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4 Ways to Revamp Your Marketing Strategy and Increase Sales

Navigate the Channel

You may depend heavily on referrals and word-of-mouth to grow your business, but as much as WOM and referrals form the foundation of a successful business, those tactics alone won’t sustain the growth needed to meet your long-term sales goals. The trouble lies in thinking only tactically, instead of strategically.

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Word of mouth marketing: how to drive conversations and sales at the same time

Sprout Social

How to build a word of mouth marketing strategy: 8 tactics and examples. Although word of mouth marketing is a form of advertising, keep in mind that WOM doesn’t represent an ad or ads. Companies with plenty of positive buzz and frequent social mentions grow rapidly in the age of social media. Far from it, actually.

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Employee Advocacy- Are You Leveraging Your Employees’ Influence?

Onalytica B2B

We know all too well that word of mouth marketing (WOM) is by far the most effective form of marketing, and we also know that customers are turning to social media to aid in their decision making process, so why doesn’t brand advocacy have much greater emphasis? WHAT IS EMPLOYEE ADVOCACY? WHY SHOULD I BE DOING IT?

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Everything You Need to Know About Brand Management

Hubspot

This is what we call brand management. That’s why we created this guide — to cover the basics of brand management and equip you with the tools you need to manage and maintain a fantastic brand. What is brand management? In short, your brand needs a manager to ensure its success. Increase sales.

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Word of Mouth Marketing: The Original Employee Advocacy

EveryoneSocial

In short, from the perspective of the marketer, word-of-mouth is a process of customer or client reception. WOMM is considered an “earned” form of media, which speaks to the slow-climb of building trust; “charging the trust-batteries” if you will. Official branded sites are the second most trusted ad format — 70%.

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How to Sell Smarter Using Social Insights

Convince & Convert

Are sales dropping? During his session for Inbound 2015 , Crimson Hexagon’s John Donnelly discussed why social media data is the secret weapon for selling. According to Donnelly, one of the most effective ways to glean consumer insights is by analyzing social media conversations. Find out why. Is engagement down?

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How WebMD Has Changed B2B Marketing Forever

Marketing Craftmanship

Many B2B companies, and professional services firms in particular, do not succeed at marketing for two major reasons: Failure to understand that the vendor selection process has fundamentally changed. Failure to respond properly to the new vendor selection process. At the upper limit, the responses ran as high as 70%.