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Newsletter #831: The “It Never Hurts to Ask” Issue

[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Smart marketers know that if you don’t ask, you might never know. A few opportunities for you to start asking […]

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Kitties and Puppies

A fantastic word of mouth story from Brenda at Chesapeake Cats & Dogs. I volunteer with Chesapeake Cats & Dogs (a small nonprofit on Maryland’s Eastern Shore), and we try to make our events unusual and fun. In March, we had a Kitten Shower at a local business, featuring our adoptable cats. We advertised the […]

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Good old-fashioned partnering

Simple, easy to do, good for the business, good for the cause. Scouts get a fundraiser, pizza place sells pizza. Scouts tell all their friends about the pizza place — great for local word of mouth. Are you overthinking your local marketing?

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An amazing word of mouth campaign for Goodwill

An empty box shows up via UPS. Inside is a map from my house to the nearest Goodwill donation center. This simple, elegant, inexpensive campaign was so remarkable that I told everyone I saw, for weeks. I showed the box to everyone who came to my office. Which is the whole point of word of […]

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Newsletter #814: The “Personality is Good for Business” Issue

[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Your personality (and a willingness to show it off) is what earns you fans and followers. It’s what separates you […]

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Newsletter #813: The “Send a Holiday Gift Worth Talking About” Issue

[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] If the holiday gift you’re sending to clients and prospective customers is unremarkable, why bother sending it at all? Trust […]

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Newsletter #800: The “How to Partner With a Cause for Your Event” Issue

Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] We partnered with charity: water for our Word of Mouth Supergenius event this summer. It was a great experience using […]

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