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The Case For Myspace

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In the end, the buying and selling of Myspace will be a positive business move for News Corp. In June 2006, Myspace became the most popular online social networking site in the United States. Did Facebook's success and the changing landscape of Myspace make it an undesirable business moving forward for News Corp.?

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Social Media Stock Talk: Five Reasons to Buy Facebook

Waxing UnLyrical

But we’re talking about one of the most powerful cultural forces of the 21st century … and you can actually buy a piece of it. Sure, GM got off of there , but GM can afford TV block time and is hardly a surefire fit for general social media advertising. Facebook is buying like crazy. But it’s not buying garbage tech.

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Paying Homage to the Social Technographics Ladder

Ignite Social Media

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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Are Facebook Ads a Failure?

Convince & Convert

Even though Facebook continues to maintain its impressive user growth and rack up advertising revenue, that growth is coming despite a major shift in the promise of advertising on that platform. The ads would be so finely targeted that they’d dramatically outperform other advertising options. Image via BigStockPhoto.com.

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Flashback: What Social Was Like in 2010 vs. 2020

Ignite Social Media

Pinterest (launched to the public in 2011) Snapchat (launched in 2011) Google+ (launched in 2011, ended in 2019) Vine (launched in 2013, ended in 2017) Bonus: MySpace (largely abandoned by 2010. Shopping and buying directly through social media platforms will become the new norm. Social Predictions for the Next Decade.

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How to Create the Perfect Facebook Fan Page, 2012 Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Calls to action, such as “Get it now” or “Tell your friends” My hunch is that this is as much about “encouraging” Pages to utilize Facebook advertising for promotions (instead of your Cover Photo) as it is about keeping Facebook’s overall look tidy and, well, not like the messy MySpace.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #115

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Facebook's shares have taken a beating since the big IPO, largely because their advertising business hasn't been as great as some thought it might be. The best marketing is unmarketing : someone you trust tells you that something is great, and so you buy it. Just a parlor trick like MySpace ? " (Hugh for Mitch). bitcurrent.

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