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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. Periscope became the go-to app for streaming and watching live events.

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50 Ways Marketers use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing

Harp Interactive

Experiment with Flickr and/or YouTube groups to build media for specific events. Marvel Comics raised my impression of this with their Hulk statue Flickr group). Map out an integrated project that incorporates a blog, use of commercial social networks, and a face-to-face event to build leads and drive awareness of a product.

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc.). Social Sharing (YouTube, Flickr, SlideShare, etc.). Social Events (e.g., Eventful, Meetup, Upcoming, etc.). Social Bookmarking (Delicious, Diigo, Bmaccess; the distinction from social news sites is s bit blurry). Share it on StumbleUpon. Share this on Technorati.

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The International: Taking Social Media Overseas

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center via Flickr, CC 2.0. If you have the opportunity to get some face time or even just demonstrate your physical presence – “Here we are at a networking event in Shanghai!” – your credibility automatically shoots up. This is not an “If you build it they will come” operation.

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4 Ways To Celebrate MLK Day With Social Media

Firebelly

Flickr : There is a great Flickr group called MLK BLVD that contains images of Martin Luther King, Jr. Twitter : Follow @MLKDay and/or use the hashtag #MLKDAY to discuss news and events surrounding the 2010 National MLK Day of Service. Details have been updated for 2010. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is Monday, January 18.

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Internet Marketers of New York Charity Party: March 18, 2008

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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10 Ways to Support Charity Through Social Media

Justin Levy

Almost everyone has an outlet for blogging these days — whether that means a site running WordPress, an account at LiveJournal, or a blog on MySpace or Facebook. Organize an Online Event Social media is a great way to organize offline, but you can also use online tools to organize effective online events.