What kind of marketing is the most effective?

sneezr.ca Have you ever asked yourself that question? I did. In fact, many years ago I spent countless hours trying to figure it out.
The answer turned out to be quite simple: word of mouth marketing. Or as I call it: the art of cultivating recommendations.

Surprised? Probably not. With recommendations, there is no sales pressure and no credibility issues. When your friends, family members or trusted co-workers recommend something or someone to you, they are genuinely trying to help you. That means a lot, which is why you usually remember it for a long time. But here is the catch: recommendations must be earned. How do you do that? Where do you start? How do you give people a reason to talk about your products/services? How do you nudge your story into every day conversations? I launched sneezr.ca to help you answer those questions.

Apple’s Icampus—have you seen it yet?

My 2¢: Effective word of mouth generally stems from something authentic.

Why is “It mows. You don’t.” a brilliant headline?

Following my last post Do you employ a robot at home? I got an interesting question from a reader:
Why do I think that continue reading

Do you employ a robot at home?

“I really can’t express how much I love this thing.”
That’s what a friend of mine told me a couple of years ago about one continue reading

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Unless it moves the human heart part II

“Reason and emotion are not separate and opposed.
Reason is nestled upon emotion and dependant on it.
Emotion assigns value to things, and reason can only make continue reading

Marketing through social media by Scott Adams

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Unless it moves the human heart

Yesterday I came across an interesting full-page colour ad in a prominent newspaper. It featured a headshot photo of a person, and it’s headline continue reading

Why Permission Marketing doesn’t work

The concept of “Permission Marketing” is not new—it simply means to communicate with your target audience (mostly via email) after gaining permission continue reading

What’s the fastest-growing company EVER?

It’s Groupon.
But don’t take my word for it.
Just ask Forbes.

I am sharing this with you for two reasons:
a. Because continue reading

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Simple is smart. Simple is big. Just ask Blendtec.

Yesterday I received a message from a reader asking me to provide an example of how word of mouth marketing can be cultivated. I was thinking about which continue reading

What’s in the name?