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Who shouldn’t you serve?

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Who shouldn’t you serve? I have often said that the power of a good brand is not only does it attract your sweet spot…

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How to make everything you say a treasure to your audience

This is a guest post from Mitch Joel — President, Twist Image and author of “Six Pixels of Separation.” His new book “CTRL ALT Delete” was released in May 2013. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. My first time attending the TED conference was a bit of…

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Video: How to build audiences to earn word of mouth

The term “ABBA” typically conjures up images of glittery suit jackets and stylishly shaggy hair. But if you’re Jeff Rohrs, VP of Marketing Insights at ExactTarget, “ABBA” is short for a useful marketing aphorism: Always Be Building Audiences. In his presentation at SocialMedia.org’s Brands-Only Summit, Jeff explains why a large and engaged customer base is…

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How fans have blown audiences away

This guest post is from Andy Nulman — President of Just for Laughs and author of “Pow! Right Between the Eyes: Profiting from the Power of Surprise.” See the original post this was adapted from and more like it on his blog. This year I had the pleasure of flying to San Francisco to be one of…

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How to sell ideas like Gladwell

This is a guest post from Jonah Berger, Marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and New York Times bestselling author of “Contagious: Why Things Catch On.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Whether you agree with his conclusions or not, Malcolm Gladwell has certainly…

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The first chapter of Jeffrey Rohrs’ “AUDIENCE: Marketing in the Age of Subscribers, Fans & Followers”

It’s not news that social media has changed the role of the customer. People choose to be an audience now through following, liking, and subscribing to brand messages. And while they can be extremely profitable, these new proprietary audiences are also easily lost. The problem: Companies still act like they own their audiences. In this…

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Examining why ideas spread

This is a guest post from Spike Jones — Group Director of Engagement at WCG and co-author of the book Brains on Fire: Igniting Powerful, Sustainable Word of Mouth Movements. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Adam Pedowitz, a big-brained colleague of mine, recently pointed me…

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Video: How Walmart is spreading online word of mouth with data

In the past, when Walmart’s social pages were attacked with misinformation, their strategy was to ignore the inaccurate posts. But now, Walmart’s social media leader, Umang Shah, says, “No more free shots.” His social media team is proactively improving Walmart’s word of mouth by engaging with these people and correcting misinformation. They’re also using social…

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