[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.] When someone makes you feel important or special, it’s human nature to tell people about it. But there are more ways to do that…
Word of Mouth Tip #131: Promote your fans, not yourself
[Inspired by our sister brand‘s upcoming BlogWell conference on July 18 in Chicago, we’re hosting big brand word of mouth week here at WordofMouth.org. All week we’re featuring how big brands are creating big conversations.] When you use your resources to promote your fans instead of yourself, you create a much more interesting conversation. The…
Word of Mouth Tip #75: Help fans create something together
People love to share things they’ve helped create. Inviting fans to join in on a project not only gives them a way to actively participate, but it also gives them an excuse to recruit their friends, too. Ideas here include group art projects, how-to resources (where fans trade ideas on how to better use your…