In this Marketing Over Coffee:

Ted Wright, the author of Fizz talks about Word of Mouth Marketing!

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Ted Wright is the CEO of Fizz, the pioneering Word of Mouth marketing firm.

The origin story – award winner to fired in 5 weeks

Influencers try new things because they are new, they don’t want cash

Interruption and interception is a losing strategy

Going beyond just giving away free stuff – the cleaning up Lego story

The longest year and KPIs – hat tip to Sergio Zyman

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How to train brand ambassadors

Fizz – Get the book on Amazon

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