Viral Marketing: Page 5

Growing a Business

'Alex From Target' Quits Cashier Gig to Pursue Movies, Music and National Tour

In a new YouTube video, the 17-year-old announced he would be going on tour, vending merchandise and pursuing a career in entertainment.

Marketing

5 Ways to Increase the Odds of Your Content Going Viral

It's always a mystery why particular content catches fire but you can make it much likelier.

Fundraising

The Potato Salad Kickstarter and the Art of Getting Discovered

The joke that went viral and raised $55,00 teaches fundamental lessons about how to garner attention in a very noisy online environment.

Business News

The Founder of This Website Is Begging People to Stop Using His Service

'Please stop buying this horrible glitter product,' the founder says. 'I'm sick of dealing with it.'

Marketing

The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating Content That Gets Shared

Creating content is just one part of the equation. You then have to make sure people are reading it and spreading the word.

Marketing

7 Tools to Help Startups Dominate in Large Markets and Compete With the Giants

Use these strategies to focus your effort to go viral, achieve higher conversions and hit the headlines to start building a respectable cash flow.

Growing a Business

5 Ways To Make Your Startup Addictive

Here is how to get your clients clamoring for more of your product or service.

Marketing

5 Secrets to Making Your Startup Go Viral

Here's how you can create a viral effect that will help your product spread via your customers' networks.

Social Media

#AlexFromTarget Likely Not a Marketing Scheme So Much as a Good Old-Fashioned Meme

A beta startup called Breakr is now back peddling from its initial claims that it was responsible for the viral spectacle.

Devices

3 Effective Channels for Marketing Your Mobile App

These avenues bring in predictability in growth and user acquisition.

Marketing

How These Brilliant Digital Billboards Are Delivering a Hair-Raising Message

The viral campaign -- and a reimagined successor in the name of charity -- illustrate the kind of marketing magic that occurs when technology and humanity intersect.

Marketing

How We Drove 10K Unique Visitors to a New Product in a Month

With these five tactics, traffic started flowing to a service that had just launched.

Social Media

What Facebook's Crackdown on 'Click Bait' Means for Businesses

Sellers, rejoice! You now have less voices to compete with on the social network. But be careful not to be branded a spammer yourself.

Social Media

Is Charitable Crotch-Grabbing Stunt #FeelingNuts the Next ALS Ice Bucket Challenge?

Attention-grabbing exploit? Check. Viral hashtag? Yup. Celebrity participants? The floodgates seem to be opening.

Social Media

Why Ello Suddenly Went Viral

The fledgling social network was one of the most talked-about items last week. Here's why.