Chicane’s Viral – Come Back And Stay For Good

Written by Matthijs Roumen on March 13th, 2010 | 3 comments

The music industry is getting a hang on online social leverages. In January, I wrote about the way C-Mon and Kypksi crowd sourced a videoclip (C-Mon & Kypski Crowdsource A Videoclip). This time I’d like to write about a great viral video from Chicane.

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Last week I stumbled several times upon this remarkable video. In this video, the main figures claims he’s singing, dancing and traveling around the world in order to gain attention of the love of his live. Turns out, this call for love is actually a clever viral from Chicane.

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Viral Friday: The Twilight Saga – Eclipse

Written by Niels Bellaar on March 12th, 2010 | 3 comments

Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 5 most popular viral videos, commercials, games or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.
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This week’s Viral Friday #1 position goes to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Trailer. This third film in the Saga opens on June 30 2010 and on 10 March a preview of the trailer aired (and got millions of views in a day). The runner up spot is for the BMW S1000 RR: Dinner for RR. BMW has this crazy superbike, the S 1000 RR, and shows how fast it is with the tablecloth trick. iPad TV Commercial completes this week’s top 3. During this year’s Oscars, the first Apple iPad television commercial was shown: a 30-second spot showing us the iPad highlights.

Do you want to see this week’s list from 1 to 5? Go on then, and have a look! We’d like to hear your opinion about the virals. Have fun!

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You + Me= We. Welcome To Social Commerce?

Written by Igor Beuker on March 12th, 2010 | 1 comment

More and more of our shopping is happening online. And in the digital marketplace, shoppers write and read millions of online peer reviews each year, transforming the way we make buying decisions—and how companies make their products. Welcome to the information-saturated world of internet retail. Watch this great video…

You + Me= We. Welcome to the world of online retail that is rapidly evolving from eCommerce to weCommerce. Social media is transforming online retail in social commerce. Online peer reviews have become the new decision making differentiators in our buying process. Advertising has become second best.

Is that why over 60% of the global chief marketing officers want to start their social media monitoring program in 2010? It must be: Over our SocialMedia8 counter we are handing at least 2 digital PR clipping programs or social media monitoring programs per week to large brands.

Viral Video Statistics: OK Go

Written by Niels Bellaar on March 11th, 2010 | 2 comments

Last week was the week of OK Go’s ‘This Too Shall Pass’ (TTSP) viral video. Today the video is live on YouTube for 11 days and in these 11 days the play button has been hit over 7 million times.

And because it’s always nice to have a closer look at some statistics, we thought we’d ask the guys at ViralTracker to show us some. So lets have a look at the graphs and figures, be amazed and wonder what the coming months will bring. Will this one too pass, or will it be around for some time?

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T-Shirt Wars

Written by Daan Jansonius on March 11th, 2010 | 5 comments

Have you ever heard of Rhet&Link? Neither had I. And I suspect the same holds true for 2.5 million other people….until they saw this video. Now they have seen it they are unlikely to forget about them any time soon!

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Rhet&Link are two lifelong friends who form a comedy duo from North Carolina in the US. They are not just a comedy duo thought, they are a comedy duo that get social media. Continue reading T-Shirt Wars »

CNN’s Amanpour: The Power Of The Internet?

Written by Igor Beuker on March 10th, 2010 | 11 comments

Did you ever see the interviews of Christiane Amanpour on CNN? She has really coined the claim: The power of the interview. Beside great interviews, I would also like to tell you why she has also coined the term: The power of the internet…

Where most broadcasters still struggle how to connect users to their show with the help of social media, CNN really seems to have found a great format or formula.

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The Beast File: Google (HUNGRY BEAST)

Written by Marc Metekohy on March 9th, 2010 | 5 comments

Ever wondered how big Google is? Hungry Beast, an Australian news show, compiled a simply amazing video look into the company. Do you still believe it’s motto “Don’t Be Evil“?

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Even though some numbers are outdated as an unofficial Google blog points out, it is still quite overwhelming.

Oscars iPad Commercial

Written by Pernille Hegnsholt on March 8th, 2010 | 3 comments

The first iPad television commercial went live during last nights Oscars.

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Philips Cinema Presents Parallel Lines

Written by Mireille Hakkenberg on March 7th, 2010 | 3 comments

Last year, Philips stunned us with the short film Caroussel. Now Philips Cinema is releasing a new campaign: Parallel lines:

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The video is a teaser film for the upcoming campaign, which will launch at April 7th. Philips invited five directors from the Ridley Scott Association to create five short films in different genres: drama, action, animation, science fiction and thriller.

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Never Too Old?

Written by Eelke Mol on March 6th, 2010 | 2 comments

Who says partying all night is only for the young? This ’slightly older’ lady has taken a (last-minute?) career turn and is now a quite popular DJ.

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Taken on by French producer Aurelien Simon, 69 year-old ‘Mamy Rock’ learned the spinning of the wheels and recently released a single.

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