<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Everybody&#8217;s Talking About&nbsp;It!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="6045" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/everybodys-talking-about-it/file0001964396712/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,1200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A510&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1142945399&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8125&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="mouth" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=1024" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6045" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="mouth" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=300&amp;h=225 300w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=600&amp;h=450 600w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/file0001964396712.jpg?w=150&amp;h=113 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>If you&#8217;ve read or heard anything about marketing, you probably know that experts say the most powerful tool is word of mouth marketing (WOMM).  This always troubles me, because I think that too many of us then think, why bother with other forms of getting our message out, when the &#8220;only&#8221; thing that works is WOMM.  Of course, the real reaction should be, how can we get <em>LOTS</em> of people talking about the library, spreading the news by WOMM?</p>
<p><a title="contagious marketing" href="http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/contagious-marketing" target="_blank">Contagious Marketing </a>(<em>American Libraries</em>, February 2014) has all the information and tips you need to have your messages go viral, and get everyone talking about your library.</p>
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