Martech

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

To add to the usual list of challenges marketers and their technology counterparts deal with regularly, we’ve been saddled with: A pandemic. While 61% of CMOs report they lack the in-house capabilities to deliver their strategy, spending on in-house labor remained static, per Gartner’s 2022 CMO Spend survey. .

Work Management 117

Work Management Marketing Management Marketing Budget Budget Programs 117

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

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 Internet Marketing Communities 99