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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The Pop-Tarts Bowl has successfully navigated a thin line between viral marketing and gratuitous gimmick in recent years, providing a sprinkle-laden counterexample to those who fear non-College Football Playoff bowl games will crumble in this new reality of professionalized college football.
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 27 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 27 Dec. 2025
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for viral marketing
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“Viral marketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viral%20marketing. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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