We’re bringing together an incredible group of word of mouth marketers for our Word of Mouth Crash Course in Austin on May 10. We’re featuring 12 how-to classes, 12 real-world case studies, and 6 brilliant authors – all in one thrilling day. One of our speakers is measurement expert David Rabjohns. He’s teaching our class on how [...]
Are you giving word of mouth enough credit?
December 5, 2011
Most companies under-measure word of mouth. If you don’t ask correctly, most customers won’t answer “word of mouth” when you ask how they heard of you. In this example from Zipcar, at least three of these answers are word-of-mouth-related. But if you asked them if WOM is important, they may not even realize that they’re [...]
Best word of mouth campaign of the year: The Salad Sharing Shirt
August 17, 2011
Noodles & Company nailed it with this amazing idea: The first 50 visitors to each store get a free salad. They also get a T-shirt that lets 10 of their friends get a free salad. The shirt gets passed along from friend to friend. Each friend probably isn’t eating alone, so they bring a group [...]
Dell’s video case study: How we measure ROI, presented by Adam Brown
April 7, 2011
Come to our BlogWell: How Big Brands Use Social Media conference in Washington, D.C. to hear ConAgra Foods, UnitedHealth Group, the IRS, USA TODAY, the National Association of REALTORS, the U.S. Navy, and Discovery Communications share 8 great case studies on corporate social media. You’ll learn how to get started, get past roadblocks, and make [...]
How likely are you to recommend us to a friend?
August 27, 2010
That question may be the most important question you can ask — and the business innovation of the decade. It comes from Fred Reichheld‘s Net Promoter Score concept and his book The Ultimate Question. You should read the book and start using it immediately. Of course, I love it because it’s a word of mouth [...]
How to measure your word of mouth — live with Olivier Blanchard from Word of Mouth Supergenius
June 10, 2010
As a preview for our upcoming Word of Mouth Supergenius event in New York on July 20th, we’re featuring a bunch of the videos from our last “How to be Great at Word of Mouth Marketing” event in Chicago. It’s going to be an amazing day filled with 12 how-to classes, 12 real-world case studies, [...]
Social media metrics:You’re missing the big ROI number
January 30, 2010
“… not one of the marketers we surveyed listed the amount of content forwarded by users as their most important metric,” according to Forrester’s “Three Steps to Measuring Social Media Marketing” research. But that’s the one that matters. When someone forwards your content, you get your message in front of a new prospect. We call [...]
How to measure word of mouth
January 22, 2010
Forrester’s “Three Steps to Measuring Social Media Marketing” suggests six categories of social media metrics: 1. User reach describes how far and wide your messages spread. 2. User impact describes how your efforts change consumers’ actions or opinions. 3. Volume of participation describes how many customers interact with your social initiatives. 4. Quality of participation [...]
The absolute easiest way to track word of mouth
April 8, 2009
Do you know which page on your website is most often emailed? You would if you made it easier to forward (use a tell-a-friend form or a link from sharethis.com). You'd also get more people happily emailing your stuff to their friends (with their personal endorsement). That's as good as marketing gets: Free and credible. [...]
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