Wind down your Wednesday, and wind up your Word of Mouth Marketing knowledge!

Join your fellow big-brand leaders across West Michigan as we welcome – for the first time in Grand Rapids – Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) Executive Director Kristen Smith.

Kristen will talk about how word of mouth programs are influencing today’s communications strategies and highlight WOMMA’s recommendations and education programs in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s new guidelines for word of mouth marketing.

Timely topics, and a good time!  And, the event is entirely free, thanks to local sponsors Steketee & Greiner and Co. and Amway.

Space is limited, so register today!

Where: Bistro Bella Vita
When: Wed. March 24, 5-7 pm

RSVP: Sue_Vanderlaan@amway.com

We all know the importance of viral communications in today’s world. We’re learning even more about it during the WOMMA (Word of Mouth Marketing Association) Summit this week in Las Vegas.

The WOMMA Summit is featuring brand speakers that discuss their real world WOM marketing programs from some of the top companies in the world.  They are presenting case studies and educating the audience on the importance of word of mouth and how it relates to their company.

We have been working on some great projects involving word of mouth tactics, one of which is a corporate blogger event.  What a great way to spur the spread of conversation about your brand.  Get people that are passionate about something and give them your brand experience to inspire them to write about it and share it with all their followers -word of mouth!

We’ve met some great people and have seen some amazing presentations here at WOMMA.  Tune in with us… Just go to womma.org and sign up for the live feed to see what the speakers have to say…and spread the word!

The marketing landscape is changing. It’s about open conversation and innovative ways to create new communications opportunities. We’re working hand in hand with our clients to help define where marketing goes from here. So, as the edit to our title post now says, marketing actually isn’t really dead. It’s just reinventing itself for the new age of Communications 3.0.

- David -

The Steketee Greiner Company is a global communications strategy, facilitation and measurement firm based in Grand Rapids, MI. We’re global because you are too, whether you want to be or not. It’s just the way things work now. Your job is to make sure you understand and are involved in the conversations going on about you. We can show you how. And we can do it in a way that shows you the return on your investment.

Communications 3.0
You don’t have complete control of your message anymore, but don’t panic. If you’re willing to listen, you can work with your customers to generate real efficiencies and value.

Here’s How You (and We) Do It
Quit trying to market so much, start listening, analyze the conversation, create a plan, inject a message, measure its effectiveness, tweak if necessary and repeat.

So, What Exactly Am I Buying from the Steketee Greiner Company?
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The Payoff
You can expect to know the return you’re getting on your investment, because we track, monitor and report on a regular, recurring basis to insure that you’re on strategy and on budget.

Welcome to the next wave of global communications.

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Brian Steketee/Partner
brian.steketee@sgandco.com

David Geiner/Partner
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Eric Messing/Business Development
eric.messing@sgandco.com

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