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Increase Your Traffic with the Blog Virus Part Four

By Tinu Abayomi-Paul

What are some examples of viral blogs?

Seth Godin  has one. (Remember that idea virus download?) He also talks about others that he’s seen. Business Week’s Blogspotting has a good eye for them too. But it’s not just about the big dogs.

On March 8th, Chris Pearson started the Virus and thousands of quality blogs have been affected.

Paul Chaney‘s Business Blog Consulting may have contracted this virus. Nancy P Redford’s Practical Marketing Tips could also have it, not to mention, Marshallk, Podblaze, Intent Blog, Jason Preston, Conversational Recruiting, Abundance Secrets, Just Ask Marc, Language Translation, Tim Bossie, Michel Fortin,, Sales Mindset, and Dan at Vitamin Maniac. I’m sure I’m forgetting at least a dozen people. It basically means that I’m mistaken about how popular your blog is so I thought you were already getting your due.

What’s the Indie Virus? I would tell you but I really want you to visit all the affected sites. Suffice it to say that it’s genius idea of viral blog marketing that you can participate in too.

Tinu Abayomi-Paul is the CEO of Leveraged Promotion, a member of the Network Solutions Social Web Advisory Board, and Editor of Women Grow Business. Her website promotion company specializes in reputation management, and building traffic systems for business. You can find her on Google+ and Twitter.
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Posted On March 31, 2006 | | Tagged | 12 Responses

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Joaquin Ruiz

Hello!

In case you think the virus are real or somebody thinks you have real viruses, scan your computer with www.pandasoftware.com/activescan

regards

Joaquin

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Joaquin Ruiz

Hello!

In case you think the virus are real or somebody thinks you have real viruses, scan your computer with www.pandasoftware.com/activescan

regards

Joaquin

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Tinu Abayomi-Paul

Well Vicki,

Part of what makes it viral is the confusion. That's what leads most people to click the links and go through to the site. I don't blame him for being confused - or else I wouldn't have answered him. But that's what the links are there for... the last paragraph of the post gives you enough information to know it's not harmful. It's meant to appeal to people who are marketers as well.

For me, the first time viral marketing made me a whole lot of money, it took on a new meaning.

Thanks for stopping by.

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Vicki

Does anyone else cringe like I do when you see the word "virus" used in this way. Viruses are Bad Things. Medically, or on the computer, they have up-to-now always been Bad Things.

It's not at all surprising that Brandon was confused. I expect a LOT of people to be confused.

This is as bad as deciding that we're going to come up with some nifty new email tool and name it "Spam".

Shudder.

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Vicki

Does anyone else cringe like I do when you see the word "virus" used in this way. Viruses are Bad Things. Medically, or on the computer, they have up-to-now always been Bad Things.

It's not at all surprising that Brandon was confused. I expect a LOT of people to be confused.

This is as bad as deciding that we're going to come up with some nifty new email tool and name it "Spam".

Shudder.

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Tinu Abayomi-Paul

Hey Brandon,

No. Read the whole series about viral marketing, or go to Pearsonified and read about the indie virus. A smart blogger invented it to get bloggers to help others read more blogs.
http://www.pearsonified.com/2006/03/the_virus_you_...

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Brandon L. Wilcox

im not sure i get exactly what your saying. are you saying there is a virus that people use to get their link on multipe web blogs? they should ban those cheaters.

brandon
http://www.designconnection.com/

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Brandon L. Wilcox

im not sure i get exactly what your saying. are you saying there is a virus that people use to get their link on multipe web blogs? they should ban those cheaters.

brandon
http://www.designconnection.com/

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Tinu

I'm seeing that the links are dead. I'm goona go cook for my nephew's naming ceremony and I'll fix it when I come back to send emails.

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