Word of Mouth

[homer]

How do you get word-of-mouth? First piece of advice, don’t bother with those “recommend-a-friend” scripts. Less than one visitor in a thousand fills them in. There’s a far simpler way to get “word of mouth”... deliver great content.

[mikelbeck]

Originally Posted by homer

How do you get word-of-mouth? First piece of advice, don’t bother with those “recommend-a-friend” scripts. Less than one visitor in a thousand fills them in. There’s a far simpler way to get “word of mouth”... deliver great content.

I've found that just by asking the users on a site to let their friends know about the site helps. On one of my forums we're running a contest right now, whoever gets the most "points" by the end of Februray will win an MP3 player. One of the ways to get points is by referring new users to the site. There's a referral link in the user's control panel, and a number of them have sent out e-mails to their friends asking them to sign up.

[crash]

A reward is always great. Who can resist a freebie in their right mind!

[Trojanfan]

word of mouth is just up to your visitors, have good content and they will talk about it

[crash]

Again I agree with Trojan....offer something free and word will just get around!

[kiz9999]

Recommend a friend is good. Start a few thread in a major forum or tell family and friends.

[forumowner]

Just generate a big fuss over your site. maybe a really big competition can start word of mouth.

[michael74]

For one of my current projects I am relying very heavily on word of mouth advertising to attract new business.

The way I am working to get this is by targetting several of the really large forums in that industry and providing a great service to clients there who in turn recommend me to other members who are looking for that service.

So my only tip for increasing word of mouth recommendations is to provide truly outstanding service or content.