Comments on: Top Five Creepy Social Media Marketing Tactics

By: Creepy Marketing and Social Media: How to Scare Away Your Customers for Good « Rio's Blog

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:10:40 +0000

[...] think this list is a good place to start. More tactically speaking, in her blogKristen Lamb gives us five examples of social media marketing tactics that not only creep individuals out, but [...]

By: Spine-Chilling Marketing: How to Avoid Panicking Your Clients - Massey Communications

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:56:28 +0000

[...] tactics. There are five examples of social media marketing tactics that might be hair-raising, according to social media expert, Kristen Lamb. This includes automatically adding people to your firm’s Facebook fan list, sending out annoying [...]

By: Friday Links for Writers | Erin Reel Publishing Services

Friday Links for Writers | Erin Reel Publishing Services — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:06:12 +0000

[...] author and editor Kristen Lamb shares Top 5 Creepy Social Media Marketing Tactics where we learn above all else, authenticity over hard selling is always the right [...]

By: Carol Lee

Carol Lee — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:40:03 +0000

So true. Me and the author share the same horror of knowing i liked a page or an author whom i did not like on the first page. Asking people to like oyur page sounds pathetic too. But can you give a concrete example of a NICE social media networking approach?

By: …And that’s how I lost all my friends | Front Matter

…And that’s how I lost all my friends | Front Matter — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:34:00 +0000

[...] undoing all the good we hoped to accomplish by signing up for social media to start with. And other writers are letting us know about it. Sometimes by complaining, sometimes by simply un-following us and [...]

By: Friday Links for Writers | The Lit Coach

Friday Links for Writers | The Lit Coach — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:58:33 +0000

[...] author and editor Kristen Lamb shares Top 5 Creepy Social Media Marketing Tactics where we learn above all else, authenticity over hard selling is always the right [...]

By: Tony LaRocca

Tony LaRocca — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:01:42 +0000

I followed an author on twitter and was rewarded with this auto-reponse: “Thanks for following me, if you like my tweets, you’ll LOVE my books (website link here.)” I immediately stopped following.

I don’t mind the occasional “Hey my new book/ game/ album” is on sale, or “I’m appearing at ________” but if that’s all you have to offer, I’m gone.

By: Industry News-September 9 » RWA-WF

Industry News-September 9 » RWA-WF — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:43:48 +0000

[...] Writers who spam other writers on Facebook and Twitter come across as self-absorbed and, yes, fake. Kristen Lamb lists creepy online tactics to avoid. [...]

By: Social Media Decisions and Questions « The Wright Words

Social Media Decisions and Questions « The Wright Words — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 12:06:39 +0000

[...] expresses her dismay at the use of Twitter for bombarding people with marketing messages, drop by Kristen Lamb’s excellent blog and see what I [...]

By: Expat Alien

Expat Alien — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:15:15 +0000

Haha, this is great! People are funny!