[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.] Your product is great, you’ve got plenty of fans, and no problem with visibility. But like chocolate, everyone already knows about your stuff, and…
WOM Tip #226: Pride is buzzworthy
Everyone’s excited about Google Fiber coming to Austin. But it’s a conversation that’s waned as the company continues to build the infrastructure in town. To keep it going, Google reached out to their supporters by sending them a T-shirt designed by a local Austin artist. The art represents some of the coolest aspects of the…
WOM Tip #345: Make the people who give you feedback feel like rock stars
In Google’s help forums, Top Contributors are volunteers that share their expertise with other customers and champion popular feedback to Google. Basically, they’re Google’s biggest fans. And for all of their help, Google gives them the distinction of a “Top Contributor” online — but that’s not all. Each year, Google holds a Top Contributor Summit,…
Word of Mouth Tip #103: Do something surprisingly delightful
Want to see something fun? Head over to Google Maps and search walking directions from “The Shire” to “Mordor.” Google’s algorithm tries to figure out what you might have meant to search for, and it also offers this little bit of humor: “Use caution — One does not simply walk into Mordor.” The best part?…
Live coverage: How to master Google+ and word of mouth marketing, featuring Guy Kawasaki and Andy Sernovitz
This is live coverage from today’s teleconference, “Master Class: Google+ and Word of Mouth Marketing” featuring Guy Kawasaki and Andy Sernovitz, hosted by SmartBrief. SmartBrief’s Jesse Stanchak introduces Guy Kawasaki: Guy thanks SmartBrief for hosting the teleconference, Andy for being a joint-panelist, and the audience for dialing in. Guy introduces Google+: Guy talks about how…