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Amazon's Holiday Customer Review Team
Saving money is just as important as picking the perfect gift for your loved ones this holiday. I hope to give you as much detailed information as possible about the best gifts for 2008. The best thing you can do to make sure you pick the perfect gift is to have a budget and game plan for ...
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Amazon.com Tries User-Generated Public Relations
Bits — ... its “Holiday Customer Review Team.” These are six Amazon customers who are particularly active in writing product reviews that it has offered to reporters to discuss gift picks. (They also contribute their recommendations on a page on Amazon’s site.) Amazon says that members of the team are “real people giving unbiased advice to fellow consumers. They are not employed by Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.” That’s not quite the whole story. Some team members have been flown to Seattle to conduct broadcast interviews on behalf of the company. Moreover, they have been given ...

Amazon Offers Holiday Customer Review Team
WebProNews Feed — ... tips on cutting costs over the holidays."The reviewers have been given access to some of Amazon's most popular Black Friday deals so they can offer up their opinions on the items with other shoppers."Our customers have come to rely on the third-party expertise our customer reviews provide, and the Holiday Customer Review Team is an extension of that resource over the holidays," said Russell Dicker, senior manager of Community at Amazon.com. Amazon Offers Holiday Customer Review Team Amazon says the reviewers are real people giving unbiased advice and are not employed by the ...

Amazon assembles Justice League of loyalists for holiday PR
Webware.com — ... Amazon has enlisted a half dozen of its most dedicated (addicted?) reviewers to act as holiday gift experts this season. They'll be responsible for providing gift picks, tips, and other advice regarding their favorite products available on the mega-retail site. ...

Amazon assembles Justice League of loyalists for holiday PR
The Social — ... Amazon has enlisted a half dozen of its most dedicated (addicted?) reviewers to act as holiday gift experts this season. They'll be responsible for providing gift picks, tips, and other advice regarding their favorite products available on the mega-retail site. ...

Amazon unbiased reviewers not so independent
Amazon & the online retail blog — On Monday, Amazon said that it has assembled a team of six real customers to give advice on goods. The team of "tell-it-like-it-is consumer advocates" helps shoppers navigate Amazon.com and find deals. The review team includes Mark Espinosa, a New Jersey man who is ranked as the no. 1 reviewer on Amazon.com. "Members are real people giving unbiased advice to fellow consumers. They are not employed by Amazon.com or its affiliates," Amazon said. I didn't report this on Monday because I was working on ...

Bits: Amazon Tries User-Generated P.R.
NYT > Technology — ... its “Holiday Customer Review Team.” These are six Amazon customers who are particularly active in writing product reviews that it has offered to reporters to discuss gift picks. (They also contribute their recommendations on a page on Amazon’s site.) Amazon says that members of the team are “real people giving unbiased advice to fellow consumers. They are not employed by Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.” That’s not quite the whole story. Some team members have been flown to Seattle to conduct broadcast interviews on behalf of the company. Moreover, they have been given ...

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