viral marketing
noun
: marketing designed to disseminate information (as about a new product) very rapidly by making it likely to be passed from person to person especially via electronic means
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As viral marketing stunts go, there’s a somewhat meta feel to cramming the cast of Severance into a glass box at New York City’s Grand Central Station.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
The Bad Larry Burger Club pop-up grew from that, beginning in 2019 and picking up steam with viral marketing stunts like a pandemic-era burger chute that safely delivered burgers to guests and raucous metal shows.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 12 June 2024
Blair Witch was a global phenomenon, with a viral marketing campaign that suggested the actors were actually missing and presumed dead.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
The cosmetics company has been on a tear over the past couple of years thanks to its viral marketing and its prowess in winning over young shoppers with its value versions of prestige favorites.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
The Bad Larry Burger Club pop-up grew from that, beginning in 2019 and picking up steam with viral marketing stunts like a pandemic-era burger chute that safely delivered burgers to guests and raucous metal shows.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 12 June 2024
Blair Witch was a global phenomenon, with a viral marketing campaign that suggested the actors were actually missing and presumed dead.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
The cosmetics company has been on a tear over the past couple of years thanks to its viral marketing and its prowess in winning over young shoppers with its value versions of prestige favorites.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Viral marketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viral%20marketing. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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