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7 Tips for Staying on Top of the Social Wave

Direct Marketing Observations

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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The Results of Buffer’s Build Week: Introducing our Open Beta Program and new Transparent Roadmap (+16 More Projects)

Buffer Social

Announcing a New Open Beta Program and Feedback Hub With so many new things being built, it made us wonder; how can we get our community more involved? We decided to add two new Buffer tools to help our community shape the Buffer product. We decided to add two new Buffer tools to help our community shape the Buffer product.

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Ethics in Social Media: A Glossary | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

One of the better known cases was “Janet&# who created a Twitter profile for Exxon Mobile. She didn’t last long, as the community questioned her extreme statements and Jeremiah Owyang (a Forrester Analyst) contacted Exxon directly for comment. (I See “Astroturfing&# above for more.