1. The Five T’s From Andy Sernovitz’
Word of Mouth Marketing:
Worksheet
How Smart Companies
Get People Talking
STePS: WHaT To Do: exaMPLeS: Your PLan:
1: Find people who Fans, volunteers,
will talk about you customers, bloggers,
influencers
Talkers
2: Give people a Special offer,
reason to talk great service, cool
product, silliness,
Topics neat ad, new feature
3: Help the Tell-a-friend form,
message spread viral email, blogs,
faster and farther handouts, samples,
Tools message boards,
online communities
4: Join the Let staff surf and
conversation reply to comments,
post on blogs, join
Taking Part discussions, answer
email, offer personal
service
5: Measure and Search blogs, read
understand what message boards,
people are saying listen to feedback,
Tracking use advanced
measurement tools
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2. New Talkers From Andy Sernovitz’
Word of Mouth Marketing:
Exercise
How Smart Companies
Get People Talking
TaLker GrouP 1 TaLker GrouP 2 TaLker GrouP 3
WHO
TOPIC
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3. New Topics From Andy Sernovitz’
Word of Mouth Marketing:
Exercise
How Smart Companies
Get People Talking
ToPIC HoW DoeS THe ConVerSaTIon STarT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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4. Daily Participation From Andy Sernovitz’
Word of Mouth Marketing:
and Tracking
How Smart Companies
Get People Talking
1. assign each source to someone
2. Check every day
3. Create profiles
4. When you’re ready: respond and join conversations that aren’t about you
SourCe SourCe STaFF WHaT We’re LearnInG
reaL-TIMe Google alerts
Technorati
TraCkInG
BLoGS
CoMMunITIeS
ForuMS
SoCIaL LinkedIn
Facebook
neTWorkS MySpace
oTHer
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5. Creating Your From Andy Sernovitz’
Word of Mouth Marketing:
Action Plan
How Smart Companies
Get People Talking
STeP aCTIonS Your PLan
1. aSSIGn a • Who’s in charge?
• encourage participation
TeaM
2. HIT THe • add sharing tools
• Matchbook problem
WoM BaSICS • Multipliers
3. VIraLIZe • all docs shared
• Move content external
eVerYTHInG
4. STarT • Daily tracking
• Chart key voices & forums
LISTenInG
5. STarT • Participate
• Get an online CSr
TaLkInG • Blog
• Set up social media profiles
6. TrY LoTS oF • one WoM project every week
LITTLe THInGS
7. Go DeeP • examine the fundamentals
• are you buzzworthy?
• WoM philosophy across the
company
8. HaVe Fun • Start launching crazy WoM
stunts
• reasons to talk!
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