So over the course of about two weeks, a Canadian folk singer has brought United Airlines to its knees with over 3 million views (and growing) of this viral video: There’s been lots of talk online and in the MSM…
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Chris Houchens
Marketing Speaker + Marketing Author
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my God, they’re throwing guitars out there
Tagged with: canadians, customer service, sons of maxwell, united airlines, united breaks guitars, user generated content, viral, youtube
Posted in marketing, online
Posted in marketing, online
sacrifice your friends for free meat
This month, it will be six years since Crispin Porter + Bogusky took over the Burger King business and started serving up quirky and viral campaigns that have been critically acclaimed by those in the ad biz. Coq Roq, Whopper…
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Tagged with: burger king, crispin porter + bogusky, facebook, social media, viral
Posted in advertising, marketing, online
Posted in advertising, marketing, online
brewed stupidity
This happened today:–Well established local media organization wants to shoot video of the Starbucks coffee for votes promotion (which btw could be illegal)–The barista-in-charge won’t allow interviews or footage to be shot in the store.–Free coverage and promotional value to…
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a conversation that’s happening somewhere RIGHT NOW
Clueless Marketing Guy #1 — We need to synergize our viralness on the web2.0 gravytrain. Clueless Marketing Guy #2 — What? #1 — We need something cool and interactive on the web that engages our customers. #2 — Let’s put…
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Mr Splashy Pants
Greenpeace has been running a poll to name some whales that are traveling in the Pacific. 29 of the 30 nominations are for either mythical, Zen-ish, or new-age-type names like Kaimana, Shanti, and Aurora. And then scanning down the list,…
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Tagged with: bestof2007, blogs, greenpeace, msm, nonprofit, publicity, viral
Posted in marketing, online, strategy
Posted in marketing, online, strategy
