Welcome to the New Era of Viral Shock Marketing

The term "viral" is heard daily to describe a funny picture, video, meme, or social media status update that spreads like wild fire. You can't even watch the evening news these days without a mention of something going viral, and we can thank social media for this. Thanks a lot Zuckerberg! Actually, businesses should be thankful that social media is as popular as it is right now, because clever companies are taking full advantage of these platforms and using them as springboards to introduce the...