Timeline: Key dates in Facebook’s 10-year history

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It is hard to believe that Facebook advertising has existed for only about 14 years:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/4/timeline-key-dates-in-facebooks-10-year-history/

In 2015, it was predicted that social media advertising would expand by 2018 and that prediction has been accurate.

http://marketingland.com/social-media-advertising-set-explode-next-3-years-121691

Following are this year’s predictions for social media:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanholmes/2018/01/02/2018s-biggest-social-media-trends-for-business/#288b2eb35623

In your first posting this week, every student should discuss a company’s social media advertising strategy and post a link to the company’s social media advertising.

Every student should use a different company in their first posting.

Facebook turned 10 years old on Tuesday. In that time, it has grown from a social network meant only for Harvard students to a company with the mission of connecting everyone in the world. As Facebook enters its second decade, here is a look at some key developments over the years: