Viral marketing is the fastest way to generate more traffic, sales, and select members of your audience. Similar to how viruses that cause the common cold spread from person to person very quickly, viral marketing works in much the same way. However, many internet marketers do not utilize viral marketing techniques, and as a result, they miss out on larger and better profits.
**Definition of Viral Marketing:** A method to encourage people to pass your marketing message to others. You need to "brand" yourself among your target market prospects. Just as a virus can be passed from person to person, so can your marketing information. Moreover, like a good joke, gossip, or rumor that spreads like wildfire, your message can also rapidly reach a wide audience.
For example, create a free e-book or report and offer it to your website visitors or e-zine subscribers to keep your name or product in front of them. Include links to your website or affiliate program within the e-book. Encourage recipients to share the report with others, and you will have created a viral marketing machine. To turbocharge this process, let them use their own brand name and website URL in the e-book, which will get things rolling.
You don't necessarily need to create your own e-books, though. There are plenty of good ones available. Just ensure the information is something your website visitors are interested in, and you will soon see how your traffic increases because they encounter your links while reading the content.
This is just one method of viral marketing. There are many others, and successful marketers often use several together to maximize impact. Indeed, this is how they become the most successful.
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