Marketers believe that consumers’ decision to adopt a new product is driven by firms’ marketing efforts and by word-of-mouth – interpersonal communication about the new product from friends, relatives or colleagues. Little is known, however, about the magnitude of the two effects.
How important are marketing actions relative to consumer generated word-of-mouth? What is the relative impact of marketing versus word-of-mouth at different points in the new product’s diffusion cycle? Is word-of-mouth more important soon after the product’s introduction or later on, after the product has gained some critical mass? Does word-of-mouth still matter in a world where marketing is more and more customized to each individual consumer (e.g. recommendations in online stores, direct mails, internet ads, etc), or will targeted marketing become the major driver of the adoption of new products?
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