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Guerrilla Marketing Strategies: 10 Creative Marketing Ideas

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Astroturfing. If you’re okay with being controversial and potentially ruffling a few feathers, astroturfing could provide a good opportunity for high-ROI guerrilla marketing. Astroturfing, which gets its name from the artificial turf that mimics the real thing, is a way of using fake/paid endorsements to mimic social proof.

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Guerilla Marketing Strategies: 10 Creative Marketing Ideas

seo.co

Astroturfing. If you’re okay with being controversial and potentially ruffling a few feathers, astroturfing could provide a good opportunity for high-ROI guerilla marketing. Astroturfing, which gets its name from the artificial turf that mimics the real thing, is a way of using fake/paid endorsements to mimic social proof.

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Online Reputation Management: Using SEO to Defend Your Online Brand & Reputation

seo.co

Astroturfing – Or The Art of Masquerading. + Astroturfing – Or The Art of Masquerading. The new term for this type of activity is “astroturfing,” taking its cue from the way astroturf masquerades as real grass. Table of Contents. + The Importance of a Brand’s Online Reputation. Paying Close Attention Saves The Day.

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Best practices for social media shilling

Biznology

These fake grass roots campaigns, called astroturfing, caught on about ten years ago and still haven’t died out. . All this was brought to mind when I recently did some dog food research for a client and it occurred to me that quite a few of the comments are astroturf. Well, from 2003-2006 I was in the astroturfing business.

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Experiment: Do Photos With People Perform Better on Instagram?

Hootsuite

Astroturf.). You don’t need to plan psychological tricks to get likes and comments: just do what you do best, authentically and with meaning — whether that’s sharing a surprising restaurant review, or showing off a patio makeover you’re proud of. The secret? But, of course, this was a small-scale investigation.

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Your online reputation should be a culmination of you

Biznology

And since Google is once bitten, twice shy over all of the times Google’s been hurt before by all those one-night stands with spammers, astroturfers, phishers, and the like, Google is looking more and more for a nice guy, a girl next door. See what I mean? Someone reliable who folks know and can vouch for.

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PR and Blogging Outreach: Practical Tips

WebMarketCentral

And after Edelman's recent blog fiascos (no link needed, just search on Edelman, blog fiasco and you'll get thousands of results) and Comcast's recent astroturfing incident , I wouldn't recommend ghostwriting a blog on behalf of a client. Check out Lifehacker's tips for commenting on blogs.

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I was a teenage Russian troll OG

Biznology

I haven’t at all since I left NMS in 2006 and I don’t even know if NMS continued doing it themselves since there was a lot of heat from the FTC and organizations like WOMMA, PRSA, and the lot to not astroturf or misrepresent oneself. If there was even a hint of “ Witch!