viral marketing
noun/ˌvaɪrəl ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ/
/ˌvaɪrəl ˈmɑːrkɪtɪŋ/
[uncountable]- a way of advertising in which information about a company’s products or services is sent by email or social media to people who then send it on by email to other people they know compare content marketing, direct marketingTopics Businessc2, Phones, email and the internetc2Word Originfrom the idea of the information being passed on like a computer virus.
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