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  • An Awesome Simple Effective Viral Email Idea

    viral emailviral emailI read a great email a while back. It gave an awesome idea of how to take advantage of those certain emails that we all get 20 a day of, mostly jokes.

    You know when you scroll down to the bottom of some emails, you’ll often see a link to HotMail, Yahoo or whoever the webmail provider is? Basically any free email provider will have their ad at the bottom of outgoing emails, right?

    Wouldn’t it be cool to have your link there?

    It would be fantastic!

    Of course, how useful this technique is really does depend on your niche, but as long as you’ve got a fairly wide appeal - I can’t see a reason why you should pass up this opportunity to get your link in front of some prospective customers.

    So the next time you get one of those emails, edit the link at the bottom and include a resource box with your ad in. Make sure you use a tracking link so you can see exactly how effective it is, and then send on the email to all your friends.

    Then, just sit back and watch the viral traffic roll in!

    I definitely want to know if you try this and how well it works for you; enjoy!

    Never stop pushing forward!
    Dennis

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    This entry was posted on Friday, December 7th, 2007 at 5:00 am and is filed under Email Marketing Tips, Viral Marketing Tips. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

     

    17 Responses to “An Awesome Simple Effective Viral Email Idea”

    1. Ian N Says:

      Sounds like quite a good idea, especially if the e-mail becomes quite popular and does the rounds.

      The only problem is I’m too lazy to forward those type of e-mails! Even if it means I don’t get to see the special hidden Microsoft menu after I do it! :-D

    2. Dennis Says:

      LOL so true.

      I know what you mean about being lazy or not enough time, but this is something that could actually be worked into a plan.

      If you get a decent amount of forwardable emails, just make a folder for them; then maybe once or twice a week, send them on :-)

    3. Ian N Says:

      I’m definitely gonna give this a go in the coming weeks. If it gets some good results I’ll post about it and let you know the outcome.

      Now, I just need to be more social in order to get sent more e-mails!

    4. Dennis Says:

      Definitely let me know how this works out!

    5. coozies Says:

      the easiest thing to do is make a signature, and set it to apply to all the emails

      just delete the ones that yahoo, msn ect use

      but am I the only one who finds the ones that yahoo puts in annoying???

    6. Dennis Says:

      Dang Coozies, I could swear I responded to this. Sorry!

      I totally agree with you on the Yahoo BS. Their way of trying to get people to upgrade I suppose.

    7. Tiffany Says:

      This can be very effective. Three years ago when I started my Trinkies Charms business. I went searching for jokes and funny pictures, anything I knew was funny enough that someone would forward it and I of course put my siggy (cool lookin’ banner included) on everyone of them.

      With no money at the time to advertise my site, this was one of the best things I did for it and the response was amazing.

      Tiffanys last blog post..Where do you want to be in life?

    8. Dennis Says:

      Hey Tiffany, thanks for the first hand account, that’s awesome! :-)

    9. Mirjam Says:

      LOL I´m gonna follow this thread and see if more people actually got something out of this method, for now I am just deleting those forwarded emails without even opening them … man…. have I been throwing away money for all these years?!?! ROFL

    10. Dennis Says:

      LOL possibly!

      I’m still trying to figure out a cool method for tracking email links….anyone got ideas?

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    12. Gerry from GerryWalter.com Says:

      Yes - this is a great idea.

      Viral traffic through email will send you a good amount of traffic. Just get some editing software and add your web address.

      This will make a big difference to your stats.

      I also wrote about this on my blog. Check it out.

      http://gerrywalter.com/viral-traffic-ideas/viral-pictures-photos-for-more-traffic/

      Gerry from GerryWalter.com´s last blog post..31 Ways To Generate Website Traffic Using Offline Methods

      Dennis Edell Reply:

      @Gerry from GerryWalter.com, Hi welcome to the community!

      Thanks for the link, the photo idea is awesome too. For that you would need editing software, yes. Text links are a great place for beginners to start to get their feet wet. :)

      Gerry From GerryWalter.com Reply:

      @Dennis Edell,

      No problem Dennis ! Thanks for the welcoming greeting.

      Can’t say I have had that before.

      Very Impressive ! Keep up the excellent work !

      Gerry From GerryWalter.com´s last blog post..Content Is King, Produce More Content Get A Lot More Website Traffic

      Dennis Edell Reply:

      @Gerry From GerryWalter.com, No problem my friend, personal touches is what it’s all about, and thanks!

      I’ve been on your blog some, good work. :)

      Hope to see you around more often!

    13. SpeannaPreany Says:

      Hello, I can’t understand how to add your blog ( http://www.directsaleswebmarketing.com ) in my rss reader

      Dennis Edell Reply:

      @SpeannaPreany, Thanks for the interest. :)

      In the middle box at the top of the blog is a link that says “subscribe by reader” - just click it and pick your reader. ;)

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