This is a post from our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Fantastic customer service is a huge opportunity for word of mouth marketing. Show them you care, and they’ll appreciate you and talk about you. But what if you took that kind of […]
Never underestimate the cost of negative word of mouth
October 17, 2014
This is a post from our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Angry, frustrated customers talk. A lot. Pete Blackshaw’s book title said it well: Satisfied Customers Tell Three Friends, Angry Customers Tell 3,000. Too often, otherwise well-meaning organizations forget how expensive negative word […]
Make great promises
September 30, 2014
Amazon gets right to the point with this offer. It gets right to the fear that might stop you from buying a tablet for your kids — and answers it convincingly. It creates a new reason to buy at the same time: I should get this so my kids don’t break my tablet. Most important: It’s […]
Simplest way to get people to buy from you
September 23, 2014
If your product isn’t all that different, how can you get people to buy from you? Look for the simplest possible improvement in the experience, not the product. Example: I buy Del Monte beans because I don’t need to mess with a can opener. It only takes one great feature to put you in the […]
Why do the most sophisticated marketers still use YouTube?
September 17, 2014
I noticed this video about a product launch for ExactTarget/Salesforce.com. It’s hosted on YouTube. Q: Why would one of the most sophisticated marketing tech companies put their videos on a free site like this? (I’m sure they have some super-duper video tool they can use.) A: For the same reason that people used to advertise […]
Give it away — to the people who matter
September 2, 2014
There’s a rack of free magazines at Reagan Airport in DC, specifically near the NYC-DC shuttle gates. Why? Because some of the most influential people on earth spend hours there. Congresspeople, CEOs visiting Congresspeople, and other mega-important people with big business at the Capitol. And they’re stuck and bored. So magazine publishers put out stacks […]
Newsletter #1000: The “Greatest Hits of All Damn Time” Issue
August 7, 2014
[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! 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.] This is the 1,000th issue of the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! newsletter. (Well, not quite — in the […]
Do you know what might be killing you?
May 16, 2014
I love this great new website we use to manage recruiting. It’s a huge step up from our old platform, with many more features. But it’s sloooooow. It makes the same job take twice as long. Which may be a deal-killer. I don’t have the time for better if it’s also more time-consuming. Creating the […]
Free Underpants!
March 31, 2014
Fruit of the Loom gave away 5,000 pairs of new briefs to people on LinkedIn who got a new job in a fun campaign called Fresh Gigs. This is a stellar word of mouth promotion. Why? 1. It’s worth talking about. You’re going to share this story, if you get the briefs or if you […]
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