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

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

Posted 08 April 2008 | By | Categories: Marketing, Research | 393 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 [...]

The Book Trailer – Authors Going Viral!

Posted 26 February 2008 | By | Categories: Marketing, Social Media | 524 Comments

If you are an unknown, first-time author with a limited marketing budget, how can you generate awareness for your book and make it stand out? My good friend (and first-time published author) Jean Marie Pierson was facing that very dilemma with her new book, “No Good Girls”. Well, it turns out that she originally wrote [...]