![Marketers’ Satisfaction With Word-Of-Mouth & Social Media Tactics, April 2014 [CHART]](https://www.marketingcharts.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/WOMMAAMA-Satisfaction-W-O-M-Social-Tactics-Apr2014.png "Chart - Marketers’ Satisfaction With Word-Of-Mouth & Social Media Tactics")
About 9 in 10 marketers indicate that difficulty measuring offline word-of-mouth (W-O-M) marketing is an obstacle in pursuing a W-O-M strategy at their companies, and 8 in 10 concur with respect to difficulties measuring online social media marketing, according to full results from a survey by the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) and the American Marketing Association (AMA). Despite that, 2 in 3 believe that W-O-M is more effective than traditional marketing – and at least 7 in 10 are satisfied with a variety of tactics they’re using.
The survey measured usage of 19 word-of-mouth (WOM) and social media tactics, finding a broad range of adoption. At the top end, some 92% have experience with (82%) or are considering (10%) building and managing social media pages and profiles, while at the low end, only one-third have experience (13%) or are considering (20%) using agents for sampling. Read the rest at MarketingCharts.
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