Viral marketing is sweeping the internet; both as a means of reaching huge client bases, and helping businesses expand rapidly. When it comes right down to it, we trust our friends’ recommendations over almost any other form of marketing-related persuasion. This friendly persuasion is how viral marketing works. All businesses have historically credited referrals as their best business lead generator. Viral Marketing can be considered a potential for “referrals on steroids.”
Viral marketing is how your business sends everyone’s friends to work for you. The earliest form of viral marketing was the rumor, and it is still in constant use; it’s so effective. But it doesn’t always have to be as straight-forward as the word-of-mouth example.
The Gmail (Google) vs. Hotmail (Microsoft) war continues; and this time Google has really stretched far into the lead.