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Flash Mobs Go Social in India

Waxing UnLyrical

What the iPhone is to smart phones, flash mobs are to marketing. While a slew of such campaigns have taken place in India, one that caught the fancy of many is the recent flash mob organized by the IBM OnDemand Community. While there were 200 people who participated, there were over 2,500 views online on YouTube.

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Agency Flash Mobs vs Social Flash Mobs

Laurel Papworth

This post takes a look at how grassroots, user generated flash mobs got hijacked and became agency created, professionally choreographed and danced by hired talent, to flog products. Gobsmacked live audience, hidden cameras, YouTube fame. If married to a product, a viral video ad ensues. Or so we are told. Say Cheese!

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Yelp is Broken and Social Flashmobs Apparently Rule

Direct Marketing Observations

Suffice it to say, the owners of this restaurant, took it to another level via these Kitchen Nightmare Youtube videos. Watching the videos of the show you can see why. Because the buzz of the show, the videos and of what the owners did started to play itself out on Facebook. Here comes my point and it’s about Yelp.

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T Mobile Scores Again With a New Viral Hit

Mindjumpers

Tweet T Mobile is back this holiday season with a new video that has gone viral and generated over 2 million views within a week. T Mobile has, in past, brought the best virals and flash mobs like The Fake Royal wedding , The Parking Ticket Stunt and the Welcome Back.

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How a Video Breathed Life into a Michigan City

Ari Herzog

The beauty of flash mobs is when people come together in public places to entertain others. Train stations and outdoor plazas are typical locales of flash mobs due to their vast performance spaces and pedestrian-friendly hubs. million YouTube viewers to praise the greatest music video ever made. Click here.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way. They got excited.

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The Beast About Strike

Twist Image

The Twist Image team spent over six weeks in training for a very special Flash Mob that took place on Halloween in Montreal. I had too much travel to make the commitment, on the day of the flash mob I was in two big client presentations and ultimately, this event involves two things I'm really not good at: dressing up and dancing.