1. Clever presentation title
Creating amazing Offline Word of
Mouth to drive online chatter!
Saul Colt â Head of Magic
November 25th, 2011â Social Media Breakfast - Seattle, Wa
2. A fancy professional speaker once
told me to remove the first two
slides of all my presentations
because they were usually
unnecessary.
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3. âŚbut that is going to make the third
slide harder to understandâŚbut
here goes.
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9. And that is how you too can get on a
Digital Board in Times Square!
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10. A simple search for the definition of
Word of Mouth in Wikipedia will tell you
thatâŚ.
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11. âWord of Mouthâ
was the second album by Jaco Pastorius,
released in 1981 while the bassist was a
member of of the band Weather Report
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12. âŚand while that is true I prefer to
explain it as doing something so
fascinatingly interesting that people
have no other choice but to tell their
friends about a cool experience they
had.
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15. âŚthen those experiences better
be creative!
Quick Points on Creativity:
â˘âŻCreativity does not come from a
committee.
â˘âŻCreativity comes from thinking
uniquely and being fearless.
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16. Ways to create experiences if you are
not on antidepressants!
â˘âŻLook for obvious connections (Do research)
â˘âŻPlay on Emotions.
â˘âŻForce people to ask questions.
â˘âŻAdd Conflict.
â˘âŻMake people feel special.
â˘âŻBe Interesting Yourself.
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19. Play on Emotions!
â˘âŻSurprise and
Delights!
â˘âŻMake it as
personal as
possible.
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20. Force people to ask Questions!?!
â˘âŻWhat are you
up to?
â˘âŻWhy are you
doing this?
â˘âŻYou arenât
trying to sell
me water
dispensers are
you?
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21. Add Conflict!
â˘âŻKidnapping for fun and profit
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22. Make People Feel Special!
â˘âŻSpend time
with your
community.
Especially if
they are
female.
â˘âŻGo beyond
expectations.
â˘âŻMake
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Girlfriends!
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33. By promoting your customers you are
forming a real connection and with
that connection you will empower
your customers to talk about your
company and indirectly
you have a highly passionate
sales force!
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34. The more connected you are
with your customers the better
you will know what they want,
likeâŚ
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35. âŚthe more you will try to not
disappoint them.
(with a WOM initiative that is a huge miss)
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36. These types of activities will
help build your brand and
start lots of conversations,
and when it is all said and
done those are the only things
a competitor canât steal!
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48. Three other things to rememberâŚ
Live The 4 Eâs
â˘âŻExecute
â˘âŻExtraordinary
â˘âŻExperiences
â˘âŻEveryday
-Mike McDerment, CEO of FreshBooks
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49. Three other things to rememberâŚ
âThe absolute best
things about WOM
campaigns are that
if they fail it usually
means no one
knows about them.â
-Andy Sernovitz, CEO of Gaspedal
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50. Three other things to rememberâŚ
If you want to give
something away for
freeâŚgive something
away for free. Never
make your customers
work because they
aint gonna.
-Bill Veeck, Baseball Hustler
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51. âŚand what exactly am I calling
this new way to spread to
messages to people with or
without a budget?
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