Believe it or not, viral marketing did not originate from the web. Named after microscopic organisms that reproduce at a very fast rate, viral marketing traces its beginnings from offline marketing. More popularly called as word-of-mouth advertising, this method has been one of the most powerful yet cost-efficient ways of promoting a business. Viral marketing…
Here’s a challenge. What do you do if… You’ve got a great website, but don’t know how to get the word out? You want people to hear your message, but don’t have the time or energy to run ads, pass out flyers or business cards? You want to let the world know about your great…
When used properly, viral marketing or viral advertising is by far the best way to promote your website, products and services on the Internet. Viral advertising implies a virus-like fast transfer of a marketing message on the web, as a consequence of using free viral marketing tools such as YouTube, Flickr or Facebook, built to…
Why Viral Marketing Is Extremely Powerful Have you ever had Chicken Pox? It all starts from one member of the family getting infected by a friend or a relative. That person brings the virus home and pretty soon the entire family gets hit by chicken pox… but not before the ‘carrier’ passes it to another…
Internet Marketing for small business may well be the most crucial addition to a small business’ marketing and promotions portfolio. Instead of relying on the conventional modes of promotion, like paid advertising and the like, Internet Marketing for small business offers a solution that may well overshoot your business’ promotional expectations. There are two reasons…
Viral marketing has become a buzzword, but it is more than that: it is an effective way of marketing on the Internet by using the power of people-to-people recommendations. It is an ideal way of spreading the word about your product or service, particularly since the rise of social media. If you can use the…
Understanding the Five Principles of Viral Marketing Viral marketing sounds like a sort of kind of sickness, right? After all who wants to be involved in something that is “viral”? But the concept that a marketing idea can be “spread” like to a virus can have a tremendous effect on your business. If you have…
Viral web marketing has since become a very effective form of online marketing. It is quite effective, because as the name suggest, this form of marketing helps spread the marketing message like a virus. The basics of viral marketing are quite simple and easy to understand and implement. In basic principle, this marketing strategy involves…
Viral Marketing and Vital Viral Marketing are further refined and redefined for more clarity in 2007. Viral Marketing has been defined as marketing that depends upon pre-exisiting social conditions for its perpetuation. Vital Viral Marketing, like Viral Marketing, depends upon pre-existing social conditions for its perpetuation and may also depend upon pre-existing internal conditions as…
Viral marketing is often associated with word of mouth. They are similar but definitely not the same. While word of mouth spreads the word about your products or services, it just dies out after a certain period of time. In viral marketing, you aim to reach a large audience by encouraging people to spread the…