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Social Media. Get Over It.

by · November 26, 2010

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Ilana Rabinowitz, Vice-President of Marketing for Lion Brand Yarn Company.

I can imagine what it must have been like when the telephone first became available for  private citizens and people started using it.  They probably had a story to tell about every phone call and how incredible it was to be talking to someone who was actually in another part of town.

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The Future of Social Media: Hope Or Hype?

by · August 29, 2008

Gartner Research's Hype Cycle diagramImage via Wikipedia

A recent conversation has me thinking about the future of social media as an industry and a business application. It’s those types of random interactions that plant the seeds for blog posts. I mull over the topic for a few days, do some research or reading, chew on it a bit more, then something inspires the central thought of what I write.

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