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Paying Homage to the Social Technographics Ladder

Ignite Social Media

If you’re an OG in the social media marketing business, there’s little doubt that you don’t remember the Social Technographics Ladder created by Jeremiah Owyang , Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li when they worked at Forrester Research. . Why Do People Use Facebook? .

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7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks December 21st, 2010 Tweet I first heard about Amplify earlier this year; I believe it was at the January chapter meeting of IABC/DC Metro.

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Webinar Recap: A Decade in Social Media. What’s Now. What’s Next?

Ignite Social Media

The Past 10 Years in Social Media. We kicked off the webinar with Lisa Braziel, our SVP, talking about how she was one of the original community managers in 2007. Facebook brand pages didn’t exist in 2007 and the focus was around one to one engagement and community building. In 2015/2016, organic reach was down to 2.6%

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How to Use Hashtags: A Quick and Simple Guide for Every Network

Hootsuite

Bonus: Get the step-by-step social media strategy guide with pro tips on how to grow your social media presence. They were first used as hashtags in the summer of 2007 by Chris Messina. — Chris Messina (@chrismessina) August 23, 2007. Get a social media listening tool. What is a hashtag? As in #barcamp [msg]?

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Pledge Your Weight Loss, Feed Others | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

s entire email to me, as she has generously provided several ways you can share this information with your social networks. For every pound you pledge, General Mills and other partners will donate 14¢ I love this idea – lose weight while helping to feed others; there is a perfect balance in this equation. I am posting Polly?s

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How To Get More Likes on Facebook: 8 Easy Tips

Hootsuite

In 2007, the social networking platform FriendFeed was the first to give users the ability to click like next to a social media post. “Like us on Facebook” has become such a common phrase that it’s hard to imagine the platform any other way. But we haven’t always wondered how to get more likes on Facebook.

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What is hashtagging and how to use it effectively

Sprout Social

Using hashtags on different social networks. The first hashtag debuted on Twitter in 2007 from a product designer named Chris Messina. “I I designed the hashtag to thwart any one social network from becoming the dominant gatekeeper. Hashtags were invented to help bring order to the social media user experience.

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