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WOM Tip #229: Don’t just make it right, make it better

At Powell’s Books, if a customer tries to buy a used book that’s out of stock, they’ll send them a new one for the same price. That way, instead of waiting for the book to come back in stock, the customer gets upgraded. This is how a small bookseller competes with someone like Amazon. When…

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The 8 essential word of mouth training books

[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.] At WordofMouth.org our required reading list is full of fantastic books by word of mouth leaders who get it. And while we easily could…

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Word of mouth research: The effects of online reviews on book sales

Online book reviews are, on average, overwhelmingly positive and have a significant impact on individual book sales. That’s according to a 2006 study by Yale professors Judith A. Chevalier and Dina Mayzlin published in the Journal of Marketing Research. The study focused on the effect of word of mouth on online book sales by examining…

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