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7 Tips for Staying on Top of the Social Wave

Direct Marketing Observations

Think of Wal Mart or Astroturfing. Information posted publicly on blogs, Facebook , Twitter , forums and other sites is fair game. They will blur the lines so much-you won’t know where the value lies. We used to marvel at UGC, but what is it when large organization start to pass their content off as UGC? Get serious about mobile.

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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

This might include content that is false or misleading information presented as truth, hate speech, abusive or harmful content, astroturfing, phishing, and spam. We realized that the old page was lagging behind, with outdated images and information. Now there is an easy way for anyone to report suspicious pages. Available here.

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Adventures in Social Networking with Mom and Dad | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

question on Twitter, when you could be providing the information you mother really wants to know? 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. Every now and then, our enthusiasm can get the best of us.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

Augmented Reality (AR) is the ability to place computer-generated information, such as text and labels, on top of live real world data, such as video from a smart phone. Additionally, other than location information, specialized location-based services have little to differentiate themselves from mainstream social networks.

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5 Attributes of a Healthy, Real-Time Culture

Convince & Convert

Sadly, Astroturf didn’t.). Tweet The future of business is not in measured, scrutinized answers or carefully planned initiatives. Their energy drink, Whoopass , has a bottle design created entirely by employees, not by professional package designers or promotions experts. Turkey and Gravy, miraculously, made the cut. Reward Systems.

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Ethics in Social Media: A Glossary | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

See “Astroturfing&# above for more. Its a cool system we think for sharing information and compensation. Here’s a good example of a PR professional (Todd Defren) who discloses when he is Twittering on behalf of a client. Shills are often employed by confidence artists. The term plant is also used.