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Marketing sure has been altered with the growth in networking websites and social marketing.  A Quick Tweet by a sdisgruntled customer can spread quickly on the web resulting in much lost business. How many times have you heard someone say they posted a complaint message on Twitter or Facebook about their local cable company or another company and within 10 minutes, they’d been contacted by the company and had a resolution to their problem?

Word of mouth marketing can make or break a company quite fast.

On the other hand if a customer wants to tell the world through a social network about some positive event, then your business can explode overnight capturing the web and even the nightly news.

Word of mouth marketing is marketing that quite simply happens when someone talks about your business product or service.  And as we’ve already mentioned, word of mouth marketing is often based on customer satisfaction.

Satisfaction is inherently linked to your honesty and integrity.  If you mislead a customer, intentionally or unintentionally, they can and often will tell others about your dishonesty.

For example, word of mouth marketing might be talking to a friend about where they have their website hosted.  They tell you a story about how they were motivated to try ABC Company by a coupon they received.  However, the coupon didn’t include about $20 of annual fees.  It was misleading and it ticked them off.

People are MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THEIR GRIEVANCES.

They’re also happy to spread the word about companies they feel positively about.

That is the power of word of mouth marketing.

While word of mouth marketing implies speaking, that doesn’t have to be the case.  Referrals, testimonials, and endorsements are all word of mouth marketing.  A blog post that refers to a particular business is considered word of mouth marketing.

Word of mouth marketing is based on giving people something to talk about.  When you’re honest, and every practice, every single marketing piece is authentic and transparent, (a concept we’ll talk about in a later chapter), you’re on your way to long standing success.  It can be a really great product or service, a funny ad, or a celebrity being photographed with your product in their hand the end result is people are talking, (or emailing or blogging or sharing videos) about your business.

There’s something else positive word of mouth marketing accomplished…credibility.

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I have worked in the marketing profession for more than 30 years, and I’ve seen basically every set of ups and downs you can imagine. During that period, I worked in a number of positions in both New York as well as Florida, and at some point during my career I have done essentially everything you can imagine in this line of work. Please check out my bio page for some more information about me.

I decided that as soon as I opened my own marketing firm in 2001, it would be unlike 95% of the other advertising, public relations, and/or marketing firms you’ll run across. By that I of course mean that the main focus of my business is specializing in a new type of marketing that I like to call “out-of-the-box marketing”.

A lot of business owners, and even some marketing gurus as well, don’t realize the numerous ways that businesses can market their businesses simply through the traditional venues; TV, Radio, Newspaper, Magazine, Trade Publication, or any other form of print media. And when you do advertising in these and other traditional mediums there are numerous things you can do to make your ad stand above the crowd. Actually the best thing to do is find a venue where your competition is not advertising and put your money into that particular medium rather than joining the crowd, and we have the experience to help you do just that. With experience in everything from Brand Marketing to Copywriting Safety Manuals we know how to get your business off the ground.

That tip is part of what I do in consulting services to businesses, large and small, to help them create greater public awareness, build an even stronger, positive image than they may already have with the community and/or in their industry, and provide (and help them implement) strategies to enhance their bottom lines. But don’t take my word for it. Take a gander at what some of our satisfied customers have to say about our service. Feel free to read the free articles that I provide on my website; they’ll help you get started on your way to building your own business. Then decide for yourself.

Even though a substantial part of my business is copywriting and consulting, make sure to check my website to see the list of services that I offer in addition to. Here you’ll find more than 20 different types of PR, marketing and/or advertising initiatives that I can help you with in building your business.

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What is it that lures people to place promotional fridge magnets covering their fridges?

This recent cultural development is reflected in the needs of two players – organisations and householders. One wants to push what they do…the other, to have info just at hand when they search things.

So, fridge magnets are now a very popular cult collectable

It began simply and has progressed to the colourful and shapely fridge magnet extravaganza that adorns the fridges of the world.

Promotional fridge magnets are a great way to keep in touchwith your clients! Whatever you’re selling; a fridge magnet with your branding, your company’s logo, motto and sales message on a home fridge or office filing cabinet is a tremendous place to be.

As personalized ‘tokens of goodwill’ they do their work day and night; that’s why companies use them. They capture the favour of the populace.

Naomi Klien spoke in her book “No Logo”, of the increasing commercialization of “space”. What was before without value now has a commercial or economic value, with a price to be paid. Nowadays, if it’s a “space” and people see it, then it has a commercial value and people may be prepared to pay a price to occupy that space.

Where our fridges were once pristine, uncluttered, spaces unfettered by commercial content, they are today, the heart of family life. After all, there is nothing more fundamental to the functioning of Western families than the fridge.

In a last minute world the need to have contacts handy - at the tip of one’s fingers, is vital. So now, the fridge has the magnet for the plumber, the local politician, the electrician, the local butcher, the car mechanic and many more. And beneath all these magnets are the bills to pay, the school notices, notes to loved ones and what ever else fills the life of the family.

So now the fridge has become the family’s filing system as well.

And so the fridge magnet romance has been consummated in a marriage that shows no sign of abating. Consequently, for those amongst us, who collect promotional fridge magnets, you can be assured of a ample and good supply of magnets way into the future.