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WOM Tip #345: Make the people who give you feedback feel like rock stars
In Google’s help forums, Top Contributors are volunteers that share their expertise with other customers and champion popular feedback to Google. Basically, they’re Google’s biggest fans. And for all of their help, Google gives them the distinction of a “Top Contributor” online — but that’s not all. Each year, Google holds a Top Contributor Summit,…
Word of mouth research: WOM’s critical role in tech purchase decisions
Tech decision makers give user-generated sites equal importance to traditional media sources when considering tech purchases, according to a recent study by Hill & Knowlton and highlighted in PRWeek. The study went on to show that word of mouth was the second-most important factor in making a decision, behind only “personal experience.” Other findings: 67%…