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Seven Event Marketing Ideas to Attract and Engage Attendees

Webbiquity

This will add a sense of urgency to your event and get people to act now, or risk losing their spot. You might have the best event of the season planned out, with top-of–the-line production and guests, but that won’t mean much if your target participants don’t know the event even exists. Image credit: Teemu Paananen on Unsplash.

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Are You Harnessing The Power of Brand Advocates?

Convince & Convert

Aside from keeping customers satisfied, WOM is generally out of your hands. Any customers who have participated in acts of advocacy in the past such as worked with you on a case study or recommended other clients. In this case study, we learned that advocates are simply people who are happy with your brand. Who are the Right People?

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Engage the Social Buyer Persona

Tony Zambito

When the term “engage” is used in a business context, there can be a tendency to think of engaging as an act we do to others.  Word-of-Mouth : Most often we think of WOM being one person just deciding to talk to another.    As in we are engaging the buyer in the buying process for example. 

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Everything You Need to Know About Brand Management

Hubspot

We’ve discussed in other blog posts how important word-of-mouth (WOM) marketing is in retaining and attracting new customers. and external factors (customer reviews, WOM marketing, news mentions, etc.). In short, your brand needs a manager to ensure its success. Don’t let your brand be like Kanye. Brand Awareness. Brand Equity.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: Word of Mouth Marketing relies on reputation not branding

markempa

B2B must stop copying B2C - we’re not Coca-Cola, Disney or McDonalds - so let’s stop acting like it! When it comes to word of mouth marketing (WOM), Ive observed that many B2B marketers, marketing blogs and the media seem overly concerned about brand building. They have it wrong. Word of mouth is all about our reputation.

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B2B Lead Generation Blog: How to leverage word of mouth for more leads

markempa

To be effective at word-of-mouth (WOM) he recommends, "a word-of-mouth process” (WOMP). Cullinane suggests the following to generate leads by harnessing the Word-Of-Mouth Process: Leverage The Influentials (aka Industry Experts ) Become a Recognized Expert - act like a thought leader. Be visable. Be visable.

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How to Use Engagement Marketing to Acquire More Customers

Single Grain

For example, referral marketing – a strategy in which brands incentivize loyal customers to promote their products or services via personal referrals (similar to word of mouth, except that WOM is organic) – will have significantly higher rates of success than cold calling potential leads. It can work quickly, but it's a little gimmicky.

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