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Word of Mouth Tip 114: Ask fans to help make your stuff better

Ask your fans for their input, advice, opinions, preferences, feedback, and ideas. Not only will you learn something, you’ll also make them feel important. When the brands we love ask for our help, we feel valued and we tell people about it. Potbelly is great at this — they’re always inviting fans to try new…

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Word of Mouth Tip #76: Make it easy for your fans to introduce you

People are really good at ignoring your ads and blowing off your cold calls. But when a fan makes the introduction, it’s a whole different experience. Instead of spending so much time trying to interrupt new customers, help existing ones do the talking. Give talkers lots of tools to introduce you to their friends. Supply…

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From the book: New word of mouth case study on Potbelly

One of the biggest additions to the new edition of the best-selling book, Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking, is the five new case studies of brilliant word of mouth marketing from Dell, Potbelly, FreshBooks, Microsoft, and Levenger. We’re highlighting a different case study each day this week, continuing with Potbelly…

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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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3 Must-Use Word of Mouth Marketing Tools

These tools will help you kick off any word of mouth campaign no matter what topic, industry, or budget.

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The Top Four Tips for Multiplying Your Word of Mouth

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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