Direct Marketing Observations

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Think of Wal Mart or Astroturfing. There’s a reason why Twitter is killing Facebook in CTR rates. Information posted publicly on blogs, Facebook , Twitter , forums and other sites is fair game. Tags: social media Social Networks Facebook Twitter marc meyer predictive modeling. Get serious about mobile.

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Almost Savvy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

My Parents Just Joined Facebook&# On this site, you’ll find hundreds of gems sent in by kids who take revenge on their parents for humiliating them on Facebook, by sharing it with the world. Oscar Del Santo´s last blog. Additional comments powered by BackType Click ‘Like’ to join us on Facebook!

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Social Networking Astroturfing Lijit LinkedIn 191

Socialized

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Location-based applications like Foursquare and Brightkite will not be the darlings of social media as some predict, but will instead turn into features and dissolve into general social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Twitter recently rolled out its Geotagging capability on a limited basis.

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SocialText Social Media Web 2.0 Astroturfing 250

Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

The FTC is looking into the practice as well, as I blogged about here and here. Character Blogs or Personas - these are blogs that are written by an alias or an obvious person who is not real. But there is a business case (and an opportunity to have some fun) for bona fide character blogs. Flogs – aka Fake Blogs.

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