viral video - SocialTimes.com http://socialtimes.com Your Social Media Source Copyright 2012 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:15 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Friday Morning Laughs – Girl Can Say Any Word Backwards Within 3 Seconds Happy Friday, folks!  It’s the first Friday of February and some of you might be a little bummed out since yesterday Punxsatawney Phil let us know we still have 6 more weeks of winter.  Luckily, our Friday Morning Laughs is here to get you through the cold with a smile on your face.  This week’s funny video roundup includes an unusual talent, a five-year old’s impression of some popular brands, a receipt-giving dog, a human jukebox and more.  So grab a cup o’ joe, take a seat and get ready for some serious lolz.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/friday-morning-laughs-girl-can-say-any-word-backwards_b89033#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/friday-morning-laughs-girl-can-say-any-word-backwards_b89033 http://socialtimes.com/?p=89033 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:51:36 +0000 Jun Group On Earned Media: Brands Receive 30% More Value Than They Spend On Viral Video There’s been a lot of controversy around the practice of buying views for viral video campaigns.  Molly Sugarman of Horizon Media said in a Beet.TV interview last year, “Something that marketers don’t talk about too much…is that many of the top viral videos that are on the Ad Age video chart…are paid for.  You can pay for social action online.”  Opponents of paying for views have brought up the question of whether paying for views is really worth it—after all, when you reward viewers to watch your ads are they truly engaging with your brand or are they just in it for the reward?
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/jun-group-on-earned-media_b88971#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/jun-group-on-earned-media_b88971 http://socialtimes.com/?p=88971 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:51:00 +0000 Our Picks For The Top 10 Funniest Videos Of 2011 Earlier this month YouTube released their top 10 list of the most-viewed videos of 2011 and I gotta admit that I was a little disappointed.  Sure, the roundup included some cute videos like ‘Cat mom hugs baby kitten’ and the amazing Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial ‘The Force’, but for me there were so many other amazing viral videos that stood out in my mind from the past year.  That’s why I decided to put together a list of 10 of my personal favorite hilarious YouTube videos from 2011.  I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/funniest-videos-of-2011_b87021#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/funniest-videos-of-2011_b87021 http://socialtimes.com/?p=87021 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:16:19 +0000 The Top 10 ‘Top Video Lists’ Of 2011 New Years is just around the corner, which means that the season for end-of-the-year roundups is upon us.  We’ve decided to put together a list of our Top 10 ‘Top Video Lists’ of 2011, for all the Top 10 list lovers out there.  Over the course of the year we’ve compiled over 50 lists of videos, from the best dubstep videos to the best juggling videos, memorable iPhone hoaxes, Siri videos and more.  We’ve picked out the top 10 of these lists, based on popularity as well as how well they sum up the year’s video trends.  Enjoy!
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/top-10-video-lists-2011_b86926#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/top-10-video-lists-2011_b86926 http://socialtimes.com/?p=86926 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:31:22 +0000 Infographic Reveals What Makes An Effective Social Video Campaign…And What Doesn’t These days, as online video campaigns are becoming more and more popular for advertising, everyone wants to go viral.  But what works and what doesn’t?  Social video platform Jun Group has just released a new infographic that provides some insight into the emerging trends and usage patterns n social video.  Some of the findings may surprise you.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/infographic-social-video_b83312#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/infographic-social-video_b83312 http://socialtimes.com/?p=83312 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:14:20 +0000 How Much Money Do Viral YouTube Videos Make? Over the summer, YouTube revealed that hundreds of partners are now making six-figure incomes, but how much do individual video partnerships make?  Earlier this week Claire Cain Miller of The New York Times reported that it may be more than you think.  Cute videos of kids going viral could be enough to send the kids to college and more, and though YouTube expressly forbids their partners to reveal exactly how much money they make from YouTube, they’ve revealed some pretty nice estimations.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/how-much-money-do-viral-youtube-videos-make_b82484#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/how-much-money-do-viral-youtube-videos-make_b82484 http://socialtimes.com/?p=82484 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:43:12 +0000 The Making Of A Viral Video Hit: Betty White Raps [Case Study] Have you ever wondered what goes into creating a successful branded viral video?  Brands go viral all the time, from Old Spice to Skittles, but what goes on behind the scenes to catapult these brands to viral fame?  I spoke to Steve Terrell, Senior Vide President of Sales, Marketing and Public Relations at The Lifeline Program, to glean a little insight into the making of their latest viral campaign—‘Betty White Raps ‘I’m Still Hot’ with Luciana’.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/the-making-of-a-viral-video-hit-betty-white-raps-case-study_b82352#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/the-making-of-a-viral-video-hit-betty-white-raps-case-study_b82352 http://socialtimes.com/?p=82352 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:14:27 +0000 Jun Group CEO: “Viral Video Is A Myth” “We believe that viral video is a myth,” Jun Group CEO and Founder Mitchell Reichgut told me in a Skype call yesterday afternoon.  What does he mean by “myth”?  Basically, he means that the idea that a video can get millions of views on its own, without a very well funded and constructed strategy or a push from mainstream media, is bogus.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/jun-group-ceo-mitchell-reichgut-viral-video-is-a-myth_b81535#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/jun-group-ceo-mitchell-reichgut-viral-video-is-a-myth_b81535 http://socialtimes.com/?p=81535 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:30:00 +0000 Actor Ryan Gosling Embarrassed About Street Fight Viral Video Last month a video of actor Ryan Gosling breaking up a street fight went viral on YouTube, with the original clip garnering nearly 1 million views and getting more exposure on news sources like TMZ, MTV and beyond.  This week, Ryan Gosling spoke out about the video, telling MTV that he is embarrassed about the video and about the entire situation.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/ryan-gosling-street-fight_b77700#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/ryan-gosling-street-fight_b77700 http://socialtimes.com/?p=77700 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:50:45 +0000 Top 10 Most Viral Video Ads Of All Time According To Ad Age What is your favorite viral advertisement of all time?  Is it the Volkswagen mini-Darth Vader spot?  How about the Old Spice response campaign?  Or maybe it’s Doritos’ Crash The Super Bowl campaign?  If these are among your favorites, you’re not alone.  These are three of the top 10 most viral video ads of all time, as recently reported by Ad Age.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/viral-video-ads_b77183#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/viral-video-ads_b77183 http://socialtimes.com/?p=77183 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:22:45 +0000 YouTube Is Under Attack…By Hunchback Cats! Is it a bird?  Is it a plane?  No…it’s a hunchback cat and it’s running amok on YouTube!  Earlier this month a hilariously bizarre video of a cat, which I’ve come to refer fondly to as, “The Hunch-cat of Notre Dame”, went viral racking up 6.3 million views in a few short weeks.  Just as the viral momentum of that video started to die down, a brand new hunchback cat has made its way onto our viral radar.  Are these crazy cats taking over YouTube?  I sure hope so!
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/youtube-hunchback-cats_b74678#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/youtube-hunchback-cats_b74678 http://socialtimes.com/?p=74678 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:49:41 +0000 Viral Radar: Baby Preacher Goes Viral Again…2 Years Later It’s been two years since Kanon Tipton first went viral for preaching to a congregation at the young age of 21 months.  As the “World’s Youngest Preacher”, Kannon has racked up more than 4 million views and this week he’s back!  Now 4 years old, Kanon is going viral again with a new video called ‘Baby Preacher Preaches Again!’
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/baby-preacher_b74895#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/baby-preacher_b74895 http://socialtimes.com/?p=74895 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:44:12 +0000 Charlie Bit My Finger Sells Out; Now Promoting Gerber Finger Foods When you think of babies and fingers, the first thing that pops into your head is probably the YouTube viral video sensation ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’, which is why it’s only fitting that Gerber is using the hit in a viral video campaign of their own for their Gerber Finger Foods.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/charlie-bit-my-finger-gerber_b74637#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/charlie-bit-my-finger-gerber_b74637 http://socialtimes.com/?p=74637 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:50:36 +0000 Backpacker Hostel Masters The Art Of Going Viral…Without Spending A Dime A super low-budget viral video ad for Australian backpacker hostel, 790 on George, is climbing the YouTube charts this week, proving that it is possible to go viral without spending a dime.  The guy that made the video posted it to Reddit saying, “I work at a crappy backpacker hostel.  My boss told me to make an ad with no money.  This is what happened.”
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/backpacker-hostel-masters-the-art-of-going-viral%e2%80%a6without-spending-a-dime_b74548#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/backpacker-hostel-masters-the-art-of-going-viral%e2%80%a6without-spending-a-dime_b74548 http://socialtimes.com/?p=74548 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:31:49 +0000 Kittywood Studios: The Very Serious Business Of Cat Viral Video Production [Video] The first time the Founder and CEO of Kittywood Studios saw the Internet he said, “The future of the Internet is cats.”  And this was the first time he looked at the Internet.  He didn’t even know what it was!  He uploaded his first cat video in 1994 and now, seventeen years later, he has turned cat videos into a billion dollar industry.  He, and other members of the “Kittywood” team tell their faux story in a hilarious mockumentary, which is going viral on YouTube today.
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]]> Megan O'Neill http://socialtimes.com/kittywood-studios_b74125#disqus_thread http://socialtimes.com/kittywood-studios_b74125 http://socialtimes.com/?p=74125 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:00:05 +0000