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The Lance Armstrong Effect

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But, in the world of the real-time Web, mobile devices, Twitter , Facebook updates, YouTube videos and the like, what once was a brand's most powerful tool to communicate directly with consumers, suddenly becomes its worst nightmare. Much has been said about Lance Armstrong lately. Not much has been said by Lance Armstrong, himself.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

The Facebook” followed in 2004. Tumblr and the age of the microblog (2007) In 2007, the social network described as “Twitter meets YouTube and WordPress” came a-tumblin’ along when 17-year-old David Karp launched Tumblr from his bedroom. Registering its one-millionth user that same year, the site became just “ Facebook ” in 2005.

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Best Social Media Stats and Market Research of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

Data junkies, stats addicts, web trivia buffs rejoice — here are a deluge of social media, search and other marketing research facts and figures from 50 articles and blog posts published so far in 2010. Also, nearly half (45%) of all mobile phone owners send text messages on a daily basis. 80% of Twitter use is on mobile devices.

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