15 months and 300 entries later, the Insurance Agency Marketing blog has seen many changes to the world. Here are a dozen important events, presented in alphabetical order, that impacted life and business.
- 33 Chilean miners are trapped underground for 68 days. All are successfully rescued. The operation is televised internationally.
- Apple introduces the iPad and shifts the face of consumer technology, again.
- Avatar is released and becomes the highest grossing film of all-time.
- BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil well pours over 500,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico each day. Eventually it is stopped. Cleanup continues.
- Japan is devastated by a tsunami. Thousands of lives are lost. Dozens of countries join to assist in the recovery.
- Jimmie Johnson wins a 5th consecutive NASCAR Cup Championship, joining the Boston Celtics, New York Yankees and Montreal Canadiens and the only professional sports teams to achieve this feat.
- LinkedIn grows exponentially, surpasses 100 million members, goes public and becomes the #2 social network in the United States.
- President Obama signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act into law and begins changing the benefits world.
- Spain wins the 2010 FIFA World Cup, their first title, pushing Europe ahead of South America for the most continental titles.
- StartUpSelling dramatically expands Social Media Marketing services and launches web video solution.
- The Dow Jones industrial average spends 60 days dropping from 11,000 to 9,600 – followed by a 30% climb to 12,500 over the next 12 months.
- Wikileaks becomes a household name and stirs international controversy.