[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I Thought of That Email Newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] It’s more rewarding to work at a company that does its part to make the world better. You [...]
Will It Blend? Our 4-part series on creating content people love to share
November 18, 2009
As a preview for Word of Mouth Supergenius: The “How to be Great at Word of Mouth Marketing” Conference here in Chicago on December 16, we’re dedicating a full week to our halftime celebrities from Blendtec’s Will It Blend? video series on our Word of Mouth Marketing Blog. We’ve long been big fans of Will [...]
How a blog will change your career
November 18, 2009
Read this great post by Chad Levitt on Dan Schawbel’s Personal Branding Blog. It’s the best telling of how a simple blog can change your career. … one evening while working on some last minute action items a colleague of yours sits down in your cube and says, “I’m really enjoying your blog – keep [...]
How LEGO is connecting their amazing network of fans — live with Ant’s Eye View’s Jake McKee
November 17, 2009
We’re bringing together an all-star group of word of mouth marketers for Word of Mouth Supergenius: The “How to be Great at Word of Mouth Marketing” Conference on December 16 in Chicago. We’ll feature 12 how-to classes, 12 real-world case studies, and 6 brilliant authors. You’re going to learn practical, hands-on techniques to get people [...]
Free live webinar today: Getting Bodies in Seats with Word of Mouth and Social Media
November 17, 2009
Join me for a free live webinar on simple, hands-on word of mouth marketing and social media tips you can immediately put into action to generate traffic — hosted by the National Restaurant Association. I’ll be joined by Derrek Hull, the National Restaurant Association’s manager of marketing and communications and blogger-in-chief, and we’ll be covering: [...]
How we’ll solve the energy crisis
November 17, 2009
With cleverness and good-old-fashioned supply and demand. WindTronics is selling a $6,000 wind turbine at Ace Hardware that can power 20% of your household needs. If power gets really expensive or unreliable, we’ll all run out and buy five of them. I don’t know about you, but my TiVo and laptop are getting electricity, whatever [...]
Live coverage from last week’s BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media
November 16, 2009
Last week’s BlogWell in Atlanta was fantastic. The case studies were filled with great ideas – lots of stuff to take home, the venue at Newell Rubbermaid was perfect, and we had some great support from our sponsors and partners. If you missed the event or are looking for a recap, be sure to check out our [...]
What replaces the matchbook?
November 16, 2009
Matchbooks are word of mouth gold. We grab them in a restaurant, we share them with our friends, we save them for years, and they get passed around. Most important, matchbooks help with one of the biggest rules of word of mouth: Never let someone leave your business without something to share. With the decline [...]
I’m looking at a bag of popcorn labeled “100% whole grain”
November 15, 2009
No $#!T, Sherlock. It’s a bag of corn. Absurd health claims have gone too far.
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