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re: Bad viral is good viral

Thomas Heginbotham — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:41:13 GMT

And this eBay item made it to the front page of reddit the other day:

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It had a pack of cards, party blowers, hats, games, invites - a load of Windows branded crap... now that's commitment to the joke - if it is one.

re: Bad viral is good viral

Chris Hassell — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:19:23 GMT

Very true - it's shocking isn't it! Would also be good if you could flip YouTube comments between 'sensible' and 'gibberish'.

re: Bad viral is good viral

Tania Forester — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:42:06 GMT

I think it's fairly sad that the comments and ratings are disabled on these videos. I know most YouTube comments are pretty banal anyway, but the ability to disable them just turns YouTube into a rented space for the corporate website - a bad example to set to other brands who might otherwise be brave enough to go all out and open themselves up to critique. It should be a condition of YouTube posting to let the reactions flow...

re: Bad viral is good viral

Tiffany Kenyon — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:27:16 GMT

I think you are right. Gutsy move to come right out with such blatant uncool crapness, but they could have made an effort to make it sound less like the marketing intern wrote the script.

I'm starting to hate the word "guest" as much as the word "consumer".

re: Advertainment

Chris Hassell — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:06:44 GMT

Lovely stuff.

re: Advertainment

gotnoteef — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:05:01 GMT

ATL might inflate the egos of those who still see the line, but more than ever channels are converging and it is about creativity, strategy and intelligence being applied to communications - right person, right place, right offer, right time - all complemented by brand recognition and appreciation. This doesn't happen through 1 channel only. The line is just an imaginary barrier that clients are increasingly seeing through. Digital is grouped in with direct because it garners a quantifiable response - pure ATL would love to be able to say that it does the same, but it can't provide the numbers - so instead certain elements in the sector protect the line as they see it as their USP. Creativity is not the exclusive product of ad agencies - nor are the crayons and words only there for them to play with. It's just that some of them don't want to share.

re: Advertainment

Chris Hassell — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:46:40 GMT

No, nothing, but the line's pretty arbitrary anyway isn't it? It's more to do with how people refer to it and that seems to be, quite literally, to keep people in their place much of the time. Surely being ATL helps inflate egos?

re: Advertainment

gotnoteef — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:17:07 GMT

is there somethng wrong with below the line?

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re: Lovely girl + comedy + pure idea = viral.

SEAN RUTTLEDGE — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:43:20 GMT

She's damn hawt