Secret revealed from viral marketing clowns

posted by joedirt

1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 379 views

Ok, so they aren't really clowns, but you know which expletives to use. For some reason douchebag is probably not proper language for a title, but hey, this is the internets.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/22/the-secret-strategies-behind-many-viral-videos/

Tips to be your own viral assclown: (or how to spot them)
6. Commenting: Having a conversation with yourself
8. Strategic Tagging: Leading viewers down the rabbit hole

(This last one is a great tip. Instead of relevant tags, they use unique ones to their product line and control the "related" videos so instead of clicking to get away from their viral ad, you click into more and more of their "content". When sifting for such sleazebag posts, this might be a helpful tip.)

3 Comments

choggie

says...

Ahhhhh, systems of monkey control and exploit....we really like this one....

"We start new threads and embed our videos. Sometimes, this means kickstarting the conversations by setting up multiple accounts on each forum and posting back and forth between a few different users. Yes, it’s tedious and time-consuming, but if we get enough people working on it, it can have a tremendous effect."

.....thousands of monkeys on thousands of keyboards, flat-assed, coked to the gills, (or stoned in feddy's case), sleep-deprived, tech-addicted, neer-do-wells....get some fresh-air, fer crissakes, and learn to use some basic hand tools, a goddamn fountain pen, or I know!!...Volunteer down to the homeless shelter, to get a good idea of what life'll be like on the other end a lookin' pretty, and being able to focus on the written word without new corneas.....