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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

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She provides an excellent taxonomy of the social media landscape, categorizing the different types of social media tools into: • Social News Sites (Digg, Reddit, Kirtsy, etc.). Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.). Social Bookmarking (Delicious, Diigo, Bmaccess; the distinction from social news sites is s bit blurry).

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What Could Kill Google and Facebook

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And Facebook’s size may be no defense against ultimate demise; it wasn’t all that long ago the MySpace was the largest social network, and the experience of social news site Digg—once valued at $100 million but sold recently for just 5% of that —is a cautionary tale.

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What Could Kill Google and Facebook

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And Facebook’s size may be no defense against ultimate demise; it wasn’t all that long ago the MySpace was the largest social network, and the experience of social news site Digg—once valued at $100 million but sold recently for just 5% of that —is a cautionary tale.

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Measuring the Impact of Social Media in B2B Marketing

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a particular platform loses favor; MySpace comes to mind). .&# In order to avoid in particular the “mistrust&# and “ridicule&# noted above, social media programs should be designed to be perpetual, or to last at least until they no longer make sense (e.g. Share this on Bebo. Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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36 (of the) Best Facebook Guides, Stats and Rants of 2010

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Having long ago passed MySpace as the most popular social network, Facebook recently replaced Google as the most-visited website in the U.S. It’s hard to overstate the impact of Facebook. It started 2010 with roughly 350 million users and is now on its way to 600 million. Related Posts. Best Facebook Marketing Tips and Guides of 2009.

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55 (of the) Best Social Media Tips, Tactics and Tools of 2010

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Citing AOL, MySpace and Friendster as cautionary tales, guest author Jay Pinkert warns that Facebook and Twitter, despite their tremendous current popularity, aren’t invincible. Twitter is adding 300,000 new users per day, and 80% of Twitter use is on mobile devices. 22% of all online time is now spent on social networks. And lots more.

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Best Social Media Stats, Facts and Marketing Research of 2010

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Social Media 3Q Update: Who Uses Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, & MySpace? However, marketers need to keep in mind that Twitter’s user base, particularly active Tweeters, is much smaller. by Social Media Today. Facebook reaches 57% of the U.S. “Facebook&# is also the most commonly used term in search. Related Post.

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