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Marketing channels, such as Word of Mouth Marketing and Online Marketing, are expected to grow to an astounding 27% of overall marketing expenditures by 2012, up from 7% in 2002, according to a new research study recently released by IBM Institute for Business Value titled “Beyond Advertising: Choosing a Strategic Path to the Digital Consumer”. [...]
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Online Community Unconference East 2009 at Baruch College here in New York City. It was my first unconference and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I met a lot of interesting people and participated in some lively discussions about online communities. One particular session left me with a lot [...]
(note: This post isn’t meant to be a critique of the recent WOMMA Summit but rather my general observations about the evolution of the WOM industry as a whole.) I recently returned from WOMMA’s Word of Mouth Marketing Summit in Las Vegas. It was a fun (yet sleepless!) few days and it’s always great running [...]