When you use viral marketing, you’re basically getting your customers to help grow your online dropship business!

You can do this by giving your customers something they personally want, and something they’ll want to share and pass on to those in their social circle.

When they share and pass along an offer from you such as a coupon or special promotion or just a really great deal---your referring customer becomes a powerful marketing tool for your ecommerce business.

The principle of viral marketing is very simple and tremendously effective. It helps to boost your sales by utilizing the marketing and advertising of other people through being shared. You can then reach contacts through these people that you couldn’t reach on your own. 

Many ecommerce entrepreneurs talk about building a social community that harnesses the power of viral marketing. But how do you do that?

For viral marketing to be most effective, it is vitally important that you give people something they really like and want to share. 

Make it worthwhile for your customers to make referrals for you! You might give them free shipping, for instance, once three of their referrals opts-in to your email marketing list. Be sure and offer the referrals a nice incentive for opting in, too.

An offer like this could go viral.

Why?

Because everybody gains from the arrangement! 

Especially you and your online dropship business!

Your customers make referrals and get free shipping, the people they refer get a nice incentive for opting in to your email subscription list, and you get increased sales plus more subscribers for your email marketing.

In a win-win situation like this one, it’s much easier for an offer of yours to go viral. Everybody wins, everybody is happy, and it just keeps on keeping on---spreading and spreading.

The more it spreads, the better off you are, of course. 

Try viral marketing for yourself and watch your online dropshipping sales reach new heights!