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Issue #121: Blogs and Email Work Together

Blogs and email were meant to be used together. Remember these points when trying to get people to share and talk about your content: 1> Email is universal 2> Email is shareable 3> Email works offline 1> Email is universal Not everyone is savvy on RSS, but pretty much everyone is comfortable with email. FeedBurner…

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Issue #120: Keep Your Talkers Happy

Improve your word of mouth by keeping your talkers happy with these basic techniques: 1> Make them feel important 2> Let them help out 3> Keep things fun 1> Make them feel important Keep your talkers happy by making sure they know how important they are. Give them special status, insider information, and the first…

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Issue #118: Word of mouth for your blog posts

Get people talking about your blog content using these simple techniques: 1> Announce new posts through Twitter 2> Connect your blog to Facebook 3> Offer email subscriptions 1> Announce new posts through Twitter Twitter, the micro-blogging platform, is a growing community of talkers that often pass on popular content in the form of “retweets.” You…

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Issue #117: Out-of-the-Box Word of Mouth

Focus on these elements to get folks talking about you right out of the box: 1> The box itself 2> Inside the box 3> When it arrives 1> The box itself The best shipping boxes are the ones in which everybody knows where it came from before it’s ever opened. Unique box shapes or graphical…

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Issue #116: Make Your Site Shareable

Tune-up your website to help your fans talk about you: 1> Make it easy to print 2> Create images to share 3> Give text to copy 1> Make it easy to print When someone hits print from your site, how clean is the printout? Make sure your print style sheets are set up to include…

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Issue #115: Word of Mouth Before, During and After the Sale

Get people talking about you throughout the sales cycle: 1> Before the sale2> During the sale3> After the sale 1> Before the sale Word of mouth begins long before the sale, so make it easy for your potential customers to talk about you. Give them flyers to take home from the store, samples to play…

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Issue #114: BtoB Word of Mouth Techniques

Try these BtoB word of mouth techniques to get companies talking about you: 1> Share research2> Host events3> Group interactions 1> Share research Publish research that people will pass around the office. Help spread your work by putting it in a simple PDF, posting it to SlideShare, and prominently encouraging people to pass the content…

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Issue #113: Word of Mouth for a New Product

Learn to get people talking about your new product:1> Get fans involved before the launch2> Get samples in the hands of talkers3> Get tools for talking to early adopters 1> Get fans involved before the launch People love things they help build, so create ways to get your fans involved in the development phases. Give…

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9 Things to Share That Start Conversations

Use the examples in this guide to help inspire ways to make your message more portable and shareable.

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These tips can help you get your marketing to do more work without a lot of extra effort.

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10 Ways to Turn Around Negative Word of Mouth

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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The Word of Mouth Action Plan

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

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