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Five 2021 Social Media Predictions That are “So 2020”

Ignite Social Media

Since 2020 was such a cornucopia of strange headlines I thought I’d go through the fun horrific exercise of predicting some 2021 social media, digital, tech, and marketing trends that are “so 2020.” Competition Between Major Social Networks Heats Up: 4. MySpace will make a comeback.

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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. Soon enough, features like direct messages and @-mentions arrived, changing the trajectory of social media forever. So what’s next?

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The Pros and Cons of Social Media

Ignite Social Media

In the last twenty or so years, social media has gone from a vague concept that people used occasionally to a critical part of life, especially for many young people. Social media has both its pros and cons, both for private users and brands. Pros of Social Media. Below are the 5 pros of social media.

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Gartner: fake social media reviews

Sherrilynne Starkie

“With over half of the Internet’s population on social networks, organizations are scrambling for new ways to build bigger follower bases, generate more hits on videos, garner more positive reviews than their competitors and solicit ‘likes’ on their Facebook pages,” said Jenny Sussin, senior research analyst at Gartner. Down a new path?

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The Case For Myspace

Twist Image

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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Have You Considered Segmenting Your Social Media Marketing Channels?

The Social Media Incubator

Mention social media marketing and most people think of Facebook and Twitter. It’s true that Facebook and Twitter receive a lot of visitors each day, but that doesn’t make them the biggest players when it comes to social media marketing. Social media sites are not all the same.

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers.

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