5 Ways to Explode Your Viral Marketing
by Anik Singal
Published on this site: September 24th, 2005 - See
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We all know that viral marketing can be a very effective
way to drive targeted traffic to your website, but do all
viral marketing tools have to be ebooks or little reports?
Absolutely not…
Before we start, let’s refresh our memory on exactly
what viral marketing is. Viral marketing is a form of marketing
where you get someone else to spread the word for you, just
a virus works.
For example, if you give someone a free report, they like
it, they pass it on to their friends and their friends pass
it on to their friends. Basically the report has become a
virus and is spreading exponentially.
You can see the power that this form of marketing has –
over time it can really build up. But, if you really want
yours to move fast, then you have to be unique.
Just giving away a free report has become too common –
everyone is doing it!
So, here are 5 other great tools you can make viral while
keeping the unique edge.
- Freeware.
Freeware is software with that has your marketing message
in it – a banner, URLs, etc. If you are not a programmer
but like the idea of giving away some simple software, type
"freeware +your niche" into Google, and look at
the results.
If you find a program that interests you, contact the creator,
and see if you can get him/her to add your marketing messages
in exchange for actively promoting the software.
Simple, that way you don’t even have to make your own
program. Or, if you want, just go to any freelance website
and hire an inexpensive programmer to build you a small
little program (this is very inexpensive).
- Surveys and polls.
Many people love to share their opinions on anything and
everything. Come up with a provocative poll question or
interesting survey for your niche, then use it to drive
traffic to your site.
If you can find a “controversial” topic you will
get the most viral effect.
- Tell a friend forms.
Especially effective in niche marketing. Simply adding a
tell-a-friend form to your web site can, over time, significantly
increase your traffic.
Many think that these forms do not work anymore, but I know
from personal experience that they still work. A neat trick
to get someone to use it is to offer them something for
free in return – maybe another free report!
- Your own forum or bulletin board.
Adding a forum or bulletin board to your site can be a great
way to spread the word about your product or service. In
fact, if there's no forum or newsgroup for your niche, you
can create one - and reap the benefits of having targeted
prospects come to your site regularly.
People get their friends to come participate in forums –
it’s a great source of word-of-mouth advertising.
- Blogging.
Creating a blog just for your niche is a way to get people
to bookmark your site and come back over and over again.
People also tend to spread the word about blogs they like
rapidly. Offering your viral products on your blog gives
them a reason to spread the word - plus it helps you get
valuable traffic.
What will you write about? Progress reports and advice seem
to be popular, as well as humorous blogs and running commentary
on current events.
Blogs help build a community and communities are great word-of-mouth
networks!
Well, there you have it – viral marketing can once
again be a bit more exciting than just giving away free
reports. Think outside the box, do something unique and
viral marketing could be your next big traffic generator!
Anik Singal, an extremely successful and young
internet entrepreneur and affiliate marketing consultant.
Anik has developed his own affiliate marketing system that
helped him earn over $10,466 in 60 days – Enroll in his
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