I realize that some might consider this basic info, but there are a lot of people new to Internet marketing who might wander by, so I thought I would include it for you.
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Viral Online Marketing - Traffic Generating Techniques
By Jeffrey J Nelson
The benefits of an online viral marketing approach to your internet business can best be summed up in one word - Traffic.
Traffic is what determines the success of any online marketing endeavor,and getting it is every marketers top priority. Viral marketing is a fast and effective way to drive traffic and get your offers in front of a targeted audience. Once the message starts to spread it can grow exponentially and keep growing for many months or even years.
Your viral traffic generating techniques can and should be in a number of different forms. No matter what approach you take, the single most important factor is providing high quality content and information your potential customers want or need. It must be a positive experience for them or there is little chance of going viral. It is also important to make sure all your links are click able (you do not want your customer to have to copy and paste them), do not include to many links so it appears overly promotional, and make sure all links and offers are relevant to your message/product/ affiliate product etc.
Whatever product you use for your viral online marketing campaign you will want to give it away for FREE. You want to make it as easy and as likely as possible your message/product will be passed along, and free makes it more likely.
Some of the most common and effective means you may want to consider for generating viral online traffic are:
1. E-books - This is a widely use method and it works.Write or find an e-book that is relevant to the product or niche you are promoting and give it away. Put a link on your site, offer it to your visitors,your list, or offer it as an incentive to become a subscriber.Encourage everyone who down loads it to give it away also. Make sure it can be re-branded so your customers and their customers can become affiliates and earn commissions from the links to the products within the book. If you are not the author make sure you have give away, PLR, or branding rights to the book. Read the terms and conditions.
2. Social bookmarking sites - If your content is well liked this can be very effective. Make sure you follow the rules as they all have policies regarding being to promotional
3. Articles - Write articles relevant to the content you are giving away and submit them to several article directories. Make sure your articles are informative and avoid using duplicate content. Put a link to your site in each article so your readers can click it and receive their free product or information.
4.Online classifieds - Write a classified ad with a good headline and strong call to action. Place the link/URL to your site
5. Forums - Choose relevant and popular forums that allow signature tags. Check page ranking and number of active members before joining. Know the rules.
These are just a few viral online marketing techniques you might want to consider for generating traffic to your site. Almost anything can go viral if it provides quality content and information along with the right momentum. Use your imagination and you can probably come up with a new method
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