One of the methods that have spawned many success stories in increasing traffic into websites is viral marketing. Viral marketing bring the tendency of a person to share something they find informative, entertaining or amazing to people they know and from there the viral cycle begins. Have you ever been sent a link of a video from youtube.com and then you passed it on to your friend? That is viral marketing at work! This ingenious form of marketing is typically low cost and is a wonderful tool for any company to utilize.
Tell-A-Friend Script is One of the easiest methods in viral marketing and this is a simple programming script that you can attach to the pages of your website. This script is often installed on pages where a media is placed so that a person can easily send the media to any of his friends or family members. A Tell a friend script is a script where a person puts his name, email address, the recipients email address and send the media to the intended recipient, similarly like an sending e-mail with an attachment. As the recipient receives the e-mail they wouldn’t think of the mail a spam mail because he would see the sender’s name as someone he or she knows and trust.
It eliminates greatly the chances of being blocked as spam because they use the information inputted by the sender. This allows for wider spreading of this marketing method. It can be quite sneaky but it is very effective. With the e-mail sent and when it opened by recipient it will be either read, viewed or played. Also along with the mail, a brief description about the company or site that sponsors the media also will be sent. This might be a good opportunity for the introduction of either the site,company name or its products. The along with it is another tell a friend script. When more people starts using a tell a friend script, more and more people will know about the website. This drives traffic into the site and bring the potential customers to the site. Installing a tell a friend script is simple and does not require complicated programming,all you do is copy and paste it to the intended page.
It is imperative that you should be patience in using a tell a friend script. If your chosen media doesn’t get the traffic that is expected of it, it may take some time before it gets spread or shared. But really many people will view your ads and there is great probability that they will visit your site increasing your traffic flow. With this viral marketing strategy you can find massive traffic into your site which could potentially spell profits. This is a simple harmless script that and it gives you great benefits for low cost paired with great creativity and foresight.