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WOM Tip #208: Even small swag can make a difference

FILA’s golf shorts come with a small package of golf tees. They’re there to show off the fact that the shorts have a “tee pocket,” but more importantly, they put something shareable into their customers’ hands. That makes it much easier for someone out golfing with friends to talk about his shorts. Even the smallest…

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Video: Tyra Banks on how honesty strengthens your word of mouth marketing

“Smizing,” “saming,” and encouraging different definitions of beauty: They’re Tyra’s ingredients for becoming one of the most world’s most followed people on Twitter. (Well, that, and being a world-famous supermodel, reality show host, and entrepreneur.) But her social media and word of mouth strategy might not be what you think. In her keynote at SocialMedia.org’s…

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Daring 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.] As a marketer, you have a choice: Go with what’s safe and get lost in the noise, or do something daring and start conversations….

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WOM Tip #544: Partnerships re-energize word of mouth

IKEA stores do a great job of helping customers visualize what IKEA furniture could look like in their house. Dog shelters, however, have a harder time helping people imagine what it would be like to have a dog in their home. Let’s be honest. Most dog shelters aren’t very homey. So to get people thinking…

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Video: How to integrate word of mouth and social media with advertising

Jamie Plesser, former Best Buy Director of Digital Marketing, says that like a lot of social media and word of mouth marketers, he cringes when someone asks him to “make this campaign social.” In his presentation at SocialMedia.org’s Brands-Only Summit, he talks about why, unlike traditional media, word of mouth and social media is about…

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3 simple ways to make what you’re already doing remarkable

[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 marketing doesn’t always require an overhaul. Sometimes it’s just small tweaks to what you’re already doing that turn a regular company…

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