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

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, starting with Dell:…

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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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How Bacon Salt achieved great word of mouth with no money

In one year, using $5,000 in prize money from America's Funniest Home Videos, Dave Lefkow and Justin Esch have grown Bacon Salt–the stuff that makes everything taste like bacon–into one of the hottest selling condiments. They did it largely through the power of word of mouth. Here's how: 1> Dave and Justin went online and…

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Word of Mouth Geniuses of the Week

Verity Gough, MyCustomer.com“Making word of mouth marketing work: Finding the influencers”The essence of word of mouth is getting people to talk about you; this is a good look at finding the people who will do the talking for you, especially near the end of the piece. (link) Mika, DoshDosh"How ‘Surprise’ Helps Word-of-Mouth and Viral Marketing"Not…

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Word of Mouth Geniuses of the Week

WOM World/Nokia, via LesterChan: "My Very Own Poster With My Nickname"          An example of an outstanding way to say thank you AND generate word of mouth, all at the same time. (link) Bob Troia, Affinitive’s Social Media Playground "Don’t Forget About WOM-Moms!"          Bob highlights new data about a group…

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Issue #102: Find Your Word of Mouth Talkers

{This post includes text of the great email newsletter all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up to have this delivered directly to you!}  1> Create a dorky blog 2> Create email newsletters 3> Find people who are already talking 1> Create a dorky blog Write about super-specialized topics that only your true…

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

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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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