This is a guest post from Mitch Joel — President, Mirum and author of “Six Pixels of Separation” and “CTRL ALT Delete.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. #Client. How often are you trolling the social media feeds and you see some kind of post about how…
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Video: Andy Sernovitz explains why social media ethics should be a priority
We’ve all seen the headlines: Fake Facebook fans, fake Twitter hacks, and fake celebrity social media endorsements are all over the place. But according to SocialMedia.org and WordofMouth.org CEO Andy Sernovitz, the FTC is fed up with it, and they’re starting to do something about it. In his presentation at SocialMedia.org’s BlogWell conference in Chicago,…
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Why paying for reviews is never worth it
This is a guest post from Andy Sernovitz — CEO of WordofMouth.org and SocialMedia.org and New York Times bestselling author of “Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking.” You’ve got a more important issue Too often, incentives for reviews are used by lazy marketers who are avoiding a bigger problem: They’re just…
