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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.

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Top 40 Posts and Hot Topics of Inbound Marketing and Social Media

B2B Marketing Zone Posts

Here’s a great example of an effective infographic that illustrates social media behavior by age group, based on a Forrester Research study. CK’s B2B Blog , June 8, 2010 I recently ran across a positively terrific article on WOM penned by McKinsey’s Jacques Bughin, Jonathan Doogan and Ole Jørgen Vetvik.