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

Both Sides of the Table

Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. The Past (1985-2002).

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

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I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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Twitter Networks are Different than Social Networks

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They “don’t care what people ate for lunch.&# They’re fine on their existing social networks, which these days mostly means they’re happy with Facebook. Traditional social networks are more restricted to people whom I already know and information and updates are less discoverable.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Dan McKinley and Wil Stuckey from the Etsy Curation team here. The Curation Team. While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on.

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Methods To Improve Your Website Content

YoungUpstarts

Curate Content. Of course you most certainly shouldn’t plagiarize; curation doesn’t entail this at all. Integrate Your Content with Social Media. Using the most-trafficked social networks, you can place snippets of your content on Facebook, tags on Instagram or even turn an article into a video for YouTube.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks. So PPC (pay-per-click) advertising on social networks has performed poorly to date. After all, when I’m in Facebook they know one hell of a lot more about me than Google does.

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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

Startup Professionals Musings

Combine social media seamlessly within your traditional marketing plan. Use social media to engage customers in new ways and sharpen your brand. Find the right people to staff your campaign and curate its content and evolution. Manage your “e-putation” and avoid the most common mistakes of social media novices.