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6 tips from Tony Hsieh on how Zappos delivers happiness

[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.] Zappos has earned fantastic word of mouth by delivering incredible customer service. They’ve got an amazing 365-day return policy, they send customers flowers, and in…

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How UPS is Mastering Customer Service with Social Media, presented by Debbie Curtis-Magley

One of the fundamentals to keeping customers happy is by providing excellent customer service. This presentation from UPS‘ Manager of Corporate PR, Debbie Curtis-Magley, focuses on how to deliver excellent customer service on Facebook and Twitter. Debbie shares the ups and down of their experiences and concludes with their five important lessons learned. A few…

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How to join conversations about your brand

When people are talking about you, it’s OK to participate. In fact, it’s expected. A great response program can turn around any bad conversations and amplify the good ones. But how do you develop a great response program? How do you know which conversations to respond to and which to ignore? How do you help…

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Becoming a Talkable Brand, presented by John Moore

This presentation is from Marketingologist John Moore about the breakdown of “WOM-ology” and how to make your brand word of mouth-worthy. Sure, advertising will promote your product, and people may talk about a brilliant advertising campaign, but they will never advocate an ad the way they advocate a product they love. A few of the…

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How UPS uses social media for customer service — live from BlogWell

Come to our upcoming BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media conference in San Francisco to hear Farmers Insurance, Rogers Communications, Target, Yahoo!, NVIDIA, Hitachi Data Systems, Verizon, and Autodesk share 8 great case studies on corporate social media. This event is all about how big brands use social media. No agencies, no startups —…

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3-Minute WOM Lesson: Why negative feedback handled well is always a win

[Welcome back to the You Can Be a Word of Mouth Marketing Supergenius! newsletter. This is text from the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] As we often say, every brand experiences negative feedback. But it’s how you handle it that separates you…

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3-Minute WOM Lesson: Three classics that always get people talking

[Welcome back to the You Can Be a Word of Mouth Marketing Supergenius! newsletter. This is text from the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] When you’re just getting started with word of mouth, we recommend you start with classic, reliable ways to…

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How Kaiser Permanente built a social network to drive fantastic customer service — live from BlogWell

Come to our upcoming BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media conference in Atlanta to hear UPS, The Home Depot, Coca-Cola, Solo Cup, Newell Rubbermaid, NCR Corporation, DeVry University, and Georgia-Pacific share 8 great case studies on corporate social media. You’ll learn how to get started, get past roadblocks, and make your social media program…

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The most effective ways to stop negative WOM with examples from Zappos, FedEx, Dell, and more.

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The New Topics Worksheet

All word of mouth starts with a topic of conversation — a simple, portable, repeatable idea that gets people talking.

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Create a complete word of mouth marketing plan using this worksheet’s eight simple steps.

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