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7 Tips for Staying on Top of the Social Wave

Direct Marketing Observations

Think of Wal Mart or Astroturfing. Marketers are realizing that Twitter is a consumption vehicle for content and thus they are catching on in continuing to push out content- but they realize they must disguise the content in a way that is appealing and doesn’t seem hook ladened. Focus on focus- Want to grow your product?

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Adventures in Social Networking with Mom and Dad | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

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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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

A few AR applications have been rolled out by progressive marketers and other organizations this year, but 2010 will be the year AR explodes. Some of the most interesting applications will be outside of marketing and promotion. Geekspeak marketing and lack of public awareness will hold AR back. PowerPoint is ubiquitous.

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Ethics in Social Media: A Glossary | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

Second – Conflicts of Interest As bloggers, podcasters, marketers and PR professionals adopt social media tools and tactics, they are often caught in the middle of problematic situations. The FTC is looking into the practice as well, as I blogged about here and here. Somewhere, I have to make money, or my kids don’t eat.

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Experiment: Do Photos With People Perform Better on Instagram?

Hootsuite

But why rely on a gut instinct, when we have a whole special column here on the Hootsuite blog devoted to rigorously testing these suspicions? Is it genius marketing or are we obsessed with ourselves? Astroturf.). appeared first on Social Media Marketing & Management Dashboard. Sorry, landscape photogs.). The secret?

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