Viral Marketing

Brand Your Product Like Wildfire With Viral Marketing

Using viral Marketing to create a name for yourself and position your brand in the market is a quick way to have success, if done properly. The key is to get your message to as many people as quickly as possible through email, social networking sites, and the like. Your viral campaign can bring you loads of traffic but it is very hard to track.

In the early days of free email known Hotmail, was not very well known. When they launched, they placed a message at the bottom of each outgoing hotmail email saying “Get your private, free email at http://www.hotmail.com". Within 18 months they had 12 million registered users. They spent a total of $500K on their marketing plan, compared to the $20 Million spent by Juno. How many people do you know that use Juno today compared to Hotmail?

What Is Viral Marketing?

Viral marketing is an idea that spreads through word of mouth that helps market your business. They are usually started through conventional media such as print or TV. With the internet technology, you can now create an online viral marketing easily and with much lower cost than before.

Viral marketing meant to build brand image can be based on a variety of different things including video clips, software, and flash games. Online viral communication is very easy to create and can bring a lot of traffic to your site.

Things you should consider before using online viral marketing

You must make sure that your message is first rate. If you make a cheap badly produced message, it will turn people away, rather than going viral. It is also hard to control your brand, so you must be careful. Your message may end up outside your target audience and depending on your message, may actually offend some people.

Also, you run the risk of information being added or deleted from your message. This can affect how your brand is perceived. Keeping it short and powerful is the best way to control this. Also be aware that your business could grow in ways you did not expect. You must be prepared for anything such as clients in countries you did not anticipate. You will have to change your plan when such things occur.

How SEO and PPC Helps to evaluate your Viral Campaign

Unlike SEO and PPC, you cannot accurately measure your viral campaign to evaluate it. You have no way of knowing what percentage of people that received your message has come to your website. Conversion to sales is very important to any business, but it is very difficult to assess. That makes it difficult to adjust your marketing strategies.

You also have to be careful not to be perceived as a spammer. If you are paying individuals to forward your message, this can be seen as intrusive to the recipient. They may get upset with the sender or worse... YOU. This will undoubtedly damage your reputation.

It is possible to brand your product like wildfire with a viral marketing strategy if you create a great message, but make sure that you manage your campaign properly. Give people what they want and be careful not to offend them. Be simple and let your campaign spread through all the channels available.
Part 1: Introduction

Brand Your Product Like Wildfire With Viral Marketing

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