Tag Archives: WOM
Dear KFC: Never Underestimate the Power of Free + Word of Mouth

Dear KFC: Never Underestimate the Power of Free + Word of Mouth

Posted 11 May 2009 | By | Categories: Industry News, Marketing, PR, Self-Promotion, Social Media | 199 Comments

Dear KFC Team, Last week you learned a valuable lesson (no, not that Oprah is queen – we already knew that). You learned, hopefully, not to underestimate the power of Word of Mouth. To recap, for those who haven’t been stampeded in one of your locations within the past week… You as a brand, interested [...]

Generating WOM for a New Product or Service that Doesn’t Yet Exist

Posted 08 March 2009 | By | Categories: Marketing, Social Media | 796 Comments

How do you get people excited (and talking) about your great new product or service while it’s still in development? Here are five tips that have proven successful: Tip #1: Motivation If you are truly starting “from scratch,” with no existing customers (let alone an existing CRM system or even an email list), you’ll need [...]

Word of Mouth and Social Media Marketing… “Tipping Point”, or “Jumping the Shark”?

Posted 18 November 2008 | By | Categories: Industry News, Marketing, Social Media | 200 Comments

(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 [...]