This is a guest post from Larry Smith, founder of SMITH Magazine, the home of the Six-Word Memoir project. In 2006, I did something that was by all objective measures of questionable judgment: I quit a great magazine career to start a web magazine. I called it SMITH in honor of my grandfather Morris Smith…
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Word of Mouth Tip #110: Make your job ads remarkable
Every time you make something remarkable — your products, your customer service, your policies — good things happen. Want to get more applications from smart job seekers, for example? Make a job ad worth sharing. Check out the job ad below from the always-creative team at Old Spice’s agency, Wieden + Kennedy. Not only do…
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Are you ignoring a very important audience?
This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. Employers have been in the driver’s seat for the past several years as the recession made jobs scarce and employees afraid. It’s been tough on organizations as well. No one wants to freeze open positions, have salary reductions, or cut…
WOM Tip #118: Apply your word of mouth lens to your traditional marketing
As incredible as word of mouth is, much of the other marketing stuff you’re used to doing probably still has value at your company. Sure, if you’re on a desert island and can only take one marketing strategy with you, make it word of mouth. Most likely, direct marketing, PR, and even advertising still has…
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Your product is the experience
This is a guest post from Todd Alexander, Brand Evangelist and EVP at Kreber. Last night we went to our favorite Indian restaurant and enjoyed a fabulous meal. My daughter-in-law ordered her usual chicken tikka masala and she made a very interesting comment after she had just a few bites. She said, “The food tastes…
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