Attempted Viral Video Ad Campaign Implodes
A certain dot com agency went (way) out on a limb and is taking a beating for what might prove to be one of the most lame, and comment thrashed, attempts at creating a ‘viral’ web video to-date. The real proof of any concept is in the pudding and this one def. did not deliver. So, now they are getting rightly slammed for an obvious effort to appear hip and cool (Warning; it’s like watching a traffic accident in slow motion). There are plenty of people flaming about it so we won’t pile-on anymore than that. It was actually this unsolicited response which ‘does work’ that prompted us to post the drama via Madison Ave.
What will be interesting to see in the coming weeks is the defamation law-suit from Subway.. unless they actually approved that file - with their brand front and center - to be uploaded and ridiculed in such a manner.
- Also of interest - so says the machine:
Send a Custom Video Message from the CEO
Nokia is running a nifty little "wannabe viral" video campaign to promote their E61-series smartphone. You can craft a custom message - from a wacky range of choices - for them to hack together and send along to your friends as a memo from the Big Cheese. A little birdieI’ve Got Soul, But I’m Not A Soldier
How do you craft a message so powerful that it takes on a life of its own, passing from person to person without any control or manipulation from the original source? Viral Video! Via: Know More MediaThe Moguls of New Media
As websites created by amateurs remake the entertainment landscape, unknown directors, writers and producers are being catapulted into positions of enormous influence. Each week, about a half-million people download a comedic video podcast featuring a former paralegal. A video by a 30-year-old comedian from Cleveland has now been watched byPhilTube Doesn’t Want to Be Bothered
PhilTube is a viral marketing stunt/video blog in the style of "The Office". The site, which is styled to look just like YouTube, is an absolute hoot. It's the brainchild of PGM Artists, a video production firm run by Phil McyIntre. The HuffPo has more. There's an eclectic range of videos1984 Hillary Web Video Maker Unmasked
With over 18months left to go.. no doubt things are gonna get 'nasty' The creator of a widely circulated Web video portraying Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton as an Orwellian Big Brother was identified Wednesday as an employee of an Internet consulting firm that works for one of her opponents,AP Launches Video Syndication Network
TheNewsRoom is the hub of Voxant’s viral syndication network. Voxant is dedicated to creating an open, global syndication network for rich media news content on the Internet. For news organizations, Voxant’s network opens new markets around the world, getting their content found, played, and paid for on the Web. For
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- Past :: MSN and Time Warner Winning Web Video Ads
