Word of Mouth Marketing with New York Times Director Jeffrey Graham

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New York Times Executive Director of Customer Insight Jeffrey Graham talks about word-of-mouth marketing, rumor control, the wisdom of the crowd, and keeping the Grey Lady profitable.
Graham leads a 30-person corporate research team at The New York Times and nytimes.com, which includes advertising, digital marketing, strategic research, web analytics, and database marketing.
Previously he was SVP, Strategic Research & Accountability Director for Starcom MediaVest, where he led communication research for Procter & Gamble, as well as research for P&G’s television and digital investments.
Others from the New York Times who have appeared on this podcast include media business columnist David Carr and consumer electronics columnist David Pogue.
Show Notes:
2:33 – Graham on his “Online and Offline Word of Mouth” session at the PRSA International Conference.
3:23 – Graham on the influence that word of mouth has on internet marketing and online advertising.
4:00 – Graham on how marketing and public relations professionals can leverage word of mouth.
5:02 – Graham speaks about how he got involved in word of mouth marketing.
6:01 – Graham on the origins of word of mouth marketing.
6:47 – Graham on tactical word of mouth marketing.
9:12 – Graham on the future of the daily news.
10:50 – Graham discusses how the New York Times maintains its depth and scope.
13:12 – Graham on InfoWorld’s decision early on to web publish only.
14:37 – Graham on The New York Times readership.
15:20 – Graham on the social media at The New York Times.
18:00 – Graham describes and the digital strategy of The New York Times under Arthur Sulzberger.
19:23 – Graham shares advice to people like Sam Zell on how to save newspapers.
20:38 – Graham on the dissertation he’s currently writing on rumor control.
20:46 – Graham describes some of what he’s learned so far on rumor control.
21:33 – Graham explains the relationship between rumor and crowd control.
22:24 – Schwartzman asks about crowd control online with examples like the uncovering of Marie Digby.
25:12 – Graham gives advice to the public relations agencies moving forward.
26:16 – Graham on what he’s found surprising while researching The New York Times readers.
28:32 – End
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