Today we’ll cover the idea of shortening your customers’ decision-making process with positive word of mouth (WOM). There are essentially 5 stages in the decision-making process. They are: Give the product a chance and transition from a “no” to a “maybe”; Check out the options and investigate different products available; Observe the product to check for potential benefits, features, and operations to see if it fulfills a need; Become a customer and purchase the first item. Customers will be discriminating with their first product as they form their opinion of the business; Purchase again and start spreading positive WOM as

Today we’re going to discuss how to harness the power of Word of Mouth (WOM). This will include the six-step process to success and the 30+ (that’s right, I said 30) ways to harness the power of WOM. So now that I have your attention, let’s get started! There are six steps to harnessing WOM: Understand your customers’ values and priorities so you can better understand why they would want to buy your products; Understand the different adopter types: innovators, early adopters, middle majority, late adopters and laggards; Identify which decision stages are needed for your product to be adopted;

Last time we covered the second series of word of mouth tactics which will help you develop a system to shorten the purchasing decision time of your customers to exponentially increase your profits. Today we’re going to discuss the nine levels of word of mouth that gives you a tool to measure word of mouth circulating around your company, products and/or services. You will then be able identify where the negative or inferior word of mouth is coming from and develop ways to combat it. As we launch into the nine levels of word of mouth, it should go without

In the last post we started our series on word of mouth and explored how to make your customers’ purchasing experience a short, easy one. We are going to continue along that thread a bit today as we will be discussing the power of word of mouth and how to shape it to your advantage. The reality is everyone needs an advisor to guide them when they are making a decision. We often rely on the expertise of others to assist us in our decision-making process as we learn about their experiences. When you take the time to understand how

Today we’ll start a new series topic on Word of Mouth and how it can make or break your business in the blink of an eye. In this first lesson we will provide a clear definition of word of mouth and what it means for your business. Word of Mouth is easily the most powerful form of marketing and is absolutely free. People discuss ads they see, experiences they have, and the products they purchase. If you treat people well and spread the word about your new products and/or services in a positive way, you will attract the right type