Archive for April 8th, 2008

Word-of-Mouth Marketing – “Effective” versus “Cheap”

Posted 08 April 2008 | By | Categories: Marketing, Research | 328 Comments

Many marketers are interested in leveraging word-of-mouth, viral, and social media marketing because they view it simply as being “cheaper” than other marketing channels. This is the wrong attitude. The expectation is small spend, huge results (often in a short amount of time). With traditional marketing channels, there is a linear relationship between spend and [...]