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History of Social Media Marketing [INFOGRAPHIC]



A Brief History of Social Media Marketing

Early 2000s to now

Social media sites like Friendster begin cropping up in the early part of the 21st century:

2002 – Friendster

2003 – Myspace

2003 – LinkedIn

2004 – Facebook

2006 – Twitter

2011 – Google+

2004

Web 2.0 helps industry regain momentum, and companies start facilitating the buying and selling of advertising space on Web pages. 2008

Then-Sen. Barack Obama used Twitter and Facebook to differentiate his presidential campaign from that of his Republican opponent, John McCain. Obama’s Facebook page and Twitter feed were constantly being updated and interacting with followers, and the effort also extended to campaign donations. Here is the INFOGRAPHIC!


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  1. I'm glad to know some brief history about social media marketing, although it now influences marketers, bloggers and entrepreneurs and I think this time, it is hard to market your business without the help of social media. And for starting my business I start using http://www.AutomatedSocialNetworking.com.

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  2. Hi takeshi007, I found it fascinating looking at this short history and how much has changed since 2002. Thanks for commenting!

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