Please restrain yourself from spamming! Trying to oblige and induce people to forward any of your information to their family and friends in exchange for incentives or using bribery has already been tagged as bad-taste. People nowadays, see this kind of persuasion as dishonest and downright wicked or just plain trickery. Worse is when the emails you forwarded to their family and friends do not even mention of concerns that relates to any of them at all. Simply put, if it does not interest them personally then it is really not much to bother for.
A really excellent and legal way of doing a viral marketing campaign is when your employed method would not have to make use of ridiculous bribes and fake promises simply because your customers are more than willing to share the information you gave them to their family and friends. This is how viral marketing should be done. You need not have to use black magic to make viral marketing work wonders for your business.
Viral marketing No-no’s:
A mere suggestion or request to forward your email to your customers’ mailing list simply would not work at all. A line at the bottom of your email telling them to spread the new will most likely end up getting deleted.
Effective Tips in Viral Marketing
Offer incentives such as coupons and product discounts that are worth sharing to others. You can also add useful information that is interesting enough but always in relation to the product you are selling or promoting. You may also include premium services or run a raffle or sweepstakes together with your emails.
The information you attach or include in your email may contain studies or scientific researches that are very informative and understandable. Be creative in your email contents by allowing for interactions from your receivers like a quiz or test. The idea is to make forwarding your emails fun and worth your readers time.
Jokes and cartoon skits are mostly the ones being forwarded to family and friends. Try to add as much entertainment to your marketing method as you can. People love to share funny moments, so go ahead and use this to your advantage.
Make use of internet technologies and advancements like video clips and vibrant images.
Be honest with your presentations. Do not misrepresent your business by giving out false hope and information. Bad publicity will soon take its toll on your business.
Nice sharing about going viral. I am with you 100% when you wrote ” Be honest with your presentations. ” Being genuine on the virtual plane makes a huge difference. Besides, we don’t want to do business with someone who has credibility issues. Just my $.002.
I agree, thanks for sharing those cents lol