word of-mouth-marketing-womm
DESCRIPTION
Word-of-mouth marketing (WOMM), also called word of mouth advertising, is an unpaid form of promotion—oral or written in which satisfied customers tell other people how much they like a business, product, service, or event.TRANSCRIPT
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WOMM POWER
…the JESUS PHONE rocks!
…the JESUS PHONE rocks!
..i got to have an iPhone
..i got to have an iPhone
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HOW TO USE WORD-OF-MOUTH MARKETING (WOMM) TECHNIQUES AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO DRIVE GROWTH BY CREATING A POSITIVE BUZZ AROUND YOUR PRODUCT OR SERVICE.
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TO APPRECIATE WOMM: FIRST YOU
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT’S BROKEN WITH TRADITIONAL MARKETING.
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IS YOUR CAMPAIGN HAVING A
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON YOUR BRAND?
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ONLY 18% OF TV ADS GENERATE POSITIVE ROI
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84% OF B2B CAMPAIGNSRESULTED IN LOWER SALES
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100% INCREASE IN AD SPENDING JUST TO ADD 1% - 2% IN SALES
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ONLY 14% TRUST ADS
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69 % INTERESTED IN ADBLOCKING TECHNOLOGIES
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TRADITIONAL MARKETING & ADVERTISING
•ADVERTISING CLUTTER•MEDIA FRAGMENTATION•CONSUMERS TUNED OUT•LESS EFFECTIVE•MORE EXPENSIVE•LESS TRUSTED•LOWER ROI
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TWO THIRDS OF U.S. ECONOMONY DRIVEN BY WOMM
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POSITIVE CORRELATION TO BUSINESS GROWTH
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BRAND ADVOCACY DRIVES BUSINESS GROWTH
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BRAND ADVOCACY EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN BRAND IMAGE
OR BRAND SATISFACTION
Harvard study
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LAW OF FEW
10% INFLUENCE PURCHASING BEHAVIOR OF OTHER 90%
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91% LIKELY TO BUY ON RECOMMENDATION
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92% PREFER WOM RECOMMENDATION
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BRAND ADVOCATES
•AVERAGE•CUSTOMERS•CLIENTS•CONSUMERS
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•HOMOPHILY•HAWTHORNE EFFECT•CONVERSATION: DIALOGUE•EXPRESSION•INVISIBLE NETWORKS•LINKS•SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION•DIGITAL MEDIA•MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF TRUST•HUMILITY
WOMM CHARACTERISTICS
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WOMM = C2C CONVERSATION
Consumer-to-consumer conversation
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TRADITIONAL MARKETING&
ADVERTISING
NOT …
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BUZZ = INFECTIOUS CHATTERWHAT’S HOTWHAT’S ATTRACTIVE
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VEHICLE FOR CONTAGION•PERSON-TO-PERSON TALKING•TALKING BY PHONE•SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS•SMS•E-MAIL•IM•BLOGGING•VBLOG•WRITING
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CONNECTORSALPHASOPINION LEADERSSNEEZERSPEERS
WHO ARE NETWORK HUBS
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LINKS OR NODES SPREAD BUZZ
NETWORKA
NETWORKB
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TRUSTED CHANNEL
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CORRELATION BETWEEN NETWORK HUBS AND EARLY ADOPTERS.
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A NETWORK OF 100 PEOPLE = 4,950 POSSIBLE LINKS
Six degrees of separation concept (a/k/a small world phenomenon)
LINKS FUEL DIFFISUION
A NETWORK OF 1,000 PEOPLE = 500,000 POSSIBLE LINKS
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BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER
The term homophily stems from study of social networks.
HOMOPHILY
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Interests hobbies beliefs age gender social class ethnicity religion values politics geography education occupation
CLUSTERS
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ALL ABOUT…
INTERACTION IN & AMONG INVISIBLE NETWORKS
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LEAPFROGGING TECHNIQUES
• Buzz marketing – Special hook, event, promotion. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Boston Bomb Scare
• Viral marketing– Branded material, websites, blogs, advergames, widgets,
bligets, videos, utilities, collaboration tools etc. that sneezers spread. ParkRidge47, Vote Different
• Influencer marketing– Identifying and finding the influencers
• Evangelist marketing– Turning most loyal customers into citizen marketers
• Street marketing– Interacting at popular offline places like Buzz Oven
• Stealth / Undercover marketing– Bree, lonelyGirl15
Aqua Teen
Buzz Oven
Bree
WOMM umbrella term
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WIDGET & BLIDGET
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Social media describes the online technologies and practices that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, perspectives and media itself. Social media can take many different forms, including text, images, audio, and video. These sites typically use technologies such as blogs, message boards, podcasts, wikis, and vlogs to allow users to interact. Source: Wikipedia
SOCIAL MEDIA
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BLOGVERTORIAL
BUSINESS BLOG
FAUX BLOG
BUZZ MARKETING WITH BLOGS…
70 million blogs in just 4 years. 120K blogs being added each day.
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•STIMULATING DISCUSSION•PROMO EVENT•REDUCED PRICING•FREEWARE•GAME•DEMO•TRIAL•BETA
SEEDING…
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•How does information flow in my industry?•Where do people get their information? •Does information flow in a centralized way?•How do consumers interact in my industry? •Do they hangout in networks?•How big are these networks?•Is my industry conservative?•What influences my customers?•Who influences my customers?•Is my product risky?
ASK YOURSELF…
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•FOCUSING JUST ON OPINION LEADERS (1%)
•NARROWLY PROFILING CONNECTORS
•NO STORY
•OVERSELLING
BUZZ MISTAKES…
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•SUPERIOR EXPERIENCE•CONTAGIOUS PRODUCT•SUPERIOR QUALITY•UNDERPROMISE•OVERDELIVER•ANTICIPATION•REACH 10% - 15%•TRUTH
BUZZ GUIDELINES
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REQUIRE NO ADVERTISINGLEAVE A TRACENETWORK EXTERNALITYINCREASE COMPATABILITYINCREASE TRANSPARENCYSELF CONTAINED
IDEAL BUZZ CANDIDATES…
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Pramod Kumar SrivastavaWeb Analyst & Online Marketing Strategy Planner
http://www.onlinemarketingwebworld.com
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