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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

It wasn’t until a couple of months later, that the #SanDiegoFire hashtag was sparked to aggregate tweets and updates about the California wildfires. Foursquare’s geolocation API was used for geofilters and location tagging in apps like Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram. and really set the tone for future tweets.

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

I have my weekly rant on social media, my thought of the week, Eric, and it is all about this Kony 2012 video. The video part of Kony 2012 is the least important part of its success. Metrics like aggregate daily comments and likes per page and per post, and things like that. You saw the video? Number one, it has a story.

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Social Pros 8 – Ian Greenleigh of Bazaarvoice

Convince & Convert

I have my weekly rant on social media, my thought of the week, Eric, and it is all about this Kony 2012 video. The video part of Kony 2012 is the least important part of its success. Metrics like aggregate daily comments and likes per page and per post, and things like that. You saw the video? Number one, it has a story.