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Book Review: The Anatomy of Buzz

Posted in Book Review, Buzz Marketing, Word of Mouth Marketing on December 12th, 2009 by Paul McArdleBe the first to comment

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Perhaps more through good luck then good management, in our early days we put together the NEM-Watch product, which tends to be a product that “sells itself” – by generating a form of buzz.

Note that when I speak of buzz here, I do it within the framework of the industry in which we operate, which tends to have a staid image, as I discussed here.   Certainly our successes are not going to make it to the “Top Viral 100” list, if there is such a beast.

As a company with a small team of staff and a large number of clients, and aspirations to grow our number of clients further over the next few years, I have a keen interest in understanding how we can use principles of buzz to assist us in building up the profile of all of our products.

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Hence I found this book and excellent read.

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What we thought

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“The Anatomy of Buzz”

by Emmanuel Rosen
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A bit of Buzz in the Electricity Market

Posted in Buzz Marketing on July 23rd, 2009 by Paul McArdle2 Comments

No, I’m not talking about corona discharge on HV AC power lines – I’m referring to the more esoteric notion of “Buzz Marketing”.

Hang on a sec … just what is Buzz Marketing?

I asked the very same question, the first time I heard the term – a few years ago now.

The best definition I have come across is that it’s just like “Word of Mouth” Marketing/Advertising (i.e. people talking about you) – with the addition that you make a conscious, structured effort to get and sustain people talking about your product.

”Viral Marketing” is another coin termed for the same process .

Buzz Marketing in the energy industry?

Yeah right!

There are probably not many industries that could conjure up (and carry off with good effect) the  marvellous advertisement revolving around the line:

“We’re excited by electricity, even if you’re not”

I did try to find some video-record of this advert, but was somewhat surprised to find that there was nothing recorded on YouTube or elsewhere (or at least none I could find).

Perhaps the advert itself is symbolic – TRUenergy gets all the industry insiders laughing at the joke, but Mr Joe Public – well, is sleeping on.  Certainly it does seem that no one was sufficiently inspired to put a bootleg copy of the advert onto YouTube.

PS – did find this one, later, but it’s not exactly the one I was thinking of… (at 3,379 views currently, it does seem to have woken slumbering Joe Public  – albeit very slightly)

My main point, here, is that there does not seem to be a lot of space in the energy market for a bit of buzz.  Too geeky, too complicated, not sexy enough, or just damn boring?

Well, all’s not lost yet…

Why this article now?

That’s a good question!
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