Viral Marketing, does it work?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by PPAgent01, Jul 7, 2009.

  1. FreedomOverdose

    FreedomOverdose Well-Known Member

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    #41
    Your username sounds much more smarter than you...
     
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  2. ravi246

    ravi246 Peon

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    #42
    Could you Pm me some more practical points regarding Viral Marketing.
     
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  3. traffictipsnow

    traffictipsnow Peon

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    #43
    people are spreading my blog posts virally and I'm getting traffic everyday from it without doing anything; you need to think outside the box a little and see what other people are doing to create a viral message or video
     
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  4. megaresp

    megaresp Peon

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    #44
    Viral marketing is like every other kind of marketing. If you have a great idea that gets your target market excited, the idea will take off (i.e. people will share it). If your idea is yet another 'me too' attempt to cash in on something that has already had it's day, your success will be limited to your own energy, experience, existing networks and perseverance.

    Viral marketing is directly reliant on your ability to create something people want to share. If you're relying on a payment plan, money making scheme or similar - you can expect fairly mundane results (i.e. same old same old). Such an approach can only work if people have reason to believe your particular system will definitely work (i.e. reputation, good PR, know the right people).

    The best viral marketing these days is done by well-heeled corporates who invest large sums in coming up with fun things that people pass on to others. Whether this does the corporate any good is another discussion.

    I wish you well, and hope you do come up with something new and unique that does the trick for you. You'll also need to give thought to lead generation (landing page, conversion system, measurement).
     
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  5. PPAgent01

    PPAgent01 Banned

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    #45
    Thanks alot everyone for your valued input hopefully i'll be able to manage and come up with something :D Who knows you might see a lot of buzz in the near future, well not see, you'll hear :D Thanks for the luck.
     
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  6. Pinpointcomm

    Pinpointcomm Banned

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    #46
    You'll get exactly what your destined to get :p Don't you worry LOL
     
    Pinpointcomm, Jul 11, 2009 IP
  7. bluexdragunz83

    bluexdragunz83 Peon

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    #47
    I see like many are saying on here it is hard to make something go viral.

    but viral marketing can work and be huge.

    google "IMBUZZ"

    these guys get huge traffic and sales mostly viral.
    when you get their software you "brand" it with your affiliate id and when someone buys from the add you get paid and so does the "IMBUZZ creators"

    use them as a base for your idea and expand just don't copy copying things like this don't usually work.

    I have a few pieces of software from them and it is a great thing they have going.

    good luck
     
    bluexdragunz83, Jul 11, 2009 IP
  8. tjsocr22

    tjsocr22 Active Member

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    #48
    I dunno, in my personal experience watching viral videos that are meant to market a product or person, the product or the person is usually already famous. By being famous you can have a huge advantage in viral videos. Otherwise you have to put alot of effort and thought into making a viral video that stands out among the rest and gets alot of youtube views.
     
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  9. DWDaily

    DWDaily Peon

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    #49
    Yeah, I think we are still on the ground floor for this.
     
    DWDaily, Jul 11, 2009 IP
  10. PPAgent01

    PPAgent01 Banned

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    #50
    The thing with viral marketing is that it can be utilized by anyone and anywhere, no matter which demographic that you are trying to reach, you can go anywhere and everywhere without actually having to worry about anything :D
     
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  11. run-g

    run-g Peon

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    #51
    I think viral marketing awesome,,,
    we can speed up our work, but at first it should be a litle difficult. But it worthed

    you can use this tools for example: tell a friend, blogs, emails, viral videos-audios, article, etc


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    free hot book how you can make money from affiliate marketing
     
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  12. PPAgent01

    PPAgent01 Banned

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    #52
    Viral marketing fars i know depends mostly on Word of mouth :D and Youtube is always one of the best ways to do this :p
     
    PPAgent01, Jul 13, 2009 IP
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    #53
    Yes Viral marketing still work. For viral marketing Affiliate programs are a greater way to make a unique quantity of extra money and draw a lot of new visitors..
     
    mahendras, Aug 1, 2009 IP
  14. stupidcamel

    stupidcamel Well-Known Member

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    #54
    There are a lot of good tips here. I'm working hard to promote my blogs these days. I'll try this method later.
     
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    jaquille07 Active Member

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    #56
    When marketing if you are able to really get a viral affect on whatever your selling you will see a great increase in traffic and sales. I have found it really helpful when marketing all of my web presences.
     
    kbeus21, Sep 28, 2009 IP