17. Offline Word of Mouth Online Word of Mouth Most trusted medium Highly relevant Speeds through strong ties (days) Highly trusted Highly relevant High speed of dissemination (seconds) One to one (or few) Ability of one to many Temporary Permanent Difficult to seek exact match Can search for it (web) Source mostly known Source unknown and known
18. Types of Online Word of Mouth WHAT DIRECT conversation, comments, reviews etc INDIRECT Badges, fan page, viral, buzz etc. HOW MESSAGE friends/ followers, mentions, readers, tagger etc MEDIUM Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Digg, StumbleUpon, Facebook, blogs, community etc.
22. Strong communities: Irvin Yalom Facilitate Information Sharing Part of something greater, belonging Builds hope and raises expectations Community Altruism: For the good of the community
40. Word of Mouth Campaign Strategic Framework 1. Understand Network 2. Most Influential 3. Involve and engage 5. Motivation to talk 4. Sticky Messages A successful word of mouth campaign is built using the five key ingredients.
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42. Focus on the creators to spread Our Influentials Their Friends
43. Community Building Blocks: Yalom Facilitate Information Sharing Part of something greater, belonging Build hope and raise expectations Co-create community and take ownership Summer Community name and identity. Video compilation. Expect a great Summer (festivals, VIP) then surprise.
46. Amplifying Impact 25 Key Social Organisers 17,000 Friends Combined Uploads videos, authentic conversations Tags friends who are in his video ‘ tagged’ friend then broadcasts to his friends
Two different types of WOM Organic WOM occurs naturally when people become advocates because they are happy (or not) with a product.Amplified WOM occurs when marketers launch campaigns designed to encourage or accelerate WOM in existing or new communities.66
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Intelliseek : online WOM 14% more trusted than TV adsDo we know what is a bogus review? How do we know to trust it? Research has shown that we are more likely to trust a site that has some negative reviews than all positive reviews. People expect that others will not LOVE it all the time that makes it feel real and well….human. We start to smell a rat otherwise. Not about offline vs online word of mouth – they are complementary and should work together. 17
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