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GUERRILLA MARKETING GuerDilla  marketing  is  an  adverYising  stDategE  in  which  low-­?cost,  unconventional   means  such  as  gDa?ti,  ?ash  mobs  etc  are  used.  Some  such  methods  are  –       •? Tissue-­?pack  marketing  –  In  Japan,  Cos  use  small,  porYable  tissue  packages  to   move   adverYising   copies   directly   into   consumers’   hands.   While   the   tDaditional   ?yers   are   o?en   discarded   without   being   read   or   simply   not   accepted,  these  tissues  add  fGnctionalitE  to  the  adverYisement.   •? Undercover  Marketing  (stealth  marketing)  –  Customers  do  not  realise  they   are  being  marketed  to.  Eg:  In  2002,  Sony  Ericson  hired  60  actors  in  10  cities   and  had  them  accost  stDangers  and  ask  them,  “Would  you  mind  taking  my   pictGre?”   The   actor   then   handed   them   a   brand   new   phone   while   talking   about  how  cool  the  device  was.   •? Grassroots  marketing  –  To  target  in?uential  people  or  gDoups  and  count  on   them   to   spread   the  word   about   the   product.   A   book   author   can   send   Bee   books  to  Amazon's  top  reviewers  in  hopes  that  they'll  post  favorable  reviews   about  the  book  which  will  then  a^Dact  more  readers,  and  buyers  instead  of   mass  marketing  to  random                                                                                                                        -­?  Akansha  Prakash  (BMS  1),  Anjana  Iyer  (BMS3)   YOURSELF! Voted  as  ‘the  celebs  of  BMS!’  EverEone   knows  them  for  a  stDong  brand  they’ve   unknowingly  created  for  themselves.   Chopra’s  presentation  skills  and  Nikita’s   quizzing  aptitGde  totally  de?ne  them  and   Ritika   ???Kp?x?$0??T?0? ?0?]8?&\?0???0?H0??\?0??0?\?0?X??H0?[HH0??Z?]H0??X?[ p?x?$0??T?0? ?0???