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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

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. This created four different types of video formats on the app: Reels, Video, Stories, and Lives.

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SMS Marketing: a Grossly Underrated Marketing Tactic

Kikolani

Mainline Menswear achieved a 45% rise in direct traffic and a massive 93% rise in mobile traffic. The burgeoning social media and online marketing are still new to the brand managers and agencies, and maybe mobile is just a step too far. There are people who understand how effective mobile and SMS marketing is.

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The information processing view of humanity

Buzz Marketing for Technology

« Keynote: building the networked professional firm | Main | Mobile social networking, meaning virtual networks bringing people physically together, will inevitably be a pervasive application » The information processing view of humanity. Captcha: Type the characters you see in the picture above. December 2003 (1).

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[Tech Tip] 10 Steps To Improve The Speed, Security, and Functionality Of Your WordPress Blog

SocMed Sean

WordPress has come a long way since it was launched in 2003 and the volume of complimentary plugins and themes is growing at a staggering pace. Tip #2 – Choose A Light-Weight, Mobile Friendly Theme [Level of Difficulty: 3 out of 5] Much like plugins, WordPress themes can run the gamut when it comes to usability and performance.

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Five Reasons Why I Love Wordpress

Firebelly

It was first released in May 2003 by its co-founders Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little as the successor to b2/cafelog. Error type: Your comment has been saved. It is powered by PHP and a SQL data backend. As of September 2009, Wordpress is used by 62.8 Your comment has not yet been posted. Your comment could not be posted.

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Dear Tom Peters

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I don't think I ever told you this, but over a decade ago, I took a job as a Director of Marketing for a mobile content business. While I have stopped both of those projects, all of that type of content still seeps its way into everything that I do here on this blog and podcast. In 2003, right before you released Re-Imagine!

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The Secret To Getting Picked

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Mobile phones and modems were still fairly nascent. While I left journalism long ago, the feeling of choosing myself was profound when I first started this blog back in September 2003. I spent the bulk of my time not writing or crafting my trade but being rejected. Waiting for others to choose me. Who was I? (a

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