Agency self-promo spams Facebook Places

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Creativity has a mini case study of an "innovative" recruitment program supposedly done by ad agency Jung Von Matt in Stuttgart, Germany. In the proud tradition of agencies buying competitor keywords for jobs ads, Jung Van Matt decided to do something similar with location-based services. The agency allegedly simulated a U.S. IP address to gain early access to Facebook Places before its German launch last week—then created fake Facebook Places for a bunch of fellow agencies.

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