[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.] Word of mouth marketing starts with the very thing people will talk about: your topic. Some come about organically and some are planned —…
Why no business is too boring for word of mouth
This is a guest post from Andy Sernovitz — CEO of WordofMouth.org and SocialMedia.org and New York Times best-selling author of “Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking.” Some of the best word of mouth stories are about blenders, men’s health, and billing software. A great topic — attached to any great…
WOM Tip #195: Teach them something worth sharing
Great content is something people love to talk about and share with their friends. But it doesn’t have to be a viral video or a novel to be noteworthy. If you have some expertise on a topic, you have a great reason to create content — because everyone has something to teach to someone. For…
The New Topics Worksheet
All word of mouth starts with a topic of conversation — a simple, portable, repeatable idea that gets people talking.
How to listen for unexpected topics
[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.] Some of your best word of mouth topics may not be the ones you planned for — and that’s OK. Organic word of mouth usually happens…