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Nine Social Media Marketing Stats You Can Use

Webbiquity SMM

Facebook was opened up to the public in 2006. Four channels were less trusted than social media ads: online banner ads, mobile phone ads, ads in podcasts and online pop-ups. Social media is part of the daily routine for digital natives, and is increasingly visual and mobile. MarketingSherpa ). WordStream ). MediaPost ).

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Life After the News Feed: Why Facebook is Shifting to Stories (And Why Your Business Should Too)

Buffer Social

The News Feed is one of Facebook’s marque innovations. Rolled out to users in 2006, it became the go-to place for people to connect with their friends, share updates about their day-to-day life and enjoy content from brands they followed. Not to mention, it also played a pivotal role in Facebook’s march to advertising dominance.

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Australia: Senior Citizens on Facebook over 55’s

Laurel Papworth

Facebook has seen a surge of 513% of Senior Citizens and over 55’s joining in the USA. Australia too has a massive increase in seniors in Facebook and social networks generally in the last year or two. Australian figures show that about one in five over the age of 55 is connecting through Facebook, with 550,000 logging in.

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Five Social Channels You May Not Know About

Ignite Social Media

The main ones like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest? An article by BBC.com states that 154 million people use it daily with 91% of whom access it via mobile. Since Twitter, Facebook, Google and YouTube are blocked in China it makes Weibo the place to go for the latest news and happenings. Hello Network.

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The Story of Ignite Social Media, The Original Social Media Agency

Ignite Social Media

This was 2006, just after Twitter had launched, but the world didn’t yet know Tumblr, Pinterest, or Instagram. Facebook had just started allowing photos to be uploaded and didn’t have any brand pages. There was one agency in Canada, called Social Media Group, that did it first and I was fascinated by them once I found them.

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A Brief History of the Evolution of Social Technology

Social Media Marketing

It is from within this technology group that Vic Hayes tweaked the wireless Internet and would become known as the "father of Wi-Fi." Facebook aficionados in particular are known to congregate in hot spots that feature free access to the social network for laptops and cell phones.

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Guide to Every Social Media Metric That Matters

Socialmedia.biz

Social media has been the fastest growing trend in world history, with Facebook amassing more than 2 billion monthly active users since its launch in 2006. Having a Facebook page is an excellent way to attract new customers and interact with the existing ones, but do you know if your posts are even reaching your target audience?

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