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Affinitive’s Social Media Playground

New Comprehensive Word-of-Mouth Marketing Industry Report Released

July 30th, 2009 · View Comments

On the heels of the first-of-its-kind WOM industry study in 2007, The Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), in conjunction with PQ Media, just released their Word-of-Mouth Marketing Forecast 2009-2013: Spending, Trends & Analysis study. It’s chock full of great data and insight, and includes the following eye-opening prediction: Total spending on WoM marketing is [...]

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Word of Mouth Marketing Spending to Break $1 Billion in 2007

November 16th, 2007 · View Comments

At this week’s Word of Mouth Marketing Summit and Research Symposium, PQ Media presented findings from their first-of-its-kind, in-depth analysis of the word of mouth marketing industry: Word-of-Mouth (WoM) Marketing is the fastest-growing segment of the $254 billion marketing services sector of the media industry, which includes among others, branded entertainment, direct marketing and public [...]

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Tags: Research