Last year, I was telling my clients “We are cautiously optimistic that MySpace ( GigaOM Pro company profile ) will make a comeback because their new CEO is a Facebook co-founder.&# Because Facebook doesn’t allow flexbility and customization, I’m going to miss MySpace. And don’t underestimate LinkedIn.). MORE >>

Not too long ago, I had a major scare: I went to log into my Twitter account, only to be informed that my page no longer existed. Considering that I rely pretty heavily on Twitter in my work, I had a bit of a panic. LinkedIn. These days, I rely on LinkedIn for a lot of that kind of information. Facebook. Twitter. MORE >>

The post Portrait of Twitter As A Young Media Company appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Last year I   predicted  that Twitter would become a media company. So I’ll start with this: 2013 will be the year Twitter starts to create, curate, and co-create media experiences on top of its platform. MORE >>

Then spend time really listening by reading your streams on Twitter , Facebook , LinkedIn and the like. So many people try to build their Twitter accounts by following a lot of people thinking “oh, they’ll just follow me back&# but they haven’t even thought about why someone would want to follow them back. MORE >>

Most of you know that Twitter can be used for much more than just announcing what you ate for breakfast. Many of you already know Twitter’s value in business, but you can still take it further and use it to land gigs, market your business, grow your network and gain free publicity — all in 140 characters or less. Marketing. MORE >>