fascinating. Sullivan RT @jaybaer: Should you buy the new book from @zappos – "Delivering Happiness"?

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JULY 21, 2010

joe [link] blogs of the world AnyBizSoft PDF to Excel Converter is designed for converting PDF files to Microsoft Excel … [link] #convert [link] Anna Gervai The lawyers are coming … Protect your company from social media lawsuits [link] [link] Ivette Means RT @Michae1Green: A Social Media policy is critical for businesses.

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

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JUNE 27, 2008

Advice for students: buy yourname.com to secure your brand, make a video resume, start a Wordpress blog, use Google Reader, participate (comment on blogs and link to them), get on Facebook and LinkedIn, network, and more (see slideshow below): | View | Upload your own. advertising. ReadWriteWeb. RWW Network. ReadWriteWeb. 25 Comments.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

link] This should be part of your Microsoft Dynamics CRM implementation [link] Mike Dado Phares Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive? [link] [link] Mickey Lonchar Proactive or reactive:Do your social media tactics match your social media goals? link] (via @jaybaer) [link] Michael Phares Is Your Social Strategy Proactive or Reactive?

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Just like Digg doesn’t like anti-Digg content reaching the front page in order to control its brand, if anyone buys Digg and there’s a negative article about said company reaching the front page, it won’t look very good for them. I live twittered hour 23 and 24 of my last story submission to Digg. Answers Yahoo!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

For example, if Starbucks buys a “sponsored story&# ad, the status of a user’s friends who check into or “like&# Starbucks will run twice: once in the user’s news feed, and again as a paid ad for Starbucks. You cannot opt out of your activity being turned into advertisements. You read that right.

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Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce - ReadWriteWeb

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JUNE 27, 2008

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Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

You should know that using some types of ads like Kontera (contextual advertising) and the likes on your blog will irritate a large percentage of your readers but using AdSense the right way will not affect your blog. No need to buy John Reeses’ new product that will set you back $2k. They did it their way, and each to our own.

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SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

What about the ad deal you currently have with Microsoft? Google and Microsoft are going after social networks and some people feel aren’t monetizable. Do they feel they’re getting their money’s worth (especially because sites like Digg and MySpace may not be)? Lacy : The world of advertising is changing.

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Do You Have the Guts to Expect Social Media Failure | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Early in my online career I did a lot of website strategy and online advertising. One of the sadder experiences of my short career occurred around an online advertising campaign. Social media for me is like selling PR to a company who had only done advertising. Why was advertising fine and pr questionable? Well stated.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

How are consumers and b2b decision makers using social media in their buying processes? Social Media 3Q Update: Who Uses Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, & MySpace? At that point, social media will be a bigger channel than email or mobile, though still far smaller than search or display advertising. by Social Media Today.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 26, 2010

Assuming you want to dive into the pool of custom graph creation and data manipulation, you’ll probably do so in Microsoft Excel. RowFeeder – Raw and Ready That’s what I like so much about the new RowFeeder social data gathering system.

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Freemium Revenues: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

advertising? Advertising versus Free/Premium subscriptions. LinkedIn, in October 2009 had over 50 million members (plus 385 staff) $75-100m – 1/4 from advertising. It places ads from companies like Microsoft and Southwest Airlines on profile pages.) per member per year over at MySpace is NOT high.

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Is Social Media Becoming Boring?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Abuse is bound to happen in any area that lends itself to marketing potential – should we drop it just because it’s being flooded by newbies that scream buy from me? That’s why cellphone manufacturers, Microsoft, drug manufacturers do not release all their discoveries to keep people on coming back and wanting more.

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3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website | Social Media Marketing.

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook provides a way for users/consumers to interact with the brand; the website is a controlled medium that provides marketing/advertising instead of user feedback. Despite their size you would have to think that a Google, Apple or Microsoft could still buy them without blinking. Facebook is a #website too after all!

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RIP 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

Facebook provides a way for users/consumers to interact with the brand; the website is a controlled medium that provides marketing/advertising instead of user feedback. Despite their size you would have to think that a Google, Apple or Microsoft could still buy them without blinking. Facebook is a #website too after all!

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Advice for a New Internet Marketer (or How to Spot Internet.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Pay Per Click Marketing : PPC is another search engine marketing strategy that utilizes contextual advertising; based on a search query or the content of a web page, ads will appear. Savannah GA Advertising and Albany GA Advertising! If they actually advertised it, yeah, they’d hit their profit goals! Thanks again!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2009

“How much could I buy this for?&# In the ’90s, we gave Grandpa a 486 and I walked him through Microsoft Word (in the absence of any Internet connectivity). Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Or Microsoft. “I built Kurrently in the three weeks between the end of school and the beginning of my internship at Microsoft,&# said Kurrently’s creator Gilbert Leung in my recent Skype interview with him. Or Microsoft. It came from a Canadian computer sciences student who uses his free time pretty damn wisely.

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The Promise of Internet!

Atom Thought

MAY 22, 2012

Internet as a medium also very clearly pushed a fact that you can’t spend money and buy consumers-that was a very powerful phenomenon! That, money can buy users, but cannot sustain and retain was truly imbibed in the thought-process. That, money can buy users, but cannot sustain and retain was truly imbibed in the thought-process.

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4 Reasons the Social Business Evolution Starts Now

Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

link] Sherrod Dine RT @Avinio: ExactTarget Buys CoTweet – Why The Social Business Evolution Starts Today (big news) [link] Via @jaybaer [link] Buzzuka ExactTarget Buys CoTweet – Why The Social Business Evolution Starts Today (big news) [link] (via @jaybaer) [link] Beth Harte RT @abarcelos: YES!

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