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Social media and the rise of fantasy sports

Sprout Social

Fast forward to the 1980s, a group of journalists developed the Rotisserie system for fantasy baseball. When the Rotisserie system (still the most popular scoring system today), was invented by a group of journalists & covered during a big baseball strike, fantasy sports got major media attention. million in 2003.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise. Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. In 2009, Twitter capitalized on the hashtag by adding hyperlink capabilities.

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Diva Marketing Talks Online Publications With Deanna Sutton, Angela Benton & Heidi Richards Mooney

Diva Marketing Blog

Topic for September 8, 2009: Time: 6:00p - 6:30p Eastern/ 5:p - 5:30p Central/ 4:00p -4:30p Mountain/ 3:00p -3:30p Pacific Call-in Guest Number: 718.508.9924. Her experience spans a variety of industries including consultative relationships with companies such as UPS, Bizjournals.com, Realestate.com, and Lendingtree.com. BlackWeb20.com

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How to Build an Incredible YouTube Strategy: Live with Sean Cannell

agora pulse

“I actually got into video way back in 2003. It all started when I was volunteering at my local church, and my youth pastor handed me a video camera and some software, and said, ‘Hey, start making videos for the youth group.’ ’ “And those videos were terrible. She came out of nowhere!”

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The Silent Rise of LinkedIn to 500M Members: What Marketers Need to Know for 2018 [SSM069]

Buffer Social

A quick look at LinkedIn’s journey to 500 million members: 2003 (0 members): Launch. 2009 (33M members): Jeff Weiner joins LinkedIn as president. ” A goal not far from reach seeing how LinkedIn has an in-depth dataset of company, industry, and individual contact information for more than 500 million members.

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Social Search at LinkedIn Beats Google - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I use it, have my "100% profile", nice network developed which helps me stay peripherally connected with colleagues who switch companies or move, and use "Questions" occasionally with good response. At a recent client meeting, I asked a group of ten professionals if they were on LinkedIn. © 2003-2008 ReadWriteWeb.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

There is More Than One SXSW As the conference continues to grow (interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total), attendee segmentation follows apace. Both companies (as well as a second tier of contenders) are working on new features and ramping up their business development teams.