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Why More Members, Money, and Ads Don’t Always Mean More Success: A B2B Marketer’s Survival Guide

Webbiquity SMM

So the question is–are there things that today’s B2B marketers can learn from history, specifically, the tremendous success of Facebook and the rise, fall and possible resurrection of Myspace? Background on the two social media sites. In 2006, Myspace was the most visited U.S. Myspace’s dominance would not last though.

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The Life Cycle of a Social Network

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

At this stage, most early adopters and heavy users of other social networking sites would be the majority of new registrants as they are very well aware of the new developments in the networking space. Today, MySpace can be grouped under this category. Classmates.com and MySpace are two social networks in their decline stage.

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R.I.P. Friendster

Ari Herzog

Here’s a screenshot of the first half of my profile : I joined Friendster in July 2003. When the news feed arrived at Facebook , Friendster (and Myspace) began to die. by Ray @ dolphin tutorials It would appear that after the introduction of social media. And so it goes. Thanks for reading R.I.P. Friendster.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

The history of social media is a long and storied one. It’s bursting with pivotal moments like the launch of Instagram Stories, to that one time Zuck was on trial for Facebook privacy issues, to…honestly, let’s just look at the entire social media history timeline. So, how old is social media?

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15 Tips To Optimize Your LinkedIn Initiative

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

LinkedIn has enjoyed explosive growth since its debut in 2003. LinkedIn is so much more than social networking for businesses and business people – it can totally change how you run your business as a whole. A great tool for adding social media to your signature is Wisestamp. This is a guest post by Lior Levin.

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Five Reasons Why I Love Wordpress

Firebelly

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « You can’t fight the power of video. It was first released in May 2003 by its co-founders Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little as the successor to b2/cafelog. Everything from basic social media plugins to advance portfolio galleries. It’s bigger than all of us.

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It’s time companies stop resourcing social media like it’s 2007

Sprout Social

Some companies still treat the social media team like Harry Potter in the cupboard under the stairs. But this misunderstanding–or more accurately, this lack of understanding–does real harm, both to the social media professionals on staff and the company as a whole. Become a social CIO. They are misunderstood.