Power of Word-of-Mouth

24 Oct 2005

Two of the most common Internet applications -- Google search and AOL instant messager -- were essentially built on word-of-mouth advertising.

Google has managed its success despite spending less than 8% of its 2004 revenue on sales and marketing, building the brand almost solely by word of mouth.

-- Morningstar analyst Rick Summer

An email newsletter I got today pointed out AOL is doing its FIRST national ad campaign for AIM as it launches the AIM Triton product.

Update: Here a story about the branding campaign for AIM.

Posted by Jack D. Lail on Monday, October 24, 2005 at 9:57 PM | 0 TrackBacks

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