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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During the now-viral marketing Zoom call, Chalamet stressed the need to have a color synonymous with Marty Supreme, similar to the strategic marketing tactic that turned Barbie into a pink pop culture phenomenon.
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
There was speculation that J.J. Abrams was actually making a Godzilla movie in the early days before Cloverfield’s release during the very secretive, very viral marketing campaign, but Cloverfield is its own thing.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Our first hypothesis: Is this some sort of bizarre attempt at a viral marketing campaign for a movie?
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Nov. 2025
The Fyre brand has since become a symbol of viral marketing, ambition and the consequences of overpromising, with several documentaries on the ill-faced fest.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
There was speculation that J.J. Abrams was actually making a Godzilla movie in the early days before Cloverfield’s release during the very secretive, very viral marketing campaign, but Cloverfield is its own thing.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Our first hypothesis: Is this some sort of bizarre attempt at a viral marketing campaign for a movie?
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Nov. 2025
The Fyre brand has since become a symbol of viral marketing, ambition and the consequences of overpromising, with several documentaries on the ill-faced fest.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Viral marketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viral%20marketing. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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