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Top 10 Viral Marketing Mistakes
Often people create what they call a viral marketing piece
     when it is nothing more than a brochure and an
    advertisement. It is way too self serving. It has no
possibility of creating buzz. While there is no guaranteed
  formula for creating a viral marketing piece, there are
 many things you can do to increase its effectiveness and
                      its viral nature.
2. Failing to make it interesting enough to pass along
3. Failing to provide incentives to encourage people to
                pass your message along
4. Failing to provide an incentive for people to respond to
                     your call to action
5. Failing to effectively promote their viral campaigns
6. Failing to encourage others to pass it along
7. Failing to send out anything less than a blockbuster
                        success
8. Focusing on a single viral piece rather than a viral
                       process
9. Failing to test and track the results
To be successful you need to experiment with different
titles for the article or e-book; test different ethical bribes;
try different promotional methods; approach different list
owners. Find all of the elements that can be tested in your
     project, test various combinations and measure the
                             results.
10. Not recognizing it is different from word-of-mouth
                       marketing
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Top 10 Viral Marketing Mistakes

  • 1. Top 10 Viral Marketing Mistakes
  • 2.
  • 3. Often people create what they call a viral marketing piece when it is nothing more than a brochure and an advertisement. It is way too self serving. It has no possibility of creating buzz. While there is no guaranteed formula for creating a viral marketing piece, there are many things you can do to increase its effectiveness and its viral nature.
  • 4. 2. Failing to make it interesting enough to pass along
  • 5.
  • 6. 3. Failing to provide incentives to encourage people to pass your message along
  • 7.
  • 8. 4. Failing to provide an incentive for people to respond to your call to action
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11. 5. Failing to effectively promote their viral campaigns
  • 12.
  • 13. 6. Failing to encourage others to pass it along
  • 14.
  • 15.
  • 16. 7. Failing to send out anything less than a blockbuster success
  • 17.
  • 18.
  • 19. 8. Focusing on a single viral piece rather than a viral process
  • 20.
  • 21. 9. Failing to test and track the results
  • 22. To be successful you need to experiment with different titles for the article or e-book; test different ethical bribes; try different promotional methods; approach different list owners. Find all of the elements that can be tested in your project, test various combinations and measure the results.
  • 23. 10. Not recognizing it is different from word-of-mouth marketing
  • 24.
  • 25.