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Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 5 most popular viral videos, commercials or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.
This weeks Viral Friday #1 position......
The popular board game Scrabble, which is owned by Hasbro in the US and Canada and by toy maker Mattel elsewhere, is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a special website, a special limited edition and a stop-motion video.
Scrabble celebrate......
Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 5 most popular viral videos, commercials or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.
This weeks Viral Friday #1 position......
Did high definition video sharing community Vimeo just release this video, in which it shows how to get from simple things to masterpieces (or how to make art with the arse)? Do your rate is video as viral, vulgar or spoof?
So whether you are......
Visa has launched a travel-focused campaign starring internet celebrity Matt Harding, who dances his way through several locations across Asia, promoting Visa's global currency campaign.
In the new commercial Matt celebrates the hassle-free jo......
On November 14th 2008, brewer Heineken has officially launched its first global internet-based responsible drinking campaign entitled 'Know The Signs', to create greater self-awareness amongst Heineken drinkers.
The Crier & The Groper
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Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 5 most popular viral videos, commercials or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.
This weeks Viral Friday #1 position......
Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am is commemorating Barack Obama's historic win in the U.S. presidential election over John McCain by releasing a new song and video, called "It's A New Day", which premiered on The Oprah Winfrey Show last Friday.
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Meet Adam Rucker, a student at the University of Texas and creator of the site RuckitUp.com. Adam and Facebook have been happily together for almost 2,5 years now. But since Facebook has gone through a lot of changes recently, Adam feels like he does......
Feed Company, a Los Angeles-based online marketing agency, has conducted an online viral video survey of 40 executives at top U.S. creative ad agencies and media buying firms. The outcome: faced with a tough economic climate, marketers are seeking ne......
In 2005 3M came up with a unique ambient ad campaign in Canada to promote its 3M Scotchshield security glass.
The company modified a Vancouver bus shelter ad and filled the unbreakable postersite with stacks of play money, and 500 real Canadi......
Comedy site SpikedHumor.com has posted an outstanding re-cut version of the Toy Story trailer with audio and voice-overs from The Dark Knight.
In the mashup, Woody (Tom Hanks) takes on the role and voice of Heath Ledger's Joker, and Buzz Light......
Trident Insurance, one of the UK’s leading Insurance brokers, was looking for a 'sexier' way of promoting the sometimes boring world of insurance, particularly to a younger audience.
So the UK insurance company from Ilford, Essex, came up in......
YouTube finally seems to have shaken up it's advertising possibilities. And that's about time. A few months ago we saw the YouTube annotation Interactive Card Trick that shook up social media communities. Below you can experience a new 'shaken not st......
In March 2008 WCRS, part of the Engine Group, developed for Transport for London the campaign Do The Test, designed to promote and increase road safety to cyclists & drivers.
The campaign centred on an ad, which challenged viewers to count the......
Meet Mark. An actor hired by a viral marketing firm to promote the upcoming movie The Women starring Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing and Jada Pinkett Smith in a totally new way!
Mark (brilliantly played by Ryan James) started a relationshi......
About a year ago Cadbury unveiled its £6.2m campaign for Dairy Milk featuring a gorilla playing the drum solo of Phil Collins' track 'In the Air Tonight'. The original Gorilla advert, launched during last year's Big Brother 8 UK final on 31st August......
After an event a few years ago, Seth Godin e-mailed me a list: how to market a marketing book. I enjoyed Seth's approach a lot. Yesterday I got this remarkable campaign, promoting the new book 101 Ways to Stop Hating Dating. See the promotional and f......
In 2006 the NFL and Reebok introduced three viral-style commercials called "NFL Fantasy Files", which ran on-air, on the web and on Globatrons in stadiums, to promote and drive traffic to NFL.com.
The Fantasy File series, created by Blue Room......
How do you make quality Beef and Lamb top of mind and get people people barbequing this summer? That was the question of Quality Standard Beef and Lamb.
Digital campaign with micro site Natural Born Grillers was launched, with characters Beef......
Nike+ was born as a multi-channel, multi-sensory marriage of Apple and Nike technologies. See the video case study of the Nike+ campaign. The campaign was created by agency R/GA from New York and won a Grand Prix Cyber Lion at Cannes 2007.
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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......
Meet Propellerman, the creator of Mega Bang: the one and only product that boosts your stamina for a minimum of 72 hours! With over one billion units sold, Mega Bang is the number one selling product in the market.
As a young man, he escaped c......
Last week I was at the Cannes Lions 2008, where I enjoyed e.g. the Nike and Microsoft Advertising workshops. I also spent hours watching films, TV and viral spots. This potential vspot from Germany is the best kept secret I took from Cannes.
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Stop motion is hot! More and more videos using this technique are popping up on the internet. One of the best examples is the 'Tony vs Paul' video, which has managed to get over 4.5 million views on Youtube so far.
A trend like this doesn't us......
Recently I wrote at ViralBlog that I felt Google seems to be the cafeteria of the internet and Facebook is like the new and trendy restaurant.
But if you take a look at the hilarious video cartoon below on the social networking wars, I might ......
Nike-owned sports brand Umbro released a viral video as the digital element of its campaign to support its 'Bring it on' football manifesto. The video features freestyle footballer John Farnworth, as well as footage of real fans at football clubs ac......
Is the world's largest interactive photo platform Flickr attacking online video mogul YouTube? Since today Flickr users can add video clips alongside their photos, a much requested and much anticipated feature that has been promised for over a year. ......
Dutch Pizza chain New York Pizza, founded in 1993 and one of the Netherlands fastest growing pizza delivery chains, has launched an integrated advertising campaign with three short 'mafia style' films featuring flour, tomato sauce and a pizza deliver......
As former CMO, former IAB CEO and last 4 years as digital agency MD, I have really experienced the power of Google. Google has disrupted marketing strategies, neutralized monopolies of large brands with huge marketing budgets and has offered small br......
The follow-up to the hugely successful Cadbury's Gorilla advert, 'Trucks' by Fallon's director Juan Cabral and Blink Productions, has been released online. The commercial wil air later today on TV. The music in the much-anticipated sequal is Queen's ......
Pregnant actress Jessica Alba (Jay_eh) had a little fun over the weekend popping up in a promo for a new social networking site IBeatYou (IBY inc.), co-owned by her fiancé Cash Warren and his basketball player friend Baron David.
The online ......
London-based Cadbury, the world's largest candy maker, has revealed imagery of its sequel to the Dairy Milk 'Gorilla' advertisement. The much-anticipated and long-awaited follow-up to Cadbury's highly successful 2007 ad, viewed over than 10 million t......
In this item you'll be able to learn all about the power of viral widgets, what brands are using widgets and what do widgets cost?
The didgeridoo is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians. Didgeridoo is sometimes described as a natural w......
Where most popular DJ's and artists receive underwear from their female fans, Ferry Corsten gets a lot of video clips of people dancing and lip syncing to his world famous tunes. He says he enjoys watching them a lot, although maybe not so much as l......
Judson Laipply, creator and dancer of the #1 Most Viewed (All Time) Video Evolution of Dance on YouTube, has confirmed Evolution of Dance II will be released soon in partnership with Sonos Inc., the leading developer of wireless multi-room music syst......
Coca Cola launched the Coke Zero Game in Germany and Spain. Now the Coke Zero Game is now also available in English.
Coca Cola is launching this campaign around the EUFA EURO 2008. The Coke Zero Game takes way to much time in loading the game......
Fila, the iconic Italian sports brand associated with 1970s style and fashion, has produced a slick and humorous British gangster style viral with cult actors Danny Dyer and Tamer Hassan to promote its Centre Court pre-distressed trainers. The Fila a......
Reflecting the growing influence of Web2.0 on b-to-b markets, Variety last week launched The Biz, a social network that lets entertainment and media professionals network, pitch products, exchange ideas and search for jobs.
The Biz also provi......
I just got a tip about a new viral campaign called Unscrew America. It's a new youth-targeted campaign to get people to switch out their old lightbulbs. Campaign goal is to inform people about energy-efficient CFLs and LEDs - and also make sure peopl......
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 go......
Virgin Mobile USA, the US wireless unit of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, has launched on February 4, 2007, a website to help people learn the fine art of sexy texting and to promote their Wild Card cell phone and text messaging plans.
At Le......
Again a great concept by the Miami creative hotshop Crispin Porter + Bogusky. In just a few years, the CP+ B team have really revitalized the Burger King brand in a rebellious way. An eye-opener for many agencies and brand managers.
Burger Ki......
Finnair, the flag carrier of Finland and fifth oldest airline in the world, has launched an extensive international marketing campaign called "Early Jack" to promote its core brand promise "Finnair - the fast airline between Europe and Asia" to its k......
Do I believe that brands still need a traditional PR and Media agency? Yes Sir! But I am even more convinced that in this digital era, brands also need a Social Media Agency; with brand engagement architects, strategic social media planners, viral, s......
Boston-based Visible Measures, a technology startup specializing in measuring the behavior of Internet video audiences, has announced the acquisition of Vidmeter Incorporated.
Vidmeter, launched in 2007 by San Diego based Holt Labs, provides i......
In November 2006 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flew to viral success with it's Fly For Fortune campaign.
A Pixar alike viral movie trailer was targeted with social media planning and naturally seeded by SocialMedia8 and dominated the social universe, ......
Recently I visited the new office of my friend Ralph Cohen, founder at IceMobile. Today he surprised me again with his e-mail: We are proud to inform you that IceMobile has officially announced LiveCastr at the World Economic Forum in Davos today.
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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 go......
Sexy or horny couples can be well performing ingredients in viral commercials. Just look at Trojan Games, the Cillit Gang Bang spoof or the Virgin Atlantic gay guys.
John West understands in it's Red Salmon tv and viral commercials that salmons, ......
Yesterday billionaire Bill Gates gave his final Microsoft keynote at the 2008 CES show in Las Vegas. In July 2008 Gates will leave his full-time job at Microsoft to concentrate on his philanthropic work for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bef......
This item is about sexy girls, adult content, online video, e-commerce and fashion. Interested? Read along! The most widely known English translation of the Kama Sutra was made in 1883. The book gained global reputation for being the best of pornogra......
Watch Dick Hardt deliver a compelling and dynamic introduction on Identity 2.0 and how the concept of digital identity is evolving. It's a great presentation that web2.0 freaks will really love.
Was this presentation useful to you? Please let ......
Today I did a LaComunidad trend workshop for Microsoft MSN in Amsterdam about online video, BGC, UGC and video advertising. Audience were brand marketers from Red Bull, Vodafone, L'OREAL and Beiersdorf. Other speakers were from MetrixLab and Universa......
Online retailer Net-a-Porter, which sells women's designer clothes and accessories, has devised an ingenious method to drive men and women to its site this holiday season. They have launched their first viral marketing campaign called Santa's Helper,......
You can become the 2008 buzzword wizard! Just learn about Wombagging? This exercise tries to protect, or sandbag, your brand from negative or undesirable word of mouth. Conversational tracking might be a must have for your brand? Improving your produ......
Belgian comic duo Circoripopolo launched about a one and a half year ago the silent short film 'Circoripopolo Goes Airtistique'. The two virtual comedians use some fascinating javascript magic to scale your browser window. I find it beautiful how the......
Daniele, viral seeder at ViralAvatar is working on the Not For Profit Terre des Hommes Italia social viral campaign. The campaign is raising funds for children in Peru, Ivory Coast and Zimabwe. In the campaign a paper toy is the mascotte.
The Ter......
JamesatWar from Fairbanks, Alaska likes to spoof things. Since he joined YouTube about 3 months ago he recorded some hilarious and quite successful videos, e.g. Star Trek Shatner Back and Nickelback Rockstar Spoof. His YouTube fanbase quickly grew to......
Mascha Vang, a hot model and sex expert from Denmark, stars in the newest viral for the Danish cancer foundation "Kræftens Bekæmpelse", to warn against the dangers of tanning. "People need to know how dangerous it is to go to a tanning salon. I've ......
Why is it that so many innovators and internet entrepreneurial people love Steve Jobs so much? Is it because he is a visionair and CEO of Apple and Pixar? Or is it because he is a charismatic leader, very honest and human person? Is it his passion fo......
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 week's Viral Friday #1 position g......
Last week I wrote an article about CadBury's Drumming Gorilla. This morning I came across this well done spoof on Besserwerberblog. 20 year old Wonderbra model and singer Jentina Chapman is drumming like the Cadbury Gorilla. I like it! YouTube user b......
Kodak was the company that really missed the digital era. It built factories in Asia producing traditional 'photo rolls', while the whole world was switching to digital camera's. Missing this trend was a strategic mistake that costed Kodak many jobs ......
A viral video for hardware store OBI is a huge hit in Germany with over 4 million viewers in 3 weeks, according to Hamburg based viral company DSG Dialog Solutions. Although the video is somewhat difficult to follow for non-German speaking intern......
Andy Plesser at Beet.tv did a series of video interviews out of the Future of Business Media conference in NYC last week. See the below interview with Rob Norman, CEO, Global at GroupM.
I have had the pleasure to meet Rob in Marbella and NYC this ......
JibJab, created and founded in 1999 by Gregg and Evan Spiridellis, are famous for their hilarious political animation parody videos. You may remember the Bush/Kerry classic This Land and other great viral videos such as Good to be in DC and Second ......
Since the start of the internet I have been a die-hard community believer. It seems that smart eCEO Michael Dell has read this great community marketing book: Communities Dominate Brands as well? Just take a look at Michael Dell's video where he anno......
In NewMediaAge I read that British Airways has launched a viral campaign starring spoof air stewardess Pam Ann to highlight the quality of its cabin crew. BA crews are featured working professionally while Pam Ann, played by Caroline Reid, causes hav......
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 week's Viral Friday #1 position g......
Recently I wrote about Google and YouTube being slow, introducing 'video ad skins' or 'branded layers' around YouTube video's Now it seems that awebsite owner can embed a special video player into his website and decide what category video's should b......
Today it's exactly a year ago Google shocked the world with the YouTube acquisition for $1.65 billion. Before that NewsCorp bought MySpace for $538 million. Last week we read the bullocks that Facebook would be worth over $10 billion?! I'm a holey be......
More than 40% of US inhabitants watch online video's at least once a week, shows this very interesting survey Frames of Reference done by the Online Publishers Association. I've just read the survey and there's lot's of info about online video advert......
I stumbled upon this list of Seven Deadly Sins of advertising via viral video. The author producer Kevin Nalts took his time to describe it well. His blog Will Video For Food is a nice to read for video junkies.
I really would like to add anot......