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8 word of mouth case studies from big brands

Continuing with our big brand word of mouth week, check out a few of our favorite videos of big brand marketers sharing case studies on how they’re earning fans, thrilling customers, winning over critics, and measuring it all: 1. How Zappos delivers happiness $1 billion in sales and an army of loyal fans — and…

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The Customer Experience Officer: Human Duct Tape to Connect the Silos

Continuing with our week focused on how big brands are earning word of mouth, here’s a guest post from author and CustomerBliss founder, Jeanne Bliss. You can meet Jeanne and learn a ton about earning customer love at the CXPA‘s Members Insight Exchange in San Diego June 19-20. Why does it take such a push to…

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6 ways big brands are earning word of mouth

[Welcome back to our Word of Mouth Marketing Lessons newsletter. This is text from the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using this handy form.] Word of mouth isn’t just something for quirky small businesses, hot startups, or solo entrepreneurs. Some of the biggest and most legendary brands in the…

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Word of Mouth Tip #131: Promote your fans, not yourself

[Inspired by our sister brand‘s upcoming BlogWell conference on July 18 in Chicago, we’re hosting big brand word of mouth week here at WordofMouth.org. All week we’re featuring how big brands are creating big conversations.] When you use your resources to promote your fans instead of yourself, you create a much more interesting conversation. The…

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6 ways to kickstart a word of mouth program at a big brand

I once sat through a boring off-site meeting in San Francisco where a bunch of corporate buffs like myself — jammed like sardines into a hotel conference room (with amazing views we only witnessed over lunch) — endured two ridiculous days of life coaching. This life coach was to tell us about using our energy…

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