Biznology

OCTOBER 8, 2013

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.

Social Media 80

Social Media Astroturfing Practices Media 80

Biznology

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Like Jackson Pollock , you’re creating a genius work of Abstract Expressionistic spatter painting; unlike Pollock, you’re probably not being remotely as artful and intentional as he was — and this is a problem. Of course, not just ten or twenty but more like, for me, “about 50,300,000 results (0.32

Astroturfing 80

Astroturfing Merchandising Google Intent 80

Biznology

DECEMBER 19, 2017

In my early and mid-thirties I worked for New Media Strategies (NMS). I sat in an open-plan room occupying a former newsroom, spending all my days under cover, marketing on behalf of Sci-Fi Channel (now SyFy), Buena Vista (now Disney), TomTom, Paramount Pictures, Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Disney, Reebok, EA, RCA, and NBC.

Astroturfing 99

Astroturfing Paid Search Agency Communities Internet Marketing 99