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.

Should he be allowed to touch the art at museums?

Great copywriters are great storytellers.
But don’t take my word for it, just listen to this:

His words carry weight that would break a less interesting continue reading

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The New Beautiful

An inspiring book. That’s what I first thought when I finished reading Unthinking (I highly recommend it), by Harry Beckwith, continue reading

How to write with style by Kurt Vonnegut

“Keep it simple.
Remember that  two great masters of language, William Shakespeare continue reading

Would you recommend us to a friend?

The best promoter of your business is your customer.
Are you giving people something to talk about?
Why is this important?
Because continue reading

Malcolm Gladwell’s secret weapon

A quick reminder: Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer with The continue reading

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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