[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.] Companies can get so caught up in bringing more people into their store that sometimes only new customers get all the love. It’s easy…
Create a love affair with your customers
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. Satisfaction is nice. Loyalty is good. Repeat business is dandy. But none of that is love. And if you really want to get and…
Stop selling. Start enabling.
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. In our day-to-day marketing lives, when we’re all down in…
Why a culture of belief is crucial to customer loyalty
This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. Too often in our daily lives, it feels as if businesses hold all the cards. As employees, we are penned in…
The 5 ingredients of community glue
This is a guest post from Douglas Atkin, CEO at The Glue Project and author of “The Culting of Brands.” It may seem trite to have a list of ingredients. We’re talking about high-functioning communities here, not a sponge cake. But over and over, the same motivations, techniques and principles emerged as I talked to members…