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

Convince & Convert

In Search of Mass Influencers In a fascinating new Forrester Research study about online peer influence, Augie Ray and Josh Bernoff determine that consumers generated more than 500 billion online impressions about products and services in 2009. Eat 10 sandwiches, get the 11th free. It’s entirely possible she is a Mass Influencer.

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What Is Earned Media? Definition, Attribution, Best Practices with Examples

Martech Advisor

.” So, what do word of mouth (WoM) and going viral mean in this context? This is the gist of earned media, or as Forrester puts it, “ When customers become the channel.” ” Often described using terms such as WoM, buzz, viral, or publicity, earned media is achieved exclusively through organic activities.