Direct Marketing Observations

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Think of Wal Mart or Astroturfing. 2) There will be a continued increase in the value of communities but you will also see more splintering of those communities into niches. 2) There will be a continued increase in the value of communities but you will also see more splintering of those communities into niches.

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Almost Savvy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Oscar Del Santo´s last blog. ORM and the Dark Side: Astroturfing, Flogging and the Viral Marketing Campaign that never was Reply Irene Koehler says: September 18, 2009 at 3:32 pm You’re absolutely right. I think in the years to come we are going to witness many more amusing interactions of the kind depicted here.

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Socialized

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Many enterprises are launching blogs on TypePad or WordPress and building social networks and communities on third-party software or developing it from the ground up using Ruby-on-Rails.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

The FTC is looking into the practice as well, as I blogged about here and here. She didn’t last long, as the community questioned her extreme statements and Jeremiah Owyang (a Forrester Analyst) contacted Exxon directly for comment. (I This can apply to Twitter and accounts on other social networks as well as on blogs.)

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