Word of Mouth Marketing 3
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In this third part about word of mouth marketing, I present the segment -women- as an important category of influentials. Following Malcolm Gladwell's book The Tipping Point', I continue with discussing the stickiness factor of messages. As an illustration of sticky messages, a student team presents the Whopper Sacrifice campaign developed by Burger King.
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