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WOM Tip #396: Be patient with word of mouth

For one local Applebee’s, talking to the same Facebook fan, Chip Zdarsky, every day probably got annoying. After all, they didn’t know it, but Chip was messing with them — answering mundane Facebook posts like “Full or half sized Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad?” mostly for his own entertainment. But after months of Applebee’s politely responding…

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Video: Why Dassault Systèmes let their fans take over their word of mouth message

As marketers, we have a duty to cling tightly to our brand’s identity. But there are some moments when you can loosen your grip a little to earn new fans and word of mouth. That’s what Aurélien Blaha, Senior Manager of Social Communications for Dassault Systèmes, shared in his presentation at SocialMedia.org’s BlogWell conference. He…

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The proper way to blow a customer’s mind

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.” Wake up every day thinking about how you can deliver OMG service like this: Shandi, a customer service rep at Headsets.com saw this message…

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The failing state of content marketing

This is a guest post from Mitch Joel — President, Twist Image and author of “Six Pixels of Separation.” His new book “CTRL ALT Delete” was released in May 2013. See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Simply put: There is too much content in too many places….

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3 reasons to let your customers behind the scenes

[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.] You have a great resource for earning word of mouth right under your nose. It’s the stuff you do every day — and all…

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WOM Tip #344: Your best talkers might be having the worst day

Everyone knows that traveling during the holidays is terrible. During the day before Thanksgiving, Zappos showed up at one of the worst places to be: baggage claim at an airport. But instead of using the advertising space on the baggage carousel as a billboard, they made it into a Wheel-of-Fortune game. If your bag landed…

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