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Gartner: fake social media reviews

Sherrilynne Starkie

Checking online reviews has become a normal part of consumer purchasing decisions, and so, companies are paying for or faking these reviews to gain favour and influence preference. By 2014, we could see up to 15 per cent of all online reviews being ‘faked’, according to Gartner, the research company.

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The Complete Solo Build It! Review - An Insider’s Perspective

The Social Media Hat

Review - An Insider’s Perspective. Back in January of 2014, a solopreneur who was building up resources for primary and secondary educators reached out to me on Google+ for some assistance. I met with the CEO and Founder, Ken Evoy, as well as the then-President of the company. since 2014. The Complete Solo Build It!

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The 3 Social Media Lessons of 2013 – And What’s In Store for 2014

Convince & Convert

This week, we have a very special Year in Review episode of Social Pros. Jay, Jeffrey, Zena, and Jess Ostroff discuss content, collaboration, free lunches, predictions for 2014, predictions for 2015, and Mark Wahlberg. In 2014, “the big bang of social will finally, I think, slow.” Please Support Our Sponsors.

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The World’s First Instagram Hotel Gets Rave Reviews

Convince & Convert

The 1888 Hotel offers up to 50 Instagram users with more than 10,000 followers a free one night stay until December 2014. According to traveler reviews on TripAdvisor.com , it more than lives up to the hype with rave reviews , but not quite in the way Instagram enthusiasts might expect.

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Merry Christmas! A Final 2014 Weekly Update from Bill Hartzer

Bill Hartzer

This will be my last weekly update in 2014, so I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Best Buy also send those bloggers certain products to test and review. It was a site where you can use to get your own personal data or company data into the Knowledge Base. ICANN Hacked. Freebase Shutting Down.

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Social Media News Ticker: Sum Up 2013 with Facebook Year In Review, Google+ Auto Awesome Movie

The Realtime Report

Facebook Year in Review. Let us know if we missed any updates, and we look forward to bringing you more of latest social media news in 2014! Happy New Year! It’s been a bit quiet on the social media news front over the holidays, but here are a few updates worth checking out: Google+ and Facebook.

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Made Dizzy By COVID-19 Data? Artificial Intelligence Helps Clear Things Up

The Realtime Report

Daniels’ company is among those trying to simplify that complex chore for Americans, using artificial intelligence to transform that raw data into an easy-to-understand narrative. You see a line on a graph, but what is it telling you?”. A 2017 study of the U.S.

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