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 [...]
How to create word of mouth on zero budget
April 3, 2012
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 word of mouth legend Saul Colt who will [...]
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 [...]
The economics of great customer service
September 8, 2010
My friend Rishi Rawat sent me this great story of common-sense customer service. From: Rishi Rawat To: Andy Sernovitz Subject: My Keurig story Hi Andy, Just over a year ago we purchased a Keurig coffee machine. It gave us superb service right up to the day when it unexpectedly died. I dreaded calling customer support [...]
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 [...]
Emissions Testing, Usability Testing, Focus Groups, and Analytics
December 6, 2009
A Focus Group is a bunch of people chatting about how the feel about something. How they feel has nothing to do with if it works or if they will buy it. But you’ll get some good ideas. Usability Testing tells you if a thing, usually a web site, lets users get a job done, [...]
Are you missing the easiest way to measure word of mouth?
December 4, 2009
Just ask! When someone registers on your site or buys from you — are you offering “word of mouth” as an answer to “how did you hear about us?”
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