You've likely heard a lot about viral marketing campaigns. You could be wondering what exactly it means for anything to "go viral." Well, you know how viruses spread, correct? They move from person to person and continue on and on for an exceedingly great period.
Viral marketing campaigns perform in much the same means. The marketing piece spreads through word-of-mouth, as people tell different folks regarding it. Viral marketing may come in assorted forms. On the Internet, viral campaigns are regularly in the form of videos or reports, yet they might also come in the form of audio or images.
Video is probably the most viral of the various media methods, because people seem to get more excited about videos. But text reports can also go viral very quickly if the information contained in them is exceptional.
The best forms of viral marketing give away extremely valuable information for free. If you promote a dog training guide, create a short precious video about potty training a puppy. You don't want to give away everything, but show one really good element that makes people realize you're not all about the fluff and filler.
If you're using text as your viral medium of choice, then it provides the perfect opportunity for you to profit through a freebie. Viral reports usually have links sprinkled throughout them, either to your direct offers or affiliate items, but they still provide real value to the readers.
If providing an interesting or informative marketing piece is the most important part of viral marketing, getting the piece in front of people who will spread it is the second most important thing.
If no one sees the piece, there won't be anyone to spread it around. You need to figure out a way to get your piece seen by enough people that it will go viral. If you're using videos, you can usually get enough views to a video to start a viral campaign just by submitting the videos to a few video sharing sites.
If your information is valuable enough, people will probably flock to it. But sometimes it takes a little more than that and you'll have to use social bookmarking, forums, and other methods to bring the initial wave of targeted traffic.
If you offer a really high-quality report or video for free, you'll usually have no trouble getting it to go viral. Post it in a forum as a freebie, send it out to your list, but make sure it states clearly that you encourage your readers or viewers to share the download link, or else they may feel like they're doing something wrong.
So how does all of this relate to your online business? Let's say that one day you decide to write an email to several of your friends letting them know about your business or a specific product that you are currently selling. Not only are you encouraging these people to come and see the service or product that you have on offer, you are also encouraging these people to pass that email on to several people that they know. If the email is continuously sent out to different people, then eventually hundreds of thousands of people could receive that email along with the information contained inside.
You can see why viral marketing is as popular as it is today. It's a cheap and fast method of sharing information about your business to large segments of your target market.
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