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guerrilla marketing

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An advertising strategy that uses unconventional interactions in order to promote a product or service.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Popularized by American ad executive and business writer Jay Conrad Levinson in Guerrilla Marketing (1984).

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: sissimarkkinointi — type of advertising strategy
  • Polish: marketing partyzancki — type of advertising strategy