Mind Your Own Business!
The concept of minding your own business implies that while you are grinding away at your day job you need to be investing and working towards your future financial independence. Pretty soon you’ll be able to walk away from your day job and mind your own business full time. The best way to do this […]
Prepare for Lift Off!
Last time I gave you a laundry list of tips and tricks you can use to make your Word of Mouth (WOM) program work for you. Hopefully you’ve had some time to reflect and identified the ones that are the best fit for your company, products, services and target customers, so you can put them […]
Put it to Work!
In the last post we explained how to conduct Word of Mouth (WOM) research and then put that research into action. Today we’re going to provide you with some proven ways to use WOM when building and executing your campaign. The list below are some proven ways to use WOM that have been offered by […]
Search & Implement
People tend to only remember the extraordinary. You need to ensure your ideas and marketing reflect the extraordinary. This doesn’t mean you have to have a product or service that is completely out of the norm, in fact, this could easily drive customers away. Rather, your product or service must be high quality and easily […]
Decoding WOM Messages
Today’s lesson will focus on how Word of Mouth (WOM) messages are delivered and what you can do to influence those messages. There are essentially 3 methods of WOM: Expert to Expert Expert to Peer Peer to Peer When experts are discussing your products and/or services you will most likely receive a noticeable increase […]
WOM Meets Customers Head-On
Today we’ll cover the idea of shortening your customers’ decision-making process with positive word of mouth (WOM). There are essentially 5 stages in the decision-making process. They are: Give the product a chance and transition from a “no” to a “maybe”; Check out the options and investigate different products available; Observe the product to check […]
Word of Mouth Tactics – Part 2
In the last post we started our series on word of mouth and explored how to make your customers’ purchasing experience a short, easy one. We are going to continue along that thread a bit today as we will be discussing the power of word of mouth and how to shape it to your advantage. […]
Word of Mouth Tactics – Part 1
Today we’ll start a new series topic on Word of Mouth and how it can make or break your business in the blink of an eye. In this first lesson we will provide a clear definition of word of mouth and what it means for your business. Word of Mouth is easily the most powerful […]
Multiply on Your Maximizing Resources – Part 4
The last few posts have focused on how to multiply the resources that you’ve worked hard to maximize. In review, we have covered: Call in the Troops Bring ‘Em Out of the Woodwork Black Sheep Clients Olympic-Sized Sales Staff Open Water Fishing Call for Back-Up Go Big Online Bartering with the Best Giving Away the […]
Multiply on Your Maximizing Resources – Part 3
The last few posts have focused on how to multiply the resources that you’ve worked hard to maximize. Just to review, here is what we have covered so far: Call in the Troops Bring ‘Em Out of the Woodwork Black Sheep Clients Olympic-Sized Sales Staff Open Water Fishing Call for Back-Up Today we are […]