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Video: How First Republic Bank makes business better by listening to their customers

Like in any relationship, to get your customers to love you and want to talk about you, you have to listen to them first. But it’s more complicated than just tracking what people say about your company. According to Kathleen Fetters, First Republic Bank’s Social Media Intelligence Executive, getting the most out of listening means…

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Quiznos sponge monkeys revisited — buzz isn’t enough

This is a guest post from Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. When I say Quizno’s “Spongemonkeys,” odds are you know what I am talking about. Considering the short time that campaign ran, that is a…

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Think your industry is boring? Think again.

This is a guest post from Gary Vaynerchuk — well-known entrepreneur, social media innovator, and author of “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. If you follow my blog, you know that I’m all about content, content, content. Companies need to become…

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3 questions to ask about your new word of mouth topic

[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 —…

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WOM Tip #298: Make invisible stories visible

Amazing things happen in your store and at your company all the time. But it’s not always easy to spread those amazing stories to everyone else. One way to do it: Give those stories a visual cue. Put something on the wall that starts conversations. Here’s one inspiring example: At Rosa’s Fresh Pizza in Philadelphia,…

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Video: Why HGTV’s broadcasting company took advice from Vanilla Ice on improving their customers’ experience

“Stop, collaborate, and listen.” You know the song. You know the hit 90’s rapper. But did you know that these Vanilla Ice lyrics inspire how Scripps Networks, the company behind HGTV, listens to their customers? Keeping track of your customers’ conversations is a huge part of word of mouth marketing, and social media has made…

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