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Consumers May Not Trust Online Reviews Older Than 3 Months: Navigating the Reliability Conundrum

Navigate the Channel

Since 2010, we’ve seen significant developments in the perceptions of online reviews, the ways businesses engage customers to leave feedback, and the channels or platforms consumers choose to do it on,” according to BrightLocal. They don’t conflate WOM with a stranger’s review online. But users are more discerning than they used to be.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

He specifically addresses incremental sales: “Opinion Leaders” or “Fans” are not as effective in spreading WOM that drives incremental Sales because these efforts are “preaching to the choir”, per #1 above. I see social as finally giving as a way to track and measure WOM, giving it a seat at the lead and sales gen table.

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Social Media is the Servant of Strategy, Not the Master

Convince & Convert

There is nothing new about social media; it's just modern WoM. There is nothing new about social media; it's just modern WoM. As such, it should compliment, enrich and accelerate the strategies ALL good marketing professionals are already engaging in and, ultimately, the executive vision for the company in question. .&#

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

You will see in 2010 that most companies will, hopefully, leave behind both notions (media is important, and B2C and B2C are different) due to results that we will start seeing in the market. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-. Things I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore in 2010 =-. Nicely said, Esteban.-=

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Is Social Media Too Big For Its Britches?

Convince & Convert

April 22nd, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Maybe what we need is a little deconstruction. I love the inverted pyramid, and agree wholeheartedly with your point about the best way to build loyalty with existing customers (and to communicate that loyalty to ancillary networks through WOM).