Marketing your product online does not have to be difficult. One such marketer, invented a very creative method to promote any product without using the search engines. He then bundled his invention into an eBook and gave it away for free!

LUDICROUS?

No - Just an amazing viral effect that proved highly successful.

What is Viral Marketing And is It Legal?

With viral marketing and a bit of innovative and creative thinking, this is not a dream but a reality. When people like something online, they want to share it with their friends - that is called the viral effect. This viral effect or viral marketing has been modified and perfected into various forms due to the flexibility that online scenarios tend to offer the internet marketer. It has become easier than ever to share any website or electronic content with your friends. The effect of viral marketing is so huge that even the biggest of the biggest of companies used viral marketing to promote their products or brand name. Today you rarely see any website without a button you can click and have that page immediately shared with all your Facebook friends - the same goes for other social network websites as well.

If those big companies use viral marketing then it should be legal and highly profitable as well.

How to Get Brilliant and Creative Marketing Ideas:

Research Viral Content: Discover what content is already viral and extremely popular and add that content to your site - if copyright laws permit. Many online content does come with viral tools that actually encourage you to post that content on your blog or to share it on your social network profile. Look out for places like Digg and Blogs that get heavy traffic. Those blogs may display a link to their posts that are the most popular - which is just what you are looking for!

Abide By The Law: Some of those very popular posts may contain video or other viral content that may permit you to post it at your site as well. Just never copy anyone's website. If you want to you can also link to the site where you found out about the content. Linking to that website may give you a link back and may result in a steady flow of viral traffic in the long run.

Hand Out Some For Free: People like to get their hands on free samples. If you can promote a part of your website by giving it away, it may give you huge returns if the freebie turns out to be popular. By making it available for free does not mean it is going to be a huge runaway success. You may also want to create other media based on the freebie you give away. Always try to give without thinking about what is in it for you. Consider giving away the whole product if you can make a profit selling upgrades, or other related products at the back end.

This was just some free marketing ideas that may help inspire you too to be creative when planning your own viral marketing give-away.