Why Not Using Viral Marketing Could Kill Your Business
by: Maxine E. Hough
Creativity is the one virtue a site must possess to win the race in
internet based business competition. With so much competition, many
methods of marketing must be employed to stay in the race and win. It
doesn't matter if you have a killer product or a web site with awesome
web design, if people don't know you exist, you're "dead in the
water."
While there are many methods used by e-commerce sites today, one
method that's come into its own is called viral marketing which has
helped many a site gain an extra boost in popularity ratings. Though
the term viral depicts virus in the worse possible way, it isn't what
you may think. You do not use a computer virus to spread your
business.
Viral Marketing also known as viral advertising is a marketing
technique used to build the public's awareness of your product,
company, or web site. Many forms of the media are used to reach out to
the public without actually promoting the product. The premise is to
use methods that are somewhat addictive in nature to get people "
hooked" and obligated or amused enough to actually "pass it on" along
with the product, company, or web site advertisement.
Basically, marketers ride on the idea that if people like the
content of a media enough, they will "pass it on" to their friends,
family, prospects, or customers. They sponsor the particular media
such as cool flash games, funny videos, amusing stories, or
informational reports, which are passed on with the company brand,
logo, product description, or any other content to help promote the
company or its product.
Viral marketing has become a popular means of marketing and
advertising because of the relatively low cost. To avoid being labeled
as "spam mail", viral marketing counts on the eagerness of people to
pass on the product. If the person sees the name of the person they're
familiar with as the sender, they won't block it but, open it
instead.
Many companies offer incentives such as rebates and discounts when
prospects or customers help in spreading their viral marketing. They
rely on the number of recipients viral marketing gets from one person,
in determining the amount of incentive they can be attributed with.
The foremost advantage of viral marketing is the publicity and public
awareness your site or company receives. You get to generate a
traffic flow of potential customers. With a little imagination, some
incentives, you can reach out to a great number of people and announce
your existence.
Many web sites are now aware of the effectiveness of viral marketing.
Along with other promotional methods such as search engine
optimization, viral marketing could easily push you ahead in the
ratings game. Consider the benefits, increased traffic flow,
customers, and revenue increase that could incur from this one
marketing resource alone!
As mentioned earlier, viral marketing is a great way to make people
aware of your online presence, as you get them to pass your
advertisement along, like a virus. Many affiliate programs and
webmasters have reports and ebooks centered around their product and
in many cases, they offer free branding rights which permit you to "
brand" your website and affiliate link into the reportor ebook. As you
pass these on to your customers, prospects, you increase awareness of
your online presence and hopefully increase sales and revenue in the
process. As you can see the potential can be phenomenal!
Consider this, many big companies have used viral marketing
successfully. A classic example is Hotmail. They were the first known
company to employ viral marketing and the rest, as they say, is
history. Why not incorporate viral marketing into your marketing and
advertising arsenal, imagine the wonders it could do for your web site
traffic and revenue!
About The Author
Copyright 2006 Maxine Hough
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