Editor's note: Jonah Berger is a marketing professor at the Wharton School and author of the New York Times bestseller Contagious: Why Things Catch On.
Why do some companies, products and services get more word of mouth than others? It’s not luck. Show More Summary
This is a post from our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Creating remarkable experiences is one of the best (and most important) parts of a word of mouth marketer’s job. But instead of inventing new ways to reach customers, start by reviewing all [...]
Here’s a guest post Mitch Joel — President, Twist Image and author of Six Pixels of Separation, wrote for our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. I once nearly got kicked out of a furniture store. Apparently, I broke a very strict rule of [...]
This is a post from our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Building a buzzworthy company is a word of mouth marketer’s ultimate goal. When you bake it into your brand and get everyone in the company thinking about how to get people talking, [...]
Bill Kerschbaum shares a great example of the best kind of word of mouth marketing for small business — straightforward, inexpensive, and light-hearted: I’m a freelance technical writer, and some of my clients are engineers (naturally). So, for Pi Day (3/14 = 3.14) I’m hand delivering them a pie from a local bakery. Not only that, but [...]
Here’s a guest post Greg Meyer, a member of the Customer WOW team at Desk.com, wrote for our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. “The Thank You Effect” is an example of a small action that prompts meaningful next steps to measurably improve service in [...]
I’ve often thought that over-done efforts at copy protection kill the limited piracy that helps start the word of mouth about new content. Or they just make it too hard to use, and frustrated consumers walk away. David Pogue writes about Tor Books’ test where they dropped copy protection and saw no measurable increase in [...]
Word of mouth is a powerful marketing tool, and businesses (not to mention the consumers), can benefit greatly from helpful reviews. Popyoular is an editorial review-based recommendation and discovery platform. It's aimed specifically at film, music, books and games. Show More Summary
As outbound marketing tactics peel away in the form of paint falling off of billboards, I am loving how much of a collaborative turn the world of marketing has taken as we head down the road of inbound. Every time I read through my Twitter feed, influencers and brands are recommending the words of others. Show More Summary
This is a post from our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Nobody is going to put their reputation on the line to recommend you if they have any questions about your trustworthiness. It takes a long, long time to build this level of trust — [...]
This is a post from our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Everyone experiences negative word of mouth. Even the most beloved companies in the world make mistakes. Your job is to actively respond to negative word of mouth and prevent it from spreading. Here are [...]
Marketers have long known that buyers are influenced by their friends and family members. Word of mouth advertising was often considered the best form of advertising long before the advent of the internet. Even in the digital age when internet... Read more
LinkedIn is often considered as the avant-garde of online job portals, and quite rightly so. As a professional Rolodex, using word of mouth marketing has helped LinkedIn become something users can turn to when they’re on the lookout for a job or meeting someone for business purposes. But now the website is looking to expand [...]
Here’s a guest post Drew McLellan, CEO and Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group, wrote for our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Employers have been in the driver’s seat for the past several years as the recession made jobs scarce and employees afraid. It’s [...]
This is a post from our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. When it comes to word of mouth marketing, there’s a lot of room for trial and error. It’s OK to experiment, to make mistakes, and to learn along the way. But there are a [...]
Here’s a video of my second-shortest talk on Word of Mouth Marketing (they gave me 15 minutes to explain it all), live from the W2O Social Commerce Summit:
Here’s a guest post Douglas Atkin, CEO at The Glue Project and author of “The Culting of Brands” wrote for our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. These are the two universal (and often unconscious) questions people ask when deciding whether to join a community. [...]
In some ways, political revolutions are a word of mouth marketing challenge: How do enough people spread the word that they are ready to stand up for change? How do leaders spread the word about specific actions? That’s why social media has had such an impact in the Middle East. In North Korea, we could [...]
Here’s a guest post Jeanne Bliss, customer experience expert and author of “I Love You More Than My Dog,” wrote for our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Too often in our daily lives, it feels as if businesses hold all the cards. As [...]
This is a post from our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Critics are just potential fans that haven’t been won over yet. They represent opportunities — and if you can make them happy, they’ll tell the world about you. How to do it: 1. Respond [...]