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The 3rd Era of Social Is Coming. Are You Ready?

Contently

He also said users should expect to see more algorithmically recommended vertical videos, from people and topics they don’t follow, over the next 6-12 months. ” My “Sarah Lawrence College Class of 2010!!!” Twitter took off at SXSW in 2007 as literally just a feed of updates. It was basically a directory.

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The real and complete history of social media marketing

illumin

AOL grew exponentially and by 1995 had an estimated 3 million users worldwide (thanks to an aggressive floppy disk campaign spanning years), interacting through email, forums, and chat rooms. This was followed in 2006 with the creation of Twitter and later by the 2010 launch of Instagram. billion social media users across the globe.

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The Evolution of Inbound Marketing

SmartBug Media

Drucker , the patriarch of modern business and marketing, inbound marketing took root as far back as the mid-1850s when Cyrus Hall McCormick , who invented the mechanical harvester, used market research to develop inbound methods for generating consumer interest in what was then a radical evolution in farming. Then, in 1888, Richard W.

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24 reasons SEO and social media are inextricably linked

Biznology

59% of marketers agree SEO has the biggest effect on lead generation. 82% of internet users use search (source: Search Engine Joural). 70-80% of web users ignore the paid adverts and look down the page for the first organic search result (source: PPC.org ). 82% of internet users use search (source: Search Engine Joural).

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The Changing Rules of B2B Marketing

Paul Gillin

Dell conceived of the community in 2007 as a way to enhance loyalty among its largest customers. By early 2010, that number was over 5,000. Those sales are generated by the affinity that the staff has developed with these key corporate customers. In 2008, about 100 people visited the site every day.

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10 Popular Memes Masquerading as Marketing Campaigns

Hubspot

This little dude originally gained internet fame when his mother, Laney Griner, posted a photo to her Flickr account as well as Getty Images in 2007. Original Claim to Fame: Like Sammy, Keyboard Cat came onto the YouTube scene in 2007 with its musical stylings. has generated 370,000 views since it was posted.

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50 Content Marketing Influencers You Need To Follow

Atomic Reach

While much of content marketing include conversations about verbiage, SEO, and overall content strategy, the user experience is a crucial piece that can often be left by the wayside. In 2010, Robert Rose founded The Content Advisory, an education, consulting and research group of The Content Marketing Institute.