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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

It depends, but early social media platforms started to pop up in the late 90s to early 2000s, with the technology budding as early as the 70s. But Twitter’s significance was really defined by the hashtag , a symbol that’s helped political organizers and average citizens mobilize, promote, and create awareness.

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Mocospace Review

SocialFish

Since the early 2000s, these sites have been gaining popularity, helping users meet people, form online communities, and catch up with friends and family. With the rise to fame of Myspace , venture funding poured rapidly into the social media space, resulting in the growth of giants like Facebook as well as several other networking platforms.

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Social Media Helping People Understand Climate Change Globally

Socialmedia.biz

More than 300 million people spend at least 5 hours every day on different social networking platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Youtube and Instagram. On social media platforms, your feed is curated with news stories, images, or videos that filter through friends, people you may know, or brands you follow.

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10 Reasons Market Research is Critical to Social Media

Adam Cohen

Do they use social platforms and if so, how often and why? The CMO is the one managing brand perception, and if you believe social media initiatives impact branding, marketing or communications, the CMO will want to hear about it. Do your customers have a need for community, convenience, or collaboration? Excellent post.

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Getting Ready for LeWeb, Need Your Ideas

Almost Savvy

I am most interested to know what you, the AlmostSavvy community, want to know from them. And…to further show my appreciate for you, the AlmostSavvy community, do I have a deal for you! Clearly, the future of the web is mobile. Most sites are not optimized for browsing on a mobile device. You totally rock Irene.

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Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits

Waxing UnLyrical

Mobify Given the huge uptake in mobile web use , you know by now that if your site isn’t optimized for mobile devices, you are likely missing out on opportunities left and right to connect with your audiences. You can e-mail them at sales [a] mobify [dot] me with “non-profit” in the subject line to get the discount.)

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7 Ways to Lighten Up Your Marketing and Generate Conversation

Convince & Convert

Tackle Your Customer’s Problem and Go Way Over the Top Scofield Edit has a great video from 2009 parodying the client-vendor relationship much. I first wrote about this video back in 2009 when it was fresh, but even five years later the idea still works. What would your product or service say in completely absurd situations?