Over the past few months, as physical mobility has been impacted, brands have looked online for two important needs:

• Getting products/services to consumers
• Getting brand messages to consumers

For many companies, large and small, a strong sales team was the solution to getting products on shop shelves, and communication to the shop walls.

Now as the offline world is restricted, companies and brands are looking for more efficient and effective ways to reach their distribution channels and their consumers.

We all know how referrals are a powerful source of repeat business for marketing agencies. When a happy client recommends us to someone he knows, we are riding on the trust of the relationship the two share. This eases the process of creating trust with the potential client. And so, haven’t some of our best wins have been through referrals?

But sometimes the referral well does dry up. Economic conditions change, or clients themselves don’t have any further introductions to make. Sometime existing projects haven’t gone so well. Much can impact the flow of leads for marketing agencies; especially the referral flow.

GroCurv, a sales and marketing services marketplace, is in the “stranger winning high value business from strangers business".

Over the past few weeks, its been a delight to see the number of companies coming to our platform in search of digital marketing assistance. Companies old and new, across industries are seeing the emergence of a world where they will be forced to allocate some resources to building an online persona and developing a sales funnel online.

While speaking to these entrepreneurs, we discovered a set of concerns that were almost universal. And here we attempt to answer them in a practical manner so you feel more confident and comfortable about taking the next steps.

In a world where likeability and shareability is everything, memes are the cleverest way to forge great connections.

So what exactly is a meme in marketing?

A concept that can be imitated, adapted and shared to creatively express an idea. It can be a picture, a video or a simple typographic representation. But to begin with, a meme needs to be entertaining and reflective of something that’s current. Wittier the meme, greater are its chances of going viral.