Viral marketing is word of mouth advertising that depends completely on the commitment of others to make it successful. Viral Marketing is giving people permission to give away and use your free product or service, so your marketing brand is multiplied swiftly over the internet. With viral marketing other people spread your message. And by spreading your marketing message, they are endorsing your product or service. Social validation like this helps give your marketing message a more powerful punch!
This is why viral marketing is considered one of the most efficient and clever marketing strategies to use to optimize your business.
Below are ten powerful viral marketing strategies you can use:
1. Submit articles to article directories and give readers permission to reprint your articles in their newsletter, magazine, web site or ebooks. Make sure to include a short, compelling bio and your website link in the resource box.
2. Offer freebies for your readers as opt-in incentive for newsletter or email subscription. And let them use your freebies as free bonuses for products or services they sell. Include your ad on all your freebies.
3. Give away free software and let people give away your free software. But, make sure to add your business advertisement in the software program.
4. Let people place an advertisement in your free ebook if, in exchange, they give away the ebook to visitors in their website and ezine subscribers.
5. Let people add their link to your free web site directory. With a an agreement that they return a link back to your web site, advertising your directory.
6. Let people give away your website tools like free templates, web design graphics and fonts. But include your ad on them or stipulate that they have to link directly to your web site.
7. Give away a free ebook and let people give away your free ebook to their visitors. Then their visitors will also give it away. This will ensure you spread your ad quickly over the internet.
8. Let people use your online discussion board for their own web site. Many people don't have one. Again, add your banner ad at the top of the board.
9. Give away free space on your server. For instance,let people sign up for a free web site on your server. Since you are giving away the space, stipulate that they must ad your banner at the top of the site.
10. Let people provide your free online service to their web site, visitors, or ezine subscribers. Great examples are search engine submissions, free email and email consulting.
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