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Five Upcoming Social Networks To Look Out For In 2021

Ignite Social Media

Social media marketers constantly try to balance the proven practices on established social networks with strategic bets on the up and comers. When I started Ignite Social Media in 2007, the battle between MySpace and Facebook still raged and Friendster was hanging on for dear life. 5 Upcoming Social Networks to Watch.

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Getting Back on the Right Path

Waxing UnLyrical

We spend so much time talking about when the companies we know and love make a mistake. Last Wednesday, it was social networking app Path ’s day in the hot seat. Apparently there are better ways to handle this, as Matt Gemmell explained in the post that initially revealed the privacy breach. The moral of the story?

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This Week in Social Media – 4/24/2013

Social Media Marketing

Taiwanese officials are investigating Samsung over allegations that the South Korean company recruited individuals to post negative comments about the HTC phones on the web. Online privacy may be an issue for many, but overall, consumers prefer targeted ads over random ads that have nothing to do with their interests.

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Is Marketing About To Get Really Creepy Or Really Good?

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Apple acquired a company last week. On March 23rd, 2013, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple acquired a company called WiFiSLAM for an estimated $20 million (not bad for a two year old company with just a handful of employees that includes some ex-Googlers). online social networking. What's your take?

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This Week in Social Media – 6/5/2013

Social Media Marketing

Salesforce’s biggest bet yet, smartphones begin their global dominance, social media trends in India, The Atlantic discovers the secret to audience growth, Altimeter Group’s latest report and more - it''s This Week in Social Media. The Platforms Television programs are often discussed widely on social networks.

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News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk News Sites Not Making Much Use of Static FBML on Facebook Pages by Adam Sherk on June 9, 2010 Between privacy issues, a sweaty CEO and technical problems with its “Like&# buttons Facebook is having a rough time lately.

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Google Buzz Has Potential for News Sites, Facebook Still the.

Adam Sherk

Outside of the privacy issues, most of the current criticism lies with the fact that Buzz is simply too busy and overwhelming. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company. But at this early stage, how strong are the marketing opportunities for news sites?

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