Buzz Marketing

Buzz marketing is a rather new word coined to describe the way that word can spread about a new and popular product. Some companies welcome, encourage, and create buzz marketing. Others aren’t as excited to hear about buzz marketing. One example of this is Apple, a company known for creating innovative products and software. Because of this, Apple has several fans who are excited to hear about the company’s new, secret releases. One website that discussed rumors about new Apple offerings was shut down because of a lawsuit from Apple, who was unhappy with the website’s buzz-generating content.
Most companies will welcome, encourage, and even create buzz marketing to promote new product offerings. Buzz marketing is so popular within some sectors that this marketing technique can even lead to trouble. One example is the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie, a very small, independent cartoon movie intended for adults. In Boston, a marketing company was hired by the movie studio to generate buzz for the movie, which they did by leaving LED light boards all over the city displaying one of the movie’s prominent characters, a two-dimensional cartoon creature from the moon named Err. However, when these light boards were discovered, they were thought to be bombs, and traffic in Boston was shut down for hours as police tried to figure out what these strange light boards were all about.
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