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THE REMARKABLES
How to Win with Word-of-Mouth Marketing
2008
2008

•  Facebook surpasses MySpace
•  Twitter #22 social networking site
•  First iPhone released
2013

•  4 billion views/day
•  1.1 billion users
•  50 million users
More than

98% of Non-Profits	
  
are on Facebook

MDG Advertising, 2012
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meth·od·ol·o·gy!

A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline
Heartbeats
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Website/blog content
SEO
Email marketing
Press releases
Online advertising
Social media updates
Remarkables
We

Seth Godin
Remarkables
•  Cut through online noise
•  Recruit new customers
•  Inspire actions & activities
•  Connect with influencers
•  Tell a story
•  Increase attention
•  Improve web presence and
SEO
“Safe is risky and risky is safe.”
– Seth Godin
Do Something Amazing!
•  A beautiful, shareable crowdfunding site
•  Donors received a Certificate of Purchase
•  Raised $32 million
Be Bold
•  2.5 million YouTube views
•  90,000 petition signatures
•  Activity book teaching elements of
inbound marketing best practices
•  Inspires fun in an (overly) serious
industry
•  25,000 downloads
What do Remarkables have in

Common?	
  
Remarkables…
•  Touch us emotionally
•  Offer a compelling story arc
•  Provide new, surprising information
•  May have heroes and villains
Remarkables…
•  Make us laugh (sometimes)
•  Inspire us
•  Reflect trends in popular culture
•  Are highly shareable
Tips for making

Remarkables	
  
Change the

Medium	
  

of the message
RIFF	
  

on what the
Web loves
•  Vine has more than 40
million users
•  Great for mobile-based
campaigns
•  Making a vine video is a
relatively easy ask
Enable	
  
user contributions
Build	
  
something useful
Inspire	
  
others
Campaign

Killers!	
  
Hello, Anyone Out There?
You don’t have an engaged, motivated
audience.
Problem Technique
Your Remarkable is plagued by
technical glitches.
Your Idea Sucks
Enough said.
How to Measure

Remarkables	
  
•  Set clear campaign objectives
•  Match objectives with measurable, online actions
•  Top referring sites are key—keep an eye on them
•  Measure campaign success against conversion
rates
•  Measure social media uptake
Does it Really Work?

Doubled Website Traffic
Covered in top industry
blogs

National media
coverage

Fully-funded project
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Fireworks Factory

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