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6 Guerrilla Marketing Tactics For New Businesses

YoungUpstarts

One of the most memorable campaigns was launched by Sony Ericsson back in 2002 in the early days of cell phones with a digital camera. Namely, cool promotional items , such as T-shirts, pens, bags, or calendars trigger another, an even more important psychological mechanism known as the principle of reciprocity.

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5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!)

crowdSPRING Blog

OK Go is an indy rock band formed in 2002, with three albums released since their inception. How a small business used a guerilla tactic to build buzz and drive traffic. How better to promote a company with the name “Grasshopper&# than by asking their customers to literally eat the business? Patience, Grasshopper.

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