Perhaps, you have reached an eBay item with this as a title: Lot of pokemon cards that my kids tried to sneak by me. Kinda' usual right? But that eBay item was sold for $142. Now that makes it extraordinary!

The secret behind the success is nothing less than viral marketing. Viral marketing is known for its exponential growth capabilities. And what made the $2 pack of Pokemon cards such a hit to make a mom sell it for $142? Well, word of mouth, e-mails, exchange links, and more... Finally, the item became a runaway success. And that's what viral marketing is all about.

Now what made the readers pass the story to their friends for it to become a sure hit? The magic ingredient is the eBay seller's writing skills. The seller's intensive and dramatic yet hilarious story explaining how her 6 kids conspired to put the Pokemon cards in her shopping cart made them such a hot item on eBay.

If you have a remarkable writing skill, show it off, viral marketing could pretty well lead you to top search engine rankings and overwhelming web traffic the way it did to the Pokemon cards.