Direct Marketing Observations

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Think of Wal Mart or Astroturfing. There’s a reason why Twitter is killing Facebook in CTR rates. 2) There will be a continued increase in the value of communities but you will also see more splintering of those communities into niches. Know the difference between “real&# UGC and professional content.

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Astroturfing UGC Tips Mobile 204

Buffer Social

JULY 26, 2023

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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Project Astroturfing Team Communities 74

Almost Savvy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Twitteleh – Twitter for Your Jewish Mother Why answer the simple “What are you doing?&# question on Twitter, when you could be providing the information you mother really wants to know? Every now and then, our enthusiasm can get the best of us. “Oh Crap. Parents, you’ve been warned!

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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

Here’s a good example of a PR professional (Todd Defren) who discloses when he is Twittering on behalf of a client. One of the better known cases was “Janet&# who created a Twitter profile for Exxon Mobile. This can apply to Twitter and accounts on other social networks as well as on blogs.)

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Social Media Astroturfing Wikipedia Upcoming 80