According to Ryan Holiday, businesses like Airbnb, Facebook, Twitter, and Dropbox are pulling off a different kind of marketing that sidesteps traditional advertising and looks internally instead to make their stuff more buzzworthy while making their businesses better. In his book Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising, Ryan…
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Podcast: Ryan Holiday and Mitch Joel on building buzzworthy brands from the ground up
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Be ready for slow word of mouth
This is a guest post from Andy Sernovitz — CEO of WordofMouth.org and SocialMedia.org and New York Times bestselling author of “Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking.” Sometimes word of mouth takes a while to travel. Don’t miss this opportunity. By the time you hear about a great new show on…
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WOM Tip #206: Workshops are great for word of mouth
The Home Depot does it with weekly DIY lessons, REI does it with YouTube videos, and now Verizon is doing it with in-store wireless workshops. When you teach your customers something — whether it’s a new skill, or how to use your product — you give them a reason to come back. These learning experiences…
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Is word of mouth better than advertising?
This is a guest post from Jonah Berger, Marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and New York Times bestselling author of “Contagious: Why Things Catch On.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. People often wonder whether word of mouth is better than advertising. The…
What type of content should my company produce?
This is a guest post from Mitch Joel — President, Twist Image and author of “Six Pixels of Separation.” His new book “CTRL ALT DEL” comes out in May 2013. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. “What type of content should my company be producing?” This seems…
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9 big ideas from “Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking” by Andy Sernovitz
[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.] What sparks the irrepressible enthusiasm of Apple, IKEA, Harley-Davidson, Southwest, Zappos, and Patagonia fans? Why is everyone talking about a certain restaurant, car, band, or…
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