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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Though, I travel a lot, cruising is not my usual style of vacation. Every travel writer knows the creditability risk one takes when recommending a resort or cruise that one stays at for free. Doubt the whiners will change their tune, though. My one and only cruise was free, I won it. Free did not make me give a great report.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Then and Now In the good old days, say from the 1850s onwards, marketing was mostly a one way “communication&# : companies advertized their wares via local media like newspapers, magazines, and traveling salespeople. and your phone will visit the related Web site. All sites will have to display on mobile devices.

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7 Truths About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Once you fire up your social media strategy, it doesn’t travel as fast as that silver bullet either. Second, I don’t know – I thought blogging was all about providing value to your readers ( [link] ) , or maybe I mistook your (or your guest poster’s) vague generalities for substance. Do you know what that means?