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Street marketing is a form of guerrilla marketing that uses nontraditional or unconventional methods to promote a product or service.[1] Many businesses utilize fliers, coupons, posters and art displays as a cost-effective alternative to the traditional marketing methods such as television, print and social media. [2] Based on the shifting characteristics of modern-day consumers – such as increased product knowledge and expectations of transparency – the goal of street marketing is to utilize direct communication to enhance brand recognition.

This style of marketing grew in popularity in 1986 when Jay Conrad Levinson published his book Guerrilla Marketing, which paved the future for unconventional and abnormal brand campaigns.[3] Street marketing is often confused with ambient marketing, which is a marketing strategy of placing ads on unusual objects or in unusual places where you wouldn't usually expect to have an advertisement. Unlike typical public marketing campaigns that utilize billboards, street marketing involves the application of multiple techniques and practices in order to establish direct contact with the customers. The goals of this interaction include causing an emotional reaction in potential customers, and getting people to remember brands in a different way.