A viral video is a video that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email. Viral videos often contain humorous content and include televised comedy sketches, such as The Lonely Island’s “Lazy Sunday” and “Dick in a Box”, Numa Numa videos, The Evolution of Dance, Chocolate Rain on YouTube; and web-only productions such as I Got a Crush… on Obama. Some eyewitness events have also be...
Summer roared into Wisconsin with highs in the mid-90s which, of course, meant my home office was unbearable and I had to try and escape as much as possible to cooler airs (and beverages). It's just 80 degrees in the office today so I thought ...
The leading UK viral marketing videos in the first quarter of 2012 show an interesting mix of big money production and fledgling original successes – and prove that to be a major player in the viral video world doesn't necessarily require a vast budget. The most shared video ...
On May 29, The Onion presented a satirical article about a Tide video that is "the hottest thing on the web right now!" It pointed out a lot of the things that get overplayed in this video sharing and acclaiming game, expressed in vague, excited ...
The adage ‘Content is King’ is now becoming something of a cliché, rolled out regularly to prove the author’s understanding that it’s not just hits that count, but how people perceive your message and what they do with it, turning viewers from passive observers to ...
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I sat down recently with Josh Warner, president and founder of Feed Company, the first video seeding company to launch in the U.S. in 2006, which seems like many years ago in Internet time. Feed Company is definitely a pioneer in video seeding, having been ...
On July 25, 2007, Mary Madden, Senior Research Specialist for the Pew Internet & American Life Project, said, "Young adults are the most ‘contagious carriers’ in the viral spread of online video.” On Mar. 15, 2012, a new report on the viral “KONY 2012” video ...
This week, we have another tip from our friend and "viral video genius," Kevin "Nalts" Nalty who has many years of video marketing experience. We asked him to share with us a bit of what the creative process looks like for him and what process marketers can follow ...
There's little doubt that compared to their counterparts in the USA, most UK corporations have been relatively slow when it comes to embracing and utilizing well-made viral video as a marketing strategy. However, I believe that the recent acquisition of UK viral video producers ST16 by ...
It's slowly becoming its own genre: put a bunch of recognizable YouTube characters in a commercial and sell your brand with them. If you've gone to a Regal Cinemas in the last year or so, you've probably seen an ad requesting that you silence your ...
Another week, another fresh batch of the most popular videos. Some are from brands--and this week, we have an excellent selection of great branded videos for you--and others are from individuals. But they all have a secret to share... a lesson to impart about what ...
I saw a story coming out of SXSW over the weekend that featured Jeremy Sanchez of Global Strategies and Robert John Davies of Ogilvy, who ran a panel explaining that businesses looking to get into video shouldn't be aiming to become a viral sensation. And ...
You simply can't have your finger on the pulse of the viral video audience--their wants and needs as viewers--without keeping an eye on the current crop of popular videos. Brands and individuals find viral success every week, and each one can help teach video creators ...
Creating viral videos is something a lot of people try to do, but creating evergreen videos that have on-going views instead of a flash-in-the-pan spike is perhaps more beneficial in the long-term. For this week's Creators Tip, Tim Schmoyer of ReelSEO talks with Kevin Nalty, ...
There are a number of ways video makers can get their audience to become active viewers. We always talk about calls-to-action within videos, asking your viewers to comment, answer questions, subscribe, etc. Those calls-to-action get people talking about your video and if you're really good ...
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