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How Microsoft uses influencer programs to empower fans — live from BlogWell

Come to our upcoming BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media conference in Dallas to hear Texas Instruments, Shell, AMD, Coldwell Banker Real Estate, United Airlines, Level 3, Northwestern Mutual, and AT&T share 8 great case studies on corporate social media. This event is all about how big brands use social media. No agencies, no…

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3-Minute WOM Lesson: What makes a great talker

[Welcome back to the You Can Be a Word of Mouth Marketing Supergenius! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Anytime someone is willing to recommend you to a friend, you’re doing something right. But when creating…

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Virginia Miracle: How to Work With Bloggers and Influencers — live from Word of Mouth Supergenius

11:55 — Jim Lovelady introduces Ogilvy PR‘s Virginia Miracle. 11:56 — Virginia explains how she got started with WOMMA, and then later with Dell. 11:56 — Virginia says targeting an influencer is not the first step. She recommends finding what you have to offer and then finding the right subset of talkers you can work…

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How to work with bloggers and influencers — live with Rick Murray

Continuing our previews for Word of Mouth Supergenius: The “How to be Great at Word of Mouth Marketing” Conference on December 16 here in Chicago, we bring you word of mouth supergenius and President of Edelman Digital, Rick Murray. Here Rick shares a few tips on how to work with bloggers and influencers based on…

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Creating word of mouth by targeting a small group of big talkers

To create buzz for Gwen Stefani’s new fragrance line, “Harajuku Lovers,” Matchstick — a Canadian-based word of mouth agency — reached out to 50 influential female fashion, beauty, and lifestyle bloggers in Canada and sent each of them a Harajuku Lovers Fragrance Kit filled with samples and giveaways. The bloggers responded with a bunch of…

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Word of Mouth Marketing Research: Coworkers are Key WOM Influencers

You can be a supergenius with GasPedal’s Word of Mouth Marketing Research slide of the week.  Share it, copy it and send it to a friend!  

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Word of Mouth Geniuses of the Week

Nintendo, as reported by Mack Collier, The Viral Garden"Case Study: Dooce’s Nintendo Wii Giveaway"     Transparency is key in a word of mouth campaign, and Mack talks about how Heather Armstrong did it right. He also points out out Nintendo hit a home run. (link) Sean Moffitt, Buzz Canuck & Patrick Thoburn, Matchstick"7 Questions with…

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