Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 26, 2014

How can the respective histories and behaviors of these two companies inform the best practices for B2B marketers? The two companies were created six months apart; Myspace was founded in August 2003 and by July 2005 was bought by News Corp for 580 million dollars. The company now has over 1.4 billion users.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

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. You could create a profile, include “status updates,” and reveal your mood.

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Ignite Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I also created a company called Carusele. If we take a look at what’s happened over those 15 years, to frame this in the context of the larger timeline going on in the world, MySpace launched in 2003. A bit of a reminder, I’m Jim Tobin, I’m the founder and CEO of Ignite Social Media.

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Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We put the question to our LinkedIn community and based on the responses one thing is clear: There’s a lot of people out there who don’t know what social media marketers do. Sometimes they run companies and only sort of understand the role social media can play for their business. Snapchat: September 16, 2011. WhatsApp: 2009.

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Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

A quick look at LinkedIn’s journey to 500 million members: 2003 (0 members): Launch. 2011 (140M members): LinkedIn goes public. Between 2011 and 2017, LinkedIn’s user base grew from 140 million to 500 million – shattering the growth rate in previous periods. But what does this mean for B2C and B2B companies?

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Diva Marketing Blog

AUGUST 1, 2013

At the time we stepped into what was fondly called, The Blogosphere , it was an unproven direction to take business communications. After the fact, I came to appreciate the community of bloggers that I was part of just by blogging. I really thought the ability to speak directly to your customers, readers, audience, etc. Change with it.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The feeling of community, and “we’re all in this together&# is slipping away. Both companies (as well as a second tier of contenders) are working on new features and ramping up their business development teams. Larger space, more interesting companies, and better production overall.

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