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Facebook considers competing with Myspace on the music front

Freelance Social Media

The surging social-networking giant is talking to a number of song-streaming services and music community sites, including Rhapsody.com, iMeem.com, iLike.com and Lala.com, about an outsourcing deal that would more deeply integrate their music experience into Facebook, sources familiar with the situation said, the NY Post reports.

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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity SMM

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? How can the respective histories and behaviors of these two companies inform the best practices for B2B marketers?

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6 social media marketers on the future of social messaging

Sprout Social

Ten-cent text messages, AIM chat rooms with your best friends and glittery MySpace pages with bulletin boards are just a few nostalgic elements from the early days of social media. Today, social media marketers aren’t solely focused on strategizing content for posts and social feeds. You have to put yourself in your audience’s shoes.

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Gartner: fake social media reviews

Sherrilynne Starkie

Many marketers have turned to paying for positive reviews with cash, coupons and promotions.” Gartner analysts said they expect a market of companies specializing in reputation defense versus reputation creation to emerge. HAT TIP: For Immediate Release, The Hobson and Holtz Report. Related posts: Users flee MySpace.

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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. Manage your social media marketing strategy for every important platform using Hootsuite.

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The Five-Year Marketing Plan: Looking Beyond Facebook

Idaconcpts

MySpace ruled the social media roost, fending off a feisty underdog called Facebook that threatened to steal a share of its influence. Within half a decade, most social networkers have fully abandoned MySpace. Late July reporters showed overall Facebook ad click-through rates outperforming Twitter four to one.

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The Five-Year Marketing Plan: Looking Beyond Facebook

Idaconcpts

MySpace ruled the social media roost, fending off a feisty underdog called Facebook that threatened to steal a share of its influence. Within half a decade, most social networkers have fully abandoned MySpace. Late July reporters showed overall Facebook ad click-through rates outperforming Twitter four to one.

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