In a shortened condensed version, or more aptly put, my version of viral marketing is what every business owner yearns for.  Its where you do a great job for someone and they tell 10 people who tell 10 people, who tell 10 people.  O.K. maybe not 10 people each time, but you get the jist.  Your reputation for business explodes because of this great reputation you have built by good ole' word of mouth advertising.

So, that's viral marketing. What I've noticed is that our great place of Downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan is a great viral community.  I'm amazed at how many people know everyone else, know the best places to hang out and have their own little sense of community within the much larger community of downtown Grand Rapids.  People are usually very friendly and courteous and obviously love the attributes of Downtown Grand Rapids with its walkable access ways to some of the best restaurants and hangouts in town.  To the beautiful parks, bridges and scenic views of the downtown skyline over the river.  To just being the hub of Grand Rapids and the place to be.  Downtown Grand Rapids is still small enough to feel like a community, yet is getting the draw of the life of a big city.  Personally, I appreciate it because it isn't as big as some of the other big cities such as Chicago and it's still a lot of fun to be apart of.

Downtown Grand Rapids is it's own viral community in that it's its own community... if that makes sense.  It tends to draw the younger singles and also the babyboomers.  Other people love just to be apart of the action ~ which lends itself to a really good mix of people.

Now, because I'm in real estate, I wouldn't be doing downtown Grand Rapids any justice if I didn't mention the condos in downtown Grand Rapids and of course, Union Square where I have a couple of listings.  I have other ones coming up in the area and are very familiar with the condo projects in the area, so if you are looking in the near future for a condo and want to be apart of this fantastic viral community, you can contact me at anytime at tstone@grar.com