The Future of Social Networks as Interpreted by 21 Social Media Practitioners « Ignite Social Media

August 22, 2012

Learn the future of social networks by reading responses of 21 people to these questions posed by Ignite Social Media: 1. Do you think social networking has hit a saturation point and peaked in user interest? 2. Compared to what happened to MySpace, what do you think is the future of Facebook? 3. For businesses and brands that are [...]

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Network Effect : Sites Like Groupon and Facebook Disappoint Investors – NYTimes.com

August 18, 2012

The network effect powers dramatic growth in social websites, but the effect works in reverse too. When the popularity of these sites decline, traffic plunges. “ The network effect is a double-edged sword, Ken Sena, a consumer Internet analyst at Evercore, told me this week. ‘The network effect allowed these companies to grow so fast, but [...]

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Social Networks for Freelancers See Massive Growth

April 9, 2012

Niche social networks for freelancers include marketplaces like Odesk.com and Elance.com.  Sarah Kessler writes on Mashable that these Networks for Remote Contractors See Massive Growth. In these online marketplaces, businesses post projects and freelance web designers, marketers, and programmers create profiles, bid on work and get paid. The number of freelancers is doubling on these sites. [...]

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