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I was flooded with emails.=E2=80=9D Those emails quickly turned into bookings, which then turned into trusted r= eferrals that extended outside the online mommy community.=20 "I got really busy really fast, and it was very word-of- mouth," she said. = "I=E2=80=99d go and do one mom, and then she would tell like six of her fri= ends. And all of a sudden, they would call me. I got to the point where I w= as saying no more than I was saying yes."=20 ## The Power of Word of Mouth Let me (Steve) interrupt here for a moment because my dad grew his single S= outhern California carpet store to a huge chain of 21 stores, mostly with w= ord-of-mouth. Indeed, after 20 years in business, TV ads, sidewalk sales, and radio jingl= es, Carpet World had a single banner at the entrance of its main warehouse = that bellowed: _**=E2=80=9COur Word-of-Mouth Advertising Starts With You!=E2=80=9D **_ This is exactly what happened with Alli Webb and her new business, Drybar.=20 She hung out a shingle, built buzz, and set in motion a word-of-mouth marke= ting machine. ## Next! Soon, Alli opened a brick-and-mortar Drybar in Los Angeles. Then another. T= hen dozens. All with no big marketing budget. Just word-of-mouth buzz. By 2019, Drybar was acquired for $255 million. And it all started with word of mouth. ---------- ## **The Takeaway** _**Don=E2=80=99t think your business is not word-of-mouth worthy, it is. **= _ If Alli could do it as a hair stylist, if Marty Strauss could do it with ca= rpet, you can do it too! Come up with something unique and different and th= e give customers a reason to remember, and share it. 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Don=E2=80=99t think that= the lack of a big marketing budget might stop you. This story proves other= wise. As I often say in my LinkedIn Posts hint hint - let=E2=80=99s connect!), = you got this!

 
 

Alli Webb didn=E2=80=99t s= et out to be a revolutionary entrepreneur, but necessity being the mother o= f invention and all that, that is exactly what happened.

Check it o= ut:

Alli was a single mom hair stylist who needed more work.

One day she had an insight, and to test whether there really was a market= for her Big Idea, she went onto a Facebook group for moms in L.A. where sh= e posted this:

The Single Post That Changed = Everything

=E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99m a longtime L.A. stylist,=E2=80=9D s= he wrote. =E2=80=9CI'm thinking about starting a mobile blow-dry busine= ss where I'd charge$35 or $40. Would anybody out there be interested?= =E2=80=9D

As she told Guy Raz in =E2=80=9CHow I Built This=E2=80=9D= , =E2=80=9CMoms were more than interested! I was flooded with emails.=E2=80= =9D

Those emails quickly turned into bookings, which then turned in= to trusted referrals that extended outside the online mommy community.

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"I got really busy really fast, and it was very word-of- mouth,&qu= ot; she said. "I=E2=80=99d go and do one mom, and then she would tell = like six of her friends. And all of a sudden, they would call me. I got to = the point where I was saying no more than I was saying yes."

The Power of Word of Mouth

Let me (Steve) interrupt he= re for a moment because my dad grew his single Southern California carpet s= tore to a huge chain of 21 stores, mostly with word-of-mouth.

Indee= d, after 20 years in business, TV ads, sidewalk sales, and radio jingles, C= arpet World had a single banner at the entrance of its main warehouse that = bellowed:

=E2=80=9COur Word-of-Mouth Advertising Starts With Y= ou!=E2=80=9D

This is exactly what happened with Alli Webb a= nd her new business, Drybar.

She hung out a shingle, built buzz, an= d set in motion a word-of-mouth marketing machine.

Next!

Soon, Alli= opened a brick-and-mortar Drybar in Los Angeles. Then another. Then dozens= . All with no big marketing budget. Just word-of-mouth buzz.

By 201= 9, Drybar was acquired for $255 million.

And it all started with wo= rd of mouth.

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The Takeaway

Don=E2= =80=99t think your business is not word-of-mouth worthy, it is.

If Alli could do it as a hair stylist, if Marty= Strauss could do it with carpet, you can do it too! Come up with something= unique and different and the give customers a reason to remember, and shar= e it.

Here=E2=80=99s an example:

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How to engineer word of mouth using operational differentiators - no= t gimmicks.

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About Steve

= Steve Strauss is the best-selling author of The Small Business Bible (and 17 other books), Inc.=E2=80=99s small business columnist, a lawyer (non-practicing), and an entrepreneur. He sold his last venture= , TheSelfEmployed.com to Mark Cuban & Zen Business. Need a ghostwriter or a newsletter for your= business? Contact Steve!

  
 

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