Viral marketing

[TechFox]

Is anyone interested in viral (word of mouth) marketing?

[chris1317]

What exactly do you mean?

From people that have used your service that recomend it to friends and so on?

Chris.

[10 Yetis]

Yep, I love viral marketing... I am a big fan of it in both its online and offline versions (offline it carries alot of similarities to the softer side of guerrilla marketing) and think if done properly it can deliver better results than any other marketing segment, even advertising!

<open cheap plug> For those vaguely interested, I have written about Word of Mouth (WoM) campaigns in the May newsletter on the 10Yetis site... http://www.10yetis.co.uk/newsletter.html <close cheap plug>

The one area of caution I would say about WoM is that in its internet form it is, relatively speaking, still at an early stage of development so you are more likely to find people claiming they can do it without knowing the science, skills and stats behind it. (Getting flashback of the early webdesign market :wink: ).

[TechFox]

What exactly do you mean?

From people that have used your service that recomend it to friends and so on?

Chris.

Yes, but with more technology involved.

[Mathew]

Yes I would like to know more.

Mat

[Rob Holmes]

Yes, but with more technology involved.

Tell us more Mike, currently I haven't heard anything new. So far I'm just thinking of it as the same sort of marketing that has been around since the beginning of time..

Do you have a new slant ?

Rob

[MinuWeb]

We are jsut working on a new product that will bring viral marketing to the hosting industry.....

Using it increased out hosting sales by 250% !! so we have decided to market it as a seperate product.

Watch this space, 8 weeks to launch :D

(and no I won't give you any clues Matrixx ;) )

[Rob Holmes]

(and no I won't give you any clues Matrixx ;) )

:shock:

So you went from one sale every 5 years to one a year? :wink:

Rob

[Webstuff]

Don't judge everyone by your own records, Matrixx, they can't all be doing that well :D.

I'm slightly intrigued though - when I first read the topic title I thought you had a new stance on hijacking peoples OS's ;) Keep us up to date on your product, vshosting.

[MinuWeb]

(and no I won't give you any clues Matrixx ;) )

:shock:

So you went from one sale every 5 years to one a year? :wink:

Rob :P that would mean we have 4 staff for every client, not a bad ratio..... :shock:

[10 Yetis]

In my best "Phil Mitchell" voice:

"I think there may be some claret spilt in a minute"!
:)

[Rob Holmes]

LOL - Back on topic..

Mike - do you have something in mind? - I'm intrigued!

Rob

[TechFox]

I will provide a link as soon as the site is up.

The site will allow you to earn rewards for word of mouth.