Viral Marketing And Social Networks

Viral marketing is the key to marketing success in the 21st century, and advertising is one of the most important tools in the viral marketing toolkit. This book offers an in-depth look at viral marketing that includes a short overview of its history and evolution. The author provides a viral marketing toolkit—exploring the use of each tool in social media, as well as differences between connected terms such as marketing buzz. Viral advertising, as a significant tool and source of viral message, is discussed in detail with examples of various companies’ viral campaigns. The focus is on how and where businesses can post messages with viral objectives and which consumer segment is the center of the initial targeting initiative. This book is for anyone—students and professors in business and communication schools, as well as marketing practitioners.

Primarily, a review on theoretical foundations and the history of Viral Marketing is shown. Based on this, different definitions were analysed to set up a practical definition for this study. Thereafter, possible targets of Viral Marketing are illustrated, followed by necessary elements of Viral Marketing campaigns and finally by an approach to measure the effectiveness. By means of an online questionnaire, a survey was conducted to collect empirical data. These data provide information about Viral Marketing within social networking sites and detect useful information for the practical use of Viral Marketing. The results of the analysis show the accelerating influence of social networking sites and other factors regarding the effectiveness of Viral Marketing. In addition, specific characteristics which make Viral Marketing messages appealing as well as the preferred types of Viral Marketing messages are illustrated. They help to understand how to create and design an effective Viral Marketing Campaign.

Master's Thesis from the year 2012 in the subject Communications - Public Relations, Advertising, Marketing, Social Media, grade: 1,3, University of Siegen (Fakultat III), language: English, abstract: Primarily, a review on theoretical foundations and the history of Viral Marketing is shown. Based on this a variety of different definitions were analysed to set up a practical definition for this thesis. Thereafter, possible targets of Viral Marketing are illustrated, followed by necessary elements of Viral Marketing campaigns, and finally by an approach to measure the effectiveness. By means of an online questionnaire, a survey was conducted to collect empirical data from which to analyse Viral Marketing within social networking sites and detect useful information for the practical use of Viral Marketing. The results of the analysis show the accelerating influence of social networking sites and other factors regarding the effectiveness of Viral Marketing. In addition, specific characteristics which make Viral Marketing messages appealing, as well as the preferred types of Viral Marketing messages are illustrated and should help to understand how to create and design an effective Viral Marketing Campaign.

In our increasingly digital-oriented world, the vast majority of industries have had to change their approach to maintain success. One of the most significant cultural and commercial shifts caused by the rise of the Internet and social media platforms is viral marketing. Whether you're promoting a product in a hilarious new way or engaging millions of consumers with a cleverly designed advertising hook, viral marketing is a powerful and profit-generating tool that the most business-savvy individuals and companies are using all around the world. If you want to stand in the Internet's constantly shifting spotlight, learning the basics and benefits of viral marketing is essential, which is precisely what this book will do!

Social media and emerging internet technologies have expanded the ideas of marketing approaches. In particular, the phenomenon of the internet in China challenges the common perception of new media environments. Internet Mercenaries and Viral Marketing: The Case of Chinese Social Media presents case studies, textual analysis, media reviews, and in-depth interviews in order to investigate the Chinese “pushing hand” operation from the conceptual perspective of communications and viral marketing. This book is significant to researchers, marketers, and advocates interested in the persuasive influence of social networks.

Viral marketing allows you to receive millions of visits to your website, thousands of new customers in a short time, by conveying your brand/product with minimal effort because it will be others to virally spread your message it. This book provides you with 30 different strategies and tips to be able to create new viral campaigns: using Facebook, videos, greeting cards, Twitter, Reddit, Youtube, e-books, SEO tools, articles and more. Learn how to promote your products on social web virally, reach millions of visitors in a short time, increase your sales and create your winning business today.

Quickly Dominate Social Media Marketing: The Ultimate Guide Top Tips to Pinterest, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube Viral Marketing. Social Media is huge - Nothing in the history of the world has brought people together and changed the face of business like social media has. Reach out to the world and get them to like you.

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