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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Facebook had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users and was everything that MySpace wasn’t.

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

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Around 2003, Quigo was doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue with two main products: a ready-to-use, search engine marketing solution for advertisers called FeedPoint and a contextual advertising platform for publishers called AdSonar. He wanted Quigo to be in the business of letting advertisers buy directly into the system.

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Sponsored Poolfunding: A New Way To Think About Maximizing Advertising Dollars

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[Review] Loveworks

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And Sheehan may know a little about marketing and advertising – the associate professor of advertising at the S.I. Books & Reviews advertising book book review Brian Sheehan creative industry Loveworks marketing Saatchi & Saatchi'

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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billion in annual subscription revenues not including advertising or eCommerce). Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. Enter Facebook.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

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Business model: o They bought a lot of ad inventory (banner ads/advertising) driving people to signup forms, converting (fill out form) and sold leads, o Initial strategy was first comparison shopping and then monitoring and upselling on more savings. Mark’s view: too much money can eliminate discipline.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

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Founding Date: 2004. How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). lead gen) and advertising revenue from both of these companies. Kayak Software Corporation.