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Diversifying Yourself Into a Platform Business

Convince & Convert

My forthcoming book is about the platform as an important and relatively new business model. I have learned from personal experience that building a platform is not only beneficial, but also imperative for many companies’ survival. In short, I built my own platform. And if I can build my own platform, you can as well.

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#Selfie Is The Word Of The Year

Firebelly

Oxford found that “selfie” was first used in 2002 on an Australian online forum but gained popularity in 2012 after becoming an integral part of social media platforms like Instagram. One of my very few attempts to take a selfie with my best friend Allie.

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Top LinkedIn Demographics That Matter to Social Media Marketers

Hootsuite

LinkedIn is the biggest social platform that caters directly to business professionals. It doesn’t matter if you’re looking to share great content for your brand, looking for talent, or reaching a new audience—it’s a powerful platform. LinkedIn launched in 2002 to help business professionals network and connect.

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The Strangest Argument I’ve Ever Had On Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

Michelle and I offered proof to the contrary from our own experience that keeping an engaged audience and building relationships through our blogs and other social media platforms has benefited us, business-wise. Shakirah Dawud is the writer and editor behind Deliberate Ink. You can also connect with her on Twitter.

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How Appification Is Transforming The Internet

The Realtime Report

The number of American adults who own a cell phone grew from 62 percent to 95 percent between 2002 and 2016, according to Pew Research Center data. It also makes it vital to share user account data between mobile and web platforms, keeping settings, preferences and information updates synced.

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The Serious Goings-On Behind The Social Networking Scene

Waxing UnLyrical

We met on someone’s blog, followed each other “home,” and now see each other on social platforms pretty much daily. Being social on social media provides you the freedom to choose what level of “social” you want to give to each of the thousands of people you run into on any platform.

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Mathemagenic " Reasons for using weblog to keep information bits

Buzz Marketing for Technology

In my case most maintenance problems are technology-related and they are the result of choosing weblog platform that provides high degree of freedom and flexibility. December 2002 (41). November 2002 (15). October 2002 (58). September 2002 (34). August 2002 (78). July 2002 (34). June 2002 (10).

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