The latest trend in the world of online marketing tools is viral marketing with online games. This trend is also known as "pass along" or "tell a friend" or even "evangelism" market. The consumers prefer a product or any service to one another and this helps in marketing of that particular product or company. The huge amount of money that would be spent on advertising is saved.
The basic idea behind viral marketing is to make a person visit a certain site or use a certain product and then they are required to pass their experience to the other people. This helps the people who pass the message to earn attractive incentives. The incentive can be a discount coupon or it can even be a free product. The most interesting and effective way of promoting a certain product is through games. Games are not just a means of having fun but they can become effective tools in the world of marketing. They are used for education, training and traffic generation.
Viral marketing is gaining momentum in the online world of marketing. There are online gaming contests which help in promotion of a certain product. They users play the game and win the product as their prize. This enables them to get the product for free and then they use it. The player can then pass out positive messages about the product. At the end of the game, the player gets redirected to the product site and this makes numerous players to visit the product site. This also ensures that the player visit the site repeatedly which is very good in the marketing sense. This fulfills two objectives of the product companies which is done by the games.
There are numerous award winning games in the viral sector. The addictive and popular games increase the popularity of the products that hold these gaming contests. Take for example, Simpson games that have been made to promote Simpsons Movies as well as Extreme Pamplona. This game is made fo Rexona. These game shave been played for millions of times and millions of dollars are spent by MTV to promote these games. The range of games in the viral marketing are not just limited to adults, they are used by kids too. Big brands like Fox Television and Levi Strauss are opting for this stream of marketing. They are filling up blogosphere as well as bill boards to promote their goods.
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