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7 Tips for Staying on Top of the Social Wave

Direct Marketing Observations

Think of Wal Mart or Astroturfing. 3) Mobile will be THE social platform.The global mobile market is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2015. Get serious about mobile. They will blur the lines so much-you won’t know where the value lies. Know the difference between “real&# UGC and professional content.

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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. To take our annual retreats a notch higher, we've designed a dedicated Buffer Retreat Mobile App. Now there is an easy way for anyone to report suspicious pages.

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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. See “Astroturfing&# above for more. Here’s a good example of a PR professional (Todd Defren) who discloses when he is Twittering on behalf of a client. I hope you have set up Google Alerts for your brand!