If you haven’t guessed it yet, this video can me modified for anyone’s name. A great piece of viral content if you ask me, because everyone who enters their name is going to want to share it with their friends and then those friends are going to share it with their friends, etc.
Check it out, enter your name and share with your friends and family.
This is a great viral video because it focuses on you, all of you.
Actually, the video reminds a lot of that cover of the Time’s Magazine from a few years back, remember this one?
In the new information world everyone is the media, everyone has the power of broadcasting, everyone is the center of attention, and everyone is the news (or is in it).
For those of you who haven’t seen the tropic of thunder “viral” video here it is. I think they did a great job with this. My comments follow after the video. I am very curious to hear what you think.
I laughed so hard I almost started to cry. I found it clever that they played off of a few typical characteristics of many of todays viral videos.
filmed with a cell phone camera to give it an authentic look
had some sort of physical damage involved
relied on suggestions from a younger generation, especially when Ben Stiller tried to “tap into” his nephews head. Many marketers today are trying to do this
What are some of the things you liked/disliked about the video? Would you share this video with your friends/family/coworkers?
There are a lot of people out there talking about creating viral videos, viral blogs, viral children (kidding), etc. Well what does viral really mean? I used to work at an agency that put up a video of a dog chewing on a stuffed animal polar bear, they called the video “dog versus [...]
There is a video series on YouTube called “You Suck at Photoshop.” In these video tutorials Donnie walks through a few tips and tricks in Photoshop. Nothing special, right? Wrong, these videos collectively, have a few million views. All these people tune in just to watch someone tinker around with Photoshop [...]
Jacob Morgan is the Principal of Chess Media Group, a social business consultancy. Jacob works with clients on developing internal (Enterprise 2.0) and external social business strategies. He is also the co-author of Twittfaced, a social media 101 book for business. If you enjoy traveling be sure to check out Jacob's travel blog.
TwittFaced: Your Toolkit for Understanding and Maximizing Social Media
Twittfaced is a social media 101 book for businesses and individuals. The book looks at various tools and platforms and explains what they are and how they can be used to grow your business. The book also covers strategies and ideas on how to manage a social media presence and how to identify objectives and metrics to achieve results. Chris Brogan, Brian Solis, and Olivier Blanchard are also contributors to the book.
