Austin Pets Alive! doesn’t have any spare cash to pay people to write bios and blog posts, take photos, and make videos featuring their adoptable animals. But the more content they have to tell their story, the more people they reach. That means more interest in adopting stray cats and dogs and more donations to…
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WOM Tip #152: Ask people to help you tell your story
When is the wrapping better than the gift?
This is a guest post from Andy Sernovitz — CEO of WordofMouth.org and SocialMedia.org and New York Times bestselling author of “Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Amazon gift cards come in this great metal gift box. Same gift…
Ambassador programs: Step away from the status quo
This is a guest post from Spike Jones — SVP, Managing Director SW Region at Edelman Digital and co-author of the book Brains on Fire: Igniting Powerful, Sustainable Word of Mouth Movements. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. I’ve come to the unfortunate conclusion that the…
WOM Tip #221: Let your employees give people a reason to party
When a representative from Johnsonville Sausage found out our CEO, Andy, was from Wisconsin and missed Johnsonville Brats, they sent us a hand-written note and dozens of coupons. (Seriously, a ridiculous amount of coupons.) They sent so many coupons for sausage and brats, Andy was inspired to invite the whole office to his house for…