Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 10 most popular viral videos, commercials or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.
This weeks Viral Friday #1 position goes to Sales Guy VS Web Dude. Follow this conversation between a sales guy and a web dude, “what a f*cking day”… The runner up spot is for JCPenney with Speed Dressing. This fake commercial won a bronze lion at the Cannes 2008 Film Festival, but the chief marketing officer isn’t very happy. Heinz Deli Mayo completes this week’s top 3. Heinz has pulled a commercial featuring two men kissing each other and apologized to viewers after more than 200 complaints to the advertising watchdog.
Do you want to see this week’s list from 1 to 10? Go on then, and have a look! We’d like to hear your opinion about the virals. Have fun!
The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper) is back with another marketing rap. This time he raps about Search Engine Optimization (SEO): how web standards and proper design can improve the ranking and conversion of pages on your site.
Actually I feel some bonding with the Poetic Prophet, since I have been singing the social media optimization (SMO) song about a million times to brands and their traditional agencies the last 5 years.
What do you suggest? Should I also make a Social Media rap and play that song whenever I enter another boardroom or conference room? Always wanted to become a rapper but ended up being in social media marketing Ain’t life a bitch?
Portuguese soft drink brand Sumol has launched UGC campaign Sumol Best Tricks, to strengthen the bond and create engagement between the brand and youngsters, using video clips with skate icon Ruben Gamito and BMX star Miquel Cardoso.
The main communication idea suits with the concept of self-replication and sharing of ethnical, tribal and social origins. Connection point were extreme sport loving teens can watch and upload tricks is Sumol Best Tricks.
Campaign concept, site and videos are created by MindShare Portugal. The social media planning, social media optimization (natural seeding) and social media advertising (SMA) are done by SocialMedia8. The viral videos’ reach and engagement are measured with ViralTracker.
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Almost a year ago rumors were going that Google was planning to launch a 3D social network like Second Life. I have not seen it yet, have you?
The rumor came from students and from Michael Eisenberg, a partner at Benchmark Capital, which is one of the investors in Second Life. He said the rumor is “Google is working on turning Google Earth into a virtual world a la Second Life.”
Also CNN wrote Google would move into 3D virtuals worlds, and would use its Maps and Earth applications to support its virtual world. And Tech Crunch also wrote about Google’s project Redefine your world with Arizona State University.
Unfortunately, I have not found any news that Google has delivered this full UGC 3D virtual world yet. Do you think it’s just speculations or do you have any new clues for our community?
Facebook and MySpace users will find 30 new VH1-branded animated icons that are reflective of VH1 hits Flavor of Love, I Love New York and Rock of Love.
VH1 taps into SuperPoke!, the ubiquitous social networking application which allows users to send silly virtual communiqués to their friends, in order to promote its upcoming series I Love Money.
Beginning July 2, Facebook and MySpace users will find 30 new VH1-branded animated icons that are reflective of VH1 hits Flavor of Love, I Love New York and Rock of Love– such as an options which allows on to “get romantical” with their friends a la Love star Flavor Flav.
Leading up to the new show’s July 6 premiere will be a four-day marathon of these Love reality series. Dubbed SuperPokeFest, 10,000 users will be featured on-air via short messages announcing who’s SuperPoked who.
Ain’t life a bitch?
