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Word of Mouth Theories and Metrics Coming Under Fire

Posted 10 March 2008 | By | Categories: Industry News, Marketing, Research | 1,038 Comments

Two recent articles have caught my attention that attempt to challenge some of the fundamentals of word of mouth marketing theory and metrics: The first, Is the Tipping Point Toast, discusses challenges being made to the “influencer” model made famous in WOM101 books The Tipping Point and The Influentials. In it, Duncan Watts, a researcher [...]