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WOM Tip #185: Make your event reservation-only

When restaurants give away something good for free, you know there’s going to be a line, chaos, and generally, an unpleasant experience. And while some stores are willing to deal with the lapse in good service to get tons of customers through the door, they’re forgetting one important thing: The customer experience is not about…

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Video: Andy Sernovitz explains why social media ethics should be a priority

We’ve all seen the headlines: Fake Facebook fans, fake Twitter hacks, and fake celebrity social media endorsements are all over the place. But according to SocialMedia.org and WordofMouth.org CEO Andy Sernovitz, the FTC is fed up with it, and they’re starting to do something about it. In his presentation at SocialMedia.org’s BlogWell conference in Chicago,…

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The passion conversation

This is a guest post from Spike Jones — Group Director of Engagement at WCG 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. Movements aren’t about the product conversation, they’re about the passion…

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The secret science behind big data and word of mouth

This is a guest post from Jonah Berger, Marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and New York Times bestselling author of “Contagious: Why Things Catch On.” See the original post this is adapted from and more like it on his blog. Why do some companies, products, and services get more…

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3 ways to hold more remarkable events

[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.] Holding an event can be an exciting (and sometimes stressful) way to raise more awareness for your business and to help people get to…

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WOM Tip #130: Be remarkably useful

There are a lot of marketers who think they have to have some elaborate marketing stunt and a viral video to get people to talk about them. But sometimes, it’s not about being outrageous — it’s about being simply useful. For example, did you know that Simplehuman puts a reminder sticker on the second-to-last bag…

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