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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Friendster (2002) Launched in 2002, Friendster was originally going to be a dating site that would help set up people with friends in common. The hashtag arrives (2007) The strict 140-character limit for tweets set Twitter apart from rivals, including Facebook and Tumblr.

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Social Media APIs Explained (In Simple Terms)

Hootsuite

A social media API is a piece of code that allows social media networks to integrate with third-party apps and tools — for example, social media management tools like Hootsuite. It gives external developers access to certain kinds of data that social media-related tools require to work.

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Neuromarketing: Surprising Facts Businesses and Marketers Should Know

Buffer Social

The term neuromarketing was first published in 2002 but there is some research that goes back into 1990. Hailley : You might be asking yourself why we need to jump on this complex scientific train and really there are a lot of benefits to neuromarketing for social media managers. About The Science of Social Media podcast.

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Social Pros 20 – Katie Morse, Billboard

Convince & Convert

Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft , Janrain , and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. Katie, I was wondering if, you told the fantastic story of the “Beliebers” and your two hashtags. Katie : Yeah.

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191: Tools for Creating Great Visual Content for Your Blog

ProBlogger

When I was looking back at some screenshots of my very first blog from 2002, recently, I was amazed by how boring it looked. I looked back the other day at my first blog and some screenshots of it from 2002 and I was amazed at how boring it looked. It’s 10 Ways Trello Will Make Us Your Social Media Management Pro.

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191: Tools for Creating Great Visual Content for Your Blog

ProBlogger

When I was looking back at some screenshots of my very first blog from 2002, recently, I was amazed by how boring it looked. I looked back the other day at my first blog and some screenshots of it from 2002 and I was amazed at how boring it looked. It’s 10 Ways Trello Will Make Us Your Social Media Management Pro.

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