You really don't know just how much marketing is involved in the video clips you see on YouTube and like. Here are some of the viral secrets that you probably didn't know (http://www.bharatbhasha.com/marketing.php/123550):
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- To make sure a viral video gets the views that are needed a business will hire a marketing company that specializes in developing viral videos.
- Many times, a company will create a series of short video clips that lead to their own website. Sometimes they will show you half a clip and tell you to watch the rest at their site.
- Not all blog posts are genuine. There are no rules saying that businesses can't write blogs about their own posts. A lot of times marketing companies will create multiple accounts and start debates through the blogs to help jumpstart a video.
According to Wiki:
A viral video is a video clip that gains widespread popularity through the process of Internet sharing, typically through email or Instant messaging, blogs and other media sharing websites. Viral videos are often humorous in nature and include televised comedy sketches such as Saturday Night Live's Lazy Sunday and Dick in a Box; amateur video clips like Star Wars Kid, the Numa Numa videos, The Dancing Cadet, The Evolution of Dance, the «Benny Lava» video; and web-only productions such as I Got a Crush... on Obama. Some «eyewitness» events have also been caught on video and have «gone viral,» including the Battle at Kruger.
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