Word of Mouth - A Prescription for a Bad Economy

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  • + jaspal257 jaspal257 1 month ago
    thanx for sharing.we altogether learn as well as gain .thanx again.
  • + guest75bd14 guest75bd14 7 months ago
    Great stuff. WOM has been a major focus of national brands. How can SMB, local service providers benefit in a systematic way?
  • + guest75bd14 guest75bd14 7 months ago
    Great stuff.

    WOM has been a major focus of national brands.

    How can SMB, local service providers benefit in a systematic way?
  • + williamdoust williamdoust 9 months ago
    fab, thanks for sharing, will embed this on my blog ;)
  • + guestc9d2c guestc9d2c 10 months ago
    very good we need more at this time thx rach
  • + WendyKauffman WendyKauffman 10 months ago
    Well done Sean (the last half is especially valuable). Thanks for sharing.
  • + Azar123 Azarudheen Thameem 10 months ago
    nice..
  • + djokorus Djoko Rusdianto 11 months ago
    excellent, thx
  • + denisr Denis Rasia 11 months ago
    very very very well done
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  1. Word of Mouth – A Prescription for a Bad Economy A Presentation by Agent Wildfire – Canada’s Word of Mouth Experts
  2. This economy is bad…like really bad…
  3. It looks like we’re in the big R…
  4. Yikes, Advertising is taking it on the chin... - Group M forecasts media spending down 3.2% in 2009 - Zenith Optimedia forecasts 5.7% down in 2009 - Morgan Stanley could envision a +10% drop in spending depending on the economy
  5. How will we carve up the media pie?...
    • Well, we’ll be eating less media:
    • 93% of CMOs believe the economy will have a significant/moderate impact on their budgets
    • 70% of CMOs plan on reducing their marketing spending
    Source: Epsilon
    • Perhaps a premature announcement, but why wait.
    • 2009 Anticipated Declines:
      • 15% Newspapers
      • - 13% Consumer Magazines
      • 10% Terrestrial Radio
      • 4% Network TV
    Source: Jack Myers Media Report The Long Slow Decline into Irrelevance
  6. Smart Marketers are Now Rethinking Traditionally Held Views...
  7. Crisis requires radical shifts in thinking
  8. Another Change You Can Believe In Is Coming …
  9. Here Comes the Next Wave of Marketing & Media…
  10. The Fastest Growing Marketing/Media Segments
      • Expected 5 year
      • Compound Annual Growth Rate
    • Word of Mouth 27%
    • Internet/Mobile 14%
    • Branded Entertainment 13%
    • Custom Publishing 11%
    • Out of Home 10%
    Source: Veronis Suhler Stevenson
  11. Word of Mouth is Catching On…in All Its Forms Buzz Marketing Social Media Customer Collaboration Brand Communities Influencer Marketing User Generated Content Influencer Marketing Social Networks Referral Programs Grassroots/Cause Marketing Experiential Marketing Viral Marketing
  12. Fact - Most Traditional Media is an Inefficient Cost… … Word of Mouth is a Wise Investment
  13. 12 Reasons Why Word of Mouth Deserves Your Consideration In This Economy
  14. Advertising Attention Deficit Hurdles 3,000 ads get pushed at us each day - 6 times the volume vs. 40 years ago…the tougher it is to breakthrough, the more we do and invest
  15. Reason #1 – Word of Mouth Gets Noticed
    • 4% any ad recall from last TV show watched(down from 34% in 1965)
    • Source: NBA
    • 70% of people frequently consume multiple media simultaneously
    • Source: eMarketer
    • 93% of people believe word of mouth is
    • the most reliable way to find out information about products and services (up +26 pts. Vs. 25 years ago)
    • Source: NOP World
  16. One-Way Communication Hurdles Customers demand interaction and customization, Marketers require it
  17. Reason #2 – Word of Mouth Taps The Values of New, Customer Participation Culture Mass Media Word of Mouth Customers Now Want: Freedom Customization Scrutiny Integrity Collaboration Entertainment Speed Innovation Participation Values Grade 2/10 2/10 3/10 2/10 1/10 8/10 5/10 2/10 Participation Values Grade 9/10 8/10 9/10 9/10 10/10 8/10 8/10 9/10 Evaluation Score 25/80 70/80
  18. In a bad economy, marketing has to punch harder and create action…
  19. Reason #3 – Word of Mouth Stimulates Action
    • 90% - proportion of people who can
    • skip ads, do skip ads
    • 69% - percentage of people who
    • are interested in skipping ads completely Source: Yankelovich
    • 70% - percentage of people affected by
    • word of mouth conversations
    • - 37% buy it/try it
    • - 24% consider it
    • - 9% avoid it
    • Source: Keller Fay
  20. Lifetime customer value trumps short term lift
  21. Reason #4 – Word of Mouth Has Longevity
    • Over 30% of the broadcast content we see in mass media is advertising or promotion
    • - How much is conscious? Low
    • - How much is attentive/lean forward? Low
    • - How much is well-received? Low
    • - How much is retained? Low
    • - How much is banked in
    • memory? Virtually nil
    • Average people have 17 word of mouth
    • conversations each day
    • - How much is interactive? High
    • - How much is spoken? High
    • - How much is internalized? High
    • - How much is retained? High
    • - How much is behaviour altering? High
    • Brand Communities don’t reach full maturity to 18 months
    • 82% of community members refer more people to a brand after joining
  22. Ad inflation is running wild In a down economy, advertising is a tougher discretionary expense to justify
  23. Reason #5 – Word of Mouth Costs Less Per Impact
    • - Cost to Produce a National TV Ad
      • $360,000
    • Min. Media Cost to Air a National Campaign in Canada
      • $1,200,000
    • Typical Research Cost Associated with TV
    • Campaign
      • $25,000 - $100,000
    • Choose Your Flavour:
    • Year Round Community - $100-500k
    • 26 week Word of Mouth Campaign - $40-150k
    • Blog/Social Media Outreach $30-100k
    • Advisory Panel - $15-75k
    • Buzz Marketing Tactic $5-100k
  24. In a bad economy, few markets increase, it’s a battle for share growth
  25. Reason #6 – Word of Mouth is a Competitive Advantage
    • - Canadian advertisers spend $19 billion
    • on media - $674 per adult
    • Advertising is spent on very similar formats: TV – 30 second ad
    • Print – Full page, ½ page
    • Web – Banner, Search
    • Radio – 30, 60 seconds
    • 10% - Percentage of CFOs who believe marketers can assess impact of budget on sales
    • Source: Canadian Marketing Association, MMA
    • - Only 1-2% of marketing budgets are
    • currently spent directly on creating word of mouth
    • Marketers are just beginning to activate word of mouth variants, but still low
    • - Influencer programs - 22% of marketers executing
    • - Buzz/Stunts - 15%
    • - Branded Entertainment 14%
    • A 7% increase in positive word of mouth equates to 1% business growth
    • Sources: VSS, Agent Wildfire, London School of Economics
  26. In today’s connected economy, grassroots influence is key Less than 10% of your customer base controls a big chunk of what the rest of us buy, think and do… why not target them?!
  27. Reason #7 – Word of Mouth Targets Influence - With rare exception (i.e. magazines), mainstream media has a tough time targeting audiences and specifically influencers
    • - 70% of Wikipedia’s content is produced by 1.7% of its audience
    • Top ranked Influencer belief – “I love talking to others about things I’ve just discovered”
    • Influencers are 2x more active, more conversational and/or more brand-involved than the mainstream consumer
    Sources: Agent Wildfire, Keller Fay
  28. Need for ROI for marketers in a bad economy is a mantra
  29. Reason #8 – Word of Mouth is More Measurable and Linked to Growth
    • Mass media has challenges auditing its own traffic
    • Mass media weight cannot be linked to sales
    • When measured, it only measures presumed eyeballs not real engagement
    • Word of mouth activities have much better measurement ability because of their digital nature and opportunity to mine relationship with customer/member
    • - The #1 factor linked to business growth is word of mouth referral
    • - Word of mouth measures the key business drivers of engagement and advocacy
    Sources: Agent Wildfire, Bain
  30. Trust has eroded in our institutions, a bad economy will accelerate this contempt … but we still trust our friends and “people like me” Source: Edelman Trust Barometer
  31. Reason #9 – Word of Mouth is More Trusted
    • 60% of people have a much more negative view of marketing and advertising than a few years ago
    • 27% trust manufacturers
    • 14% trust ads
    • 8% trust celebrities
    • Word of mouth is the #1 trusted source, up 50% vs. a generation ago
    • 61% of people claim to buy the same brands as their friends (+28 pts. Vs. 4 years ago)
    • 90% trust their spouse
    • 82% trust their friends
    Sources: Yankelovich/Henley Centre Sources: Keller Fay/Yankelovich/Henley Centre
  32. Who do you trust?
  33. The Customer is the New Battleground Word of Mouth gets you closer to your customer frontlines Percentage of executives who believe the Customer Experience is the new battleground - 95% Percentage that believe they are delivering a positive customer experience - 80% Percentage of their customers who agree - 8%
  34. Reason #10 – Word of Mouth is More Customer Centric
    • Entertainment Value
    • Information Value
    • Entertainment Value
    • Informational Value
    • Explicit value (rewards)
    • Intrinsic value (feeling of belonging)
    • Extrinsic value (ego/reputation)
    • Experiential value (immersion)
    • Social value (making connections)
    • Talent value (expressing skills/creativity)
    • Service value (adds to the product)
    • Collaborative value (1+1=3)
    Mass Media Provides: WOM Provides:
  35. CEOs are Expecting More From their Marketers – Marketers need to be Leaner and Keener Word of Mouth accommodates those needs
  36. Reason #11 – Word of Mouth Simply Provides More
    • Communication
    • Communication
    • Advocacy
    • Ambassadorship
    • Buzz
    • Insight
    • Real world feedback
    • Solutions
    • Innovation
    • Support
    • Operational Improvements
    • User Generated Content
  37. Marketers want WOM for a variety or reasons Internal External Hard Measure Soft Measure Awareness/Buzz 35% Referrals/Leads/Members 32% Participate in a conversation 26% Drive brand loyalty 32% Seed influencers 32% Launch a product 22% Build a better customer experience 21% Accelerate sales 19% Target tough to reach audience 19% Generate user generated content 19% Support a cause 6% Support a cause 6% Deliver visitors/traffic 17% Enhance credibility 14% Get Insight /solutions 10% Provide learning 6% Source: Agent Wildfire Question - What are the top 3 objectives for launching a word of mouth based initiative?
  38. Don’t skate to where the puck is , skate to where it is going to be
  39. Reason #12 – Word of Mouth is the Now & the Future
    • Canadian Marketers plan on spending more/less in 2009:
    • More Less
    • Newspaper 5% 32%
    • Radio 5% 33%
    • TV 4% 37%
    • Magazines 3% 39%
    • Social Media 23% 16%
    • 58% of marketers agree that
    • word of mouth influence will overtake
    • traditional media influence within a generation
    • 73% of marketers believe marketers will become much more important in an organization by leveraging word of mouth strategies and tactics
    Source: Veritas Source: Agent Wildfire
  40. A Palette of New Strategies & Tactics Await Source: Agent Wildfire What forms of word of mouth will experience the most growth in the next few years ? (top 3 choices) Social media marketing 37% Social network marketing 35% Mobile marketing 34% User-generated Content 31% Influencer marketing 28% Brand communities 20% Customer forums 17% Branded entertainment 16% Cause-related marketing 14% Brand microblogging 14% Buzz marketing 13% Corporate/brand blogging 11%
  41. Recap – The 12 Reasons Why Word of Mouth (WOM) is Primed for this Economy 1 ) WOM Gets Noticed 2) WOM Taps Participation Values 3) WOM Stimulates Action 4) WOM has Longevity 5) WOM has Less Cost/More Value 6) WOM is a Competitive Advantage 7) WOM Targets Influence 8) WOM is More Measurable 9) WOM is More Trusted 10) WOM is More Customer Centric 11) WOM Provides More 12) WOM is the Future ChristaJean
  42. … Don’t Despair
  43. We plan, seed, incubate execute, measure, live and breathe the spectrum of word of mouth
    • Integrated
    • Brand Community-building
    • Advisory Panel
    • Influencer-driven
    • Challenge/intervention
    • Referral-driven
    • Grassroots sponsorship/cause-driven
    • Offline
    • Experiential
    • Buzz/Guerrilla
    • Online
    • Social Media Production/Outreach
    • Social Network Production/Outreach
    • Viral
    • Affiliate/Referral -driven
    • User-generated
    • Advergaming
  44. Let’s Start Your Next Brand Conversation… Inquire: info (at) agentwildfire.com Phone: 416-255-4500 URL: www.AgentWildfire.com Join: www.TheInfluencers.ca Blog: http ://BuzzCanuck.typepad.com / http://www.spreadslikewildfire.com/ Explore: The Buzz Report (e-newsletter) Signup at www.AgentWildfire.com Learn: Executive, WOM Seminars

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