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30+ Word-of-Mouth Marketing Statistics You Must Know

EveryoneSocial

Word-of-mouth marketing (WOM) is when people gain interest in your brand, product, or services through their peers’ influence. The same academic study also found that highly differentiated brands earn more positive word-of-mouth. Nielsen ] 92% of global consumers trust UGC and WOM more than advertising. [

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Advocacy Marketing: The Simple Guide to Help You Succeed

EveryoneSocial

After all, a past Nielsen study found that 83% of consumers placed the most trust in the recommendations of friends and family. It should be of no surprise to you that marketing and the way your organization generates sales have altered over time. So what is advocacy marketing? And why should your organization care and focus attention on it?

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How B2B Buyers Really Use Social Media: Insights from the 2012 Buyersphere Report

Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

Responders said that “word of mouth” (WOM) is the most useful source of information, and it is used at every stage of the buying cycle. Responders said that “word of mouth” (WOM) is the most useful source of information, and it is used at every stage of the buying cycle. The full report can be downloaded at [link].

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Variety of Content is the Key in the Early Stages of the.

Industrial Marketing Today

According to the same research study done by GlobalSpec, during the initial Research phase, 42% of buyers evaluate four or more suppliers, but as buyers move closer to Procurement, only 26% get quotes from four or more suppliers. In this post, I’m going to focus on content for the early stages of the buy cycle.

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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. Fly more miles, get priority seating on an airline. Eat 10 sandwiches, get the 11th free.

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5 Shared Traits Among Today’s B2B Buyers

KoMarketing Associates

Offering a wide range of content such as white papers, webinars, e-books, case studies, infographics, and product videos (to name a few) will give your brand a better chance of keeping buyers on your site (as opposed to going to a competitor’s site for more information). B2B Buyers Do More Research Than Ever Before.

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

Convince & Convert

Two Sides of the Same Coin A remarkable recent study by MarketingProfs, however, pokes a hole in even that notion of B2B and B2C social media divergence. Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter.