Viral Marketing Techniques
Viral marketing is one of those buzzwords that everybody is talking about. The
funny thing about it is that few people really know what viral marketing is and
all the different ways that you can use it. Well, it is the interest of this
article that for those of you who are a little bit in the darkness about this
fantastic method of getting your message out to others, that after reading it,
you will have a very good understanding of just what viral marketing is and a
firm grasp on some killer viral marketing techniques.
One of the most common forms of viral marketing is the passing along of free
ebooks. A lot of people scratch their head over this one as they can't
understand how you can make money from a free ebook. Well, that is the beauty
of this method. See, while the ebook itself may be free, once the person who
gets it, re-brands the ebook, and passes it along to others, the links to YOUR
programs in the ebook will start to circulate around the Internet. As they do,
people will start to sign up with those programs and you will begin to see an
income from these signups, all because of giving away a free ebook.
Giving away a free ebook is only one form of viral marketing, even though
back in the good old days it was pretty much the only way that people thought
of. But there's another killer viral marketing technique that works like a
charm. It's called forum viral marketing. This
may actually be one of the most effective forms of viral marketing around. The
best way to illustrate this point is with an example.
Let's say John Doe creates a new program called "The
Ultimate Program" He loads it up with just about everything that you can
think of. He then talks to a couple of his friends. He offers them free
membership if they'll just go to some of the more well known forums and start
spreading the word about this program in a particular manner which he explains.
Bob Smith then goes to one forum while Jane Harris goes to another forum. Both
make the following post. "Anybody Hear About The
Ultimate Program?" And then in the post they start asking questions, like
has anybody tried it? Is it legit? Can you check it out for me? They
don't post a link. That would be spamming.
Somebody though is going to ask, "Hey can you give us a link?" At that
point the person replies with a link and says "thanks!" Slowly, the
word of this program spreads. If enough people see the site and think it looks
pretty darn good, the word will start to spread quickly.
That, my friend, is the power of viral
marketing.
The truth is viral marketing has been
around since the beginning of time. How do you think the bible got written? How
do you think the concept of Christianity spread? That
is one of the most amazing examples of viral marketing ever. Viral marketing
DOES work. You should give it a try sometime.
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