Posts tagged Viral
Virgin Media 50 Meg Broadband video – hit or miss?
Aug 24th
Have you ever watched a video with 100,000 views on YouTube and thought to yourself: “How the hell did that video get so many views?” Chances are pretty good that this didn’t happen naturally, but rather that some company worked hard to make it happen.
I was recently tipped me off about Virgin’s latest video for their 50 Meg broadband, which went viral last week, clocking up over 10,000 views at the week-end.
I have to admit that I hated this video the first time I watched it, but I’ve warmed up to it, and I believe it is a viral More >
The T-Mobile Dance
Jan 28th
Not brand new news, but something I’d like to share with my non-UK readers as it put a smile on my face
T-Mobile recently organised a flashmob at Liverpool Street, where dancers took over the station and started seriously ‘shaking it’
In terms of SEO and organic social media coverage, T-Mobile did really well, and the video on their YouTube channel has almost had 2 million hits! G1 anyone?
I’ve been saying for a while that YouTube is not currently being used by brands to its full potential but T-Mobile have done a fantastic job with their Life’s for Sharing channel that includes behind More >
A few thoughts on seeding programmes
Feb 6th
Steve at VCCP asked me a while back how I felt about the 3 Skypephone seeding programme. The timing is perfect to share my thoughts as I have just agreed to take part in another seeding programme…
1) Pitch it right
In case you didn’t know, my name is not Darryl and no I don’t live in the US! I am not quite sure how I would be able to blog about a US product when I don’t have any knowledge of the market… Read my blog (or at least pretend to read it!) and understand what makes me tick and More >
Don’t mess with the French President! (the best viral ever!)
Jan 30th
Ryanair has landed in hot waters again…
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s spokesman on Monday assailed as “unacceptable” an ad campaign for budget airline Ryanair featuring a picture of the French leader and his girlfriend Carla Bruni.
In the advertisement published in the popular daily Le Parisien, Bruni and Sarkozy are seen smiling dreamily as a caption next to Bruni reads: “With Ryanair, my whole family can come to my wedding.”
Elysee spokesman David Martinon said: “We are looking at all possible legal venues because this is unacceptable.
“Ryanair’s market director for France, Matthieu Glasson, apologised for offending the president and said he was surprised More >
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