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Leading the Way in Viral Marketing Study [Continued]
TV commericals, radio spots and print ads are "pushed" on audiences
via a one-way mode of communication. Advertisers can only hope their
targeted audiences stumble upon their ads at the right time and place.
With viral marketing, however, consumers spread the message themselves
via word-of-mouth, e-mail, chatrooms and web pages, for example. When
information travels in this fashion, it's message is spread exponentially
with each transmission. One person spreads the message to another who
gives it to two more and so forth.
For more Information
on Viral Marketing and the Internet, check out the following Articles:
The
Six Simple Principles of Viral Marketing
by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, E-Commerce Consultant
http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt5/viral-principles.htm
Leveraging the
Internet Underground, by Jeffrey Graham
http://gt.clickz.com/cgi-bin/gt/cz/cz.html?user=ffffffffffff&article=1095
'Viral Marketing'
New Online Buzzword, by James Norton
http://csmonitor.com/atcsmonitor/cybercoverage/norton/p-121499pilgrimviral.html