2011 Social Media Review
Reflections on the past year in social media, from John Luginbill, highlighting historical moments, notable achievements, and for some, new terms and alarming statistics…
What other memorable moments would you add? What do you think is the most notable achievement in social media in 2011? I want to know, so leave your comments below.
see references at end/ image credit: newjerseymis.com
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John Luginbill is an author, speaker, marketing strategist and CEO of the marketing firm THE HEAVYWEIGHTS. John and his team have worked with some of America’s greatest brands like Nike, McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, and Thomas’ English Muffins. Â John is passionate about developing strategy and programs that aid the mission of great health systems, hospitals, FQHC’s, and medical practices.
References:
Buck, Stephanie. “A Visual History of Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC].†Social Media News and Web Tips Mashable The Social Media Guide. https://mashable.com/2011/09/30/twitter-history-infographic/.
Bullas, Jeff. “Google+ Hits 25 Million Users in Less than One Month.†JeffBullas.com. https://www.jeffbullas.com/2011/08/04/google-hits-25-million-users-in-less-then-one-month/.
“Foursquare Now Officially At 10 Million Users | TechCrunch.†TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2011/06/20/foursquare-now-officially-at-10-million-users/.
Johnson, James. “Klout Changes Algorithm, Many Users Find Scores Negatively Effected†The Blog Herald. https://www.blogherald.com/2011/10/26/klout-changes-algorithm-many-users-find-scores-negatively-effected/.
Taylor, Chris. “Twitter Has 100 Million Active Users.†Social Media News and Web Tips Mashable The Social Media Guide. https://mashable.com/2011/09/08/twitter-has-100-million-active-users/.
Titlow, John Paul. “Facebook Hits 1 Trillion Pageviews.†ReadWriteWeb. https://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_hits_1_trillion_pageviews.php.
“Twitter – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.†Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter#cite_note-76https://.
“Twitter Blog: #numbers.†Twitter Blog. https://blog.twitter.com/2011/03/numbers.html.
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Great rundown John. I can’t believe the year is already over and so many historic things happened via social media. Who knows what will happen next year.
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