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Your brand is a learning space

This is a guest post from Mitch Joel — President, Mirum and author of “Six Pixels of Separation” and “CTRL ALT Delete.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. How much more content does the world really need? Laugh at that line as much as you want, but…

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3 ways to get off the beaten path

[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.] It can be fun sometimes to jump in on the popular conversation, the trending hashtag, and the new fad. But it’s almost always more…

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Can you build trust before the transaction?

This is a guest post from Jay Baer — social media and content strategist and author of “Youtility: Why Smart Marketing is About Help not Hype.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his Convince & Convert blog. What if you found a way to build extreme trust before…

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3 ways to narrow your focus for more word of mouth

[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.] We love the idea of taking one thing and doing it so well that people want to tell their friends about it. When you…

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Engage the ranks of your company to hear your customers’ words

This is a guest post from Jeanne Bliss — customer experience expert and author of “Chief Customer Officer 2.0.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on her blog. Often when a company talks about “listening” to customers, that notion is immediately collapsed into a “voice of the customer” (VOC)…

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3 times to give stuff away and earn word of mouth

[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.] Everyone loves free stuff. But there are more clever ways to give your customers freebies than just handing out coupons or swag. Here are…

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