VIRAL MARKETING IN Social networking FINAL It took radio thirty eight years to reach fifty million listeners. Pre-Cable TV took thirteen years to reach 50 million users.. The online world took four years to reach fifty million people... In under nine months Facebook added hundred million users. For under a $1,000 you can launch a viral marketing and advertising campaign from the potential to reach a large number of individuals, if not millions rapidly and almost effortlessly. Take for example the Blendtec Company, a developer of food processors as well as blenders, Aidan Booth (please click the next post) exactly who installed a series of YouTube videos called "Will It Blend?" Arising our feeling and curiosity of dark humor Blendtec combined golf balls, an iPhone, and also a bag of marbles. It was fascinating to observe a glowing iPhone currently being reduced to black powder and shredded plastic. In a short matter of time Blendtec logged 8 million visitors while sales increased over 800 %. Do not we simply enjoy watching things being destroyed? Burger King released an interactive video on their micro website with a man dressed as being a chicken. In the message bar you are able to put the chicken man and a command would jump, dance, run, as well play dead. You have the picture. People loved the creativity, enjoyable, and feeling of control. Within 24 hours the site received 1 million hits and also by the end of the week 8 million. Not bad for a chicken man.