Word of mouth
word of mouth, word-of-mouth (adjective) -
by word of mouth
word of mouth advertising
publicity through word of mouth
build an audience by word of mouth
advertise by word of mouth
promote by word of mouth
communicate by word of mouth
word of mouth reputation
build reputation by word of mouth
word of mouth recommendation
learning about of through word of mouth
build business by word of mouth
spread by word of mouth
fame spread by word of mouth
rumour spread by word of mouth
handed down through word of mouth
word of mouth contact
word of mouth information
word of mouth criticism
word of mouth seller
word of mouth training
rely on word of mouth
generate good word of mouth
recruited by word of mouth
word-of-mouth sales prospects
passed on by word of mouth
instructions passed on by word of mouth
job opportunities passed around by word of mouth
word of mouth communications network
Example sentences:
* Clothes parties generate good word-of-mouth for our brands.
* With more word of mouth recommendations we would have to spend less on advertising.
* Business was spread by word of mouth.
* The business had grown by word of mouth.
* His reputation spread by word of mouth.
* "Many of our enquiries come through word-of-mouth recommendations."
* The business was built up slowly, probably to a large extent by word of mouth.
* "Again it was word of mouth: teachers told other teachers about us and I was getting offers to give talks left, right and centre."
* He was ordered to give instructions in writing rather than by word of mouth.
* "What to do, how to do it and when to do it are instructions passed on by word of mouth from one generation to the next."
* "So we decided on a special release pattern for the film; an opening in New York a couple of months before any place else, play-off in small theatres with long engagements, letting word of mouth build an audience."
* "Stories simply handed down by word of mouth over that length of time are likely to be less accurate than those written down from the beginning."
* With some branches small changes in policies or ways of doing business just spread by word of mouth, with others formal letters are sent from company headquarters.
* "Word of mouth appeared to be the most common method of learning about training."
* "That first tour did a lot to make the rest of the tours tremendously successful because, with all things like that, if you do play to a small group of people and you still do a great show, then by word of mouth the word spreads how wonderful you were, even though it wasn't packed."
* "Despite all the publicity through word of mouth and a high profile national tour last year with Gary Glitter, the show remains relatively unknown."
* "By cover presentation on the shelves, and by promotion and word of mouth, they must also increase circulation, thus improving the advertisers' platform and, of course, profitability for both parties."
* "Working from her converted garage, Lorna makes up sample boards, organises exhibition stands, creates promotions, and visits her clients, many of whom come via word of mouth."
* "He argued that because Lloyd's, as a market place, had its own effective communications network by word of mouth for anyone seeking a change of job or a company looking for a specialist, any use of headhunters was immediately suspicious."
* "The campaign works indirectly by rumour to frighten people, and whatever they can or can't prove the threat is carried by word of mouth and claimants run for cover."
* "With an unhuman shape, gliding motion, array of gadgets and grating voice, their fame spread, by word of mouth, like wild-fire throughout the schools of Britain."
* They don't hear about job opportunities because these are mostly passed around by word of mouth among those who are already in the industry.
* "When posts fall vacant they should be widely advertised within the branch by word of mouth and through the branch newsletter."
* "I am sure our editors will be pleased to include in future issues comments passed on either by word of mouth or in letters."
* "Many people are illiterate or do not understand the technical language, so people learn by word of mouth or various other processes that money is available."
* "We communicate with each other through a variety of methods; by the staff newsletter; by Office Notices (which may be of three types; mandatory, advisory, and informative); by internal memos and notes; committee minutes, and by word of mouth."
* The organisation was riddled, in his opinion, with old and stupid men, most of whom had been recruited by word of mouth or by membership of a certain club or school society.
* "If you cast your mind back to when we first spoke and how we build our business by word of mouth introductions, I'd like the opportunity of meeting one or two of your colleagues and introducing them to our service."
* "The vast majority of members are recruited at local level by word of mouth and very, very few by the image-making publicity generated at national level."
* "The importance of this is that word-of-mouth information from shop assistants, salesmen and agents seems more influential for consumers than what is written into credit notices and contracts; but of course much less easy to regulate."
* It is also worth asking if you can contact last year's customers; there is no substitute for word-of-mouth recommendations.
* "Most traditional employment practices, such as word-of-mouth recruitment, the use of unsolicited applications, preferences for friends and relations of existing employees and preferences for seniority, are practices which favour the `haves' and disadvantage the `have nots'."
* The word-of-mouth seller Donna Tartt's The Secret History was out-selling them all.
* "Any word-of-mouth'd be better than what we've got at the moment."
* A following for this unknown political candidate has been built up slowly by word-of-mouth.
* Satisfied customers may generate by word-of-mouth sales prospects.
