Using entertainment to build brands and market products has been fairly common with mass medias such as TV. The internet has been more the realm of short viral clips that spread through social groups and even other experiments in short films, animations and clips.
Email is a great tool to promote your viral marketing campaigns and if used correctly has the ability to exponentially grow your website traffic and potentially business.
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