[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.] With almost no traditional advertising, Tough Mudder, a traveling 12-mile extreme obstacle course, has grown from 20,000 participants in 2010 to 460,000 in 2012….
Word of Mouth Tip #63: Offer something crazy for the crazy fans
Support your fanatical, crazy, and passionate fans. They’re rare, and they deserve extra support and encouragement. Tough Mudder events are extreme, long-distance obstacle races that attract some serious (some might say “crazy”) athletes. And as part of these races, they have a lot of fun side competitions like costume and mullet contests. But they also…