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Issue #138: Word of mouth for tough topics

[Welcome back to the You Can Be a Word of Mouth Marketing Supergenius! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Disease, war, famine, political issues — they’re all serious, difficult topics to bring up. But that doesn’t…

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KFC asks fans to create their own commercials

KFC is asking fans to submit homemade commercials showing off the chain’s new grilled style of chicken. The videos are shared on KFC’s MySpace page, where other fans are encouraged to vote for their favorites – with the ultimate winner getting the chance to star in an upcoming television ad campaign as well as receiving a lifetime supply of…

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How T-Mobile got a bunch of word of mouth by asking folks to dance

With more than 12 million YouTube views, T-Mobile’s dance-takeover of Liverpool Street Station is one of the most talked about stunts of the year. The company coordinated several hundred undercover dancers to overwhelm the station, surprising commuters with a series of dance moves — all filmed and shared online. Shown once on television, the video…

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Word of mouth for your event: Make the ticket worth putting on the wall

When you throw an event, is the ticket worth saving? The Indianapolis 500’s tickets are made with the race fan in mind: They’re oversized and include a lot of artwork, as well as the image of the previous year’s winner. Not only does the large size and the colorful images make the tickets hard to…

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Survey: How Big Businesses Staff Social Media

The Blog Council is preparing a study titled “How Big Businesses Staff Social Media.” This study will benchmark social media functions in enterprise environments. Specifically, we want to learn: Who works on social media What department they work for How much time they spend using social media What they earn Benefits of participation: You will…

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Issue #137: Word of mouth for tourism

[Welcome back to the You Can Be a Word of Mouth Marketing Supergenius! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Tourist destinations have an inherent word of mouth advantage in that everyone that visits has a camera…

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Word of mouth from empty bottles of booze: How Sushi 28 does it

Chicago’s Sushi 28 — a bring-your-own-beverage sushi and Vietnamese noodle restaurant — invites customers to write messages on their empty wine bottles after their meal and displays them in the window. In thick black marker, fans write notes like “Get the dragon roll, we love it here!” and “Best first sushi ever!” — and the…

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JetBlue invites a bunch of talkers to check out their new flights

To create buzz for their new routes from New York and Boston to L.A., JetBlue invited a bunch of YouTube celebrities to document a flight — sharing videos and tweets from a plane with wireless internet access. JetBlue’s only requests were that the bloggers disclose their relationship with the airline in whatever videos they produced…

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