Obviously straight away there was the desperate attention seekers claiming it to be fake straight off the bat, but Nokia have since launched the individual tricks in a separate, slowed down version of the video. Great content exposure Nokia, well played.

As for the branding, Nokia are introducing their Nokia N8 handset, complete with a snazzy camera that they are claiming to be one of the best on a handset to date…I think this was before the iPhone4 came out with high resolution, full HD capabilities and a built in editing suite.

Regardless, it does look like a very good product and this is a great little viral.

Im pretty sure that a staggering amount of people would be over the moon with such a thought. It must be the same feeling a person has when they realize; “Holy sh*t….Im really good at football…Holy SH*T…Im going to make a massive amount of money from doing one of the most favorite things in my life!”

That must be a pretty special feeling

Its exactly what is happening to Rhett and Link.

These two friends started out making some really quality, shoe string budget viral videos. Just as many other millions of people have done on YouTube. But it didn’t take long before the pair where snapped up by McDonalds to perform a stop motion remake on their classic, T-Shirt Wars, which received over 4 million views and counting.

These guys dreamt the dream, and woke up in the wake of its reality. McDonald’s knocking on their door, asking to do a promotional film for them, was just the beginning. They have gone on to work for a vast number of brands and have developed their hobby into a full time, well played production service.

They are creative geniuses at what they do. They have produced over 200 short films, as well as music videos, and have been recognized as “Internetainers” to the world. They don’t actually like the term viral video, but unfortunately that term will stick around a while longer, but I certainly see the point they make.

They are on a rising list of internet stars who have been asked to replicate a promotional film for a brand with their own creative twist. This is certainly proving to be a rising industry and worthy enough to one day compete with the giant of promotional films, Television advertising.

Here is one of their latest productions which soared its way into the viral charts effortlessly because of their huge fan base that already exists.

Essentially we eliminate a lot of problems for busy affiliates, who simply do not have the time, or for newcomers who simply do not have the experience.

Our services are affordable and offer powerful results – Fast. Speed is a vital element in this industry, and being the first to gain that crucial position in the search engines can mean the difference between converting potential buying customers, or losing out to them.

What are these services?

• Website Creation
• Content Creation
• Affiliate Management
• SEO

So in a nutshell, if you are an affiliate marketer, from whatever background – whether you have had previous successful or unsuccessful sites, or whether you are brand new to the game and are overwhelmed by various strategies, techniques and forum advice, MakeMyContent.com will help you.

You have found a product, or a niche and you need to get it out their to sell to the masses. We build your site from $97

You need to promote that site, effectively, quickly and more importantly, targeted to the right audience. for this you need good quality content, that adds value to your work and draws in people to investigate what you have to say further. We generate your content from $10 an article.

Your a big time affiliate. You have got some seriously good product that you need to get other people to sell for you to make even more $. In order for that to happen you need contacts, connections and reliable affiliates to carry out your sales effectively. This needs to be controlled, so that their content is true and reliable, their audience is accurate and they are sending out a strong message for your brand. We carry out Full Scale Affiliate Management Programs to oversea the whole process, and ensure your affiliates have a good working relationship and are providing you with a powerful and reliable service.

This is what we specialize in

If you are going to outsource your work do you really want it going to the cheapest labour possible? How reliable is that? We combine quality with experience. Best of all, its is highly cost effective and affordable.

If you already are a fully capable affiliate, please fee free to get involved with our blog and discussions. Here we would like to keep people updated with tips, strategies and news from the affiliate and online marketers world. It is a fast paced, high involvement industry, and we believe helping one another is a valuable step forward in the world of online business and its various communities.

Photo Attribution

This guy is a serious mover for his age! He is packing some rhythm, originality AND an entourage.

I know this is not promoting a product or brand, but I thought it was worth a watch, if only for the entertainment factor.

If I can move like him when im a grandpa, ill be a happy man!

Big up Gramps!

This fantastic piece of hardware will position you (the player) as the controller. Think of Nintendo Wii, but with better graphics, better response time and NO controllers…

This is astonishing equipment, and a leap forwards in entertainment towards virtual reality.

You can tell from the clips that this is more targeted towards friends and family use, but regardless of this it is still going to be an essential purchase for the gaming market.

This is the first time a console has made the step away from a controller. Using a motion sensitive camera on the Kinect device, it can track your entire movements throughout a room and even interact back with you through voice commands.

What I particularly like about the Kinect is the voice commands. When I was younger I always thought it was spectacularly impressive when a person talked to a computer in a film or something, and it responded…..you can do this now! So mix that all in with the fact that your entire body is now the controller and you have an absolute winning formula.

I think this will shoot the Nintendo Wii straight out the water, people will be trading it in like its nobody’s business and there will be a dramatic shift over to Xbox 360 as the console of choice. Nintendo really need to step up, because they are really being left in the shadows – more so than ever if Xbox take away their younger/family audience with Kinect.

PS3 will no doubt do something similar in the future, but I think the next big platform for the entertainment industry is 3D consoles….watch this space

when combined with a team of stop motion fanatics who know what they are doing, two companies who are looking for some viral stars, and an ad agency who thought the two would make a perfect mix = A well funded and produced piece of online media and you have another example of how people from YouTube and other video sharing network sites have found fame and fortune from their creativity online, and asked to reproduce that for a company viral.

Home made stop motions are great, and I hope they never die out due to the larger corporations funding YouTube antics, but there is something very satisfying about seeing a production that has been well epuiped and well funded, yet ran by the same guys who did it without all that momentum and funding. You just know that they put their all into it when it was free, so an even bigger effort and performance will follow now that it is paid for.

I have attached the behind the scenes clip underneath too so you can see the team behind it all and how they did it. Stop motion is a long, long process. But the finished result tends to be spectacular.

The question is who will step up to the fast lane and take the plunge down the slide, instead of the normality of the stairs and conformity of society.

The experiment is launched on the back of Volkswagens Social Media campaign combined with the new Polo GTI, as it joins the online world with a Facebook fan page and a twitter account. This step up to the online media world is more than welcome by Volkswagen who produce some top quality automobiles. Its a clever viral, that whilst lacks complete originality still has some great aspects, the main being that it is carried out in a social environment where the public are unaware of what is happening. This has proved time and time again to be a winning formula for viral campaigns.

Its a little surprising to be honest because I think its a fantastic clip. There’s a nice soundtrack, powerful slow motion footage of the African culture and attitude towards this World Cup, and of course there is some big names in here from the African teams.

Its a great branding video for Puma but has yet to grace the global viral charts. This was found in the UK charts with only half a million views. Now that is clearly a lot of views but compare that to Puma’s main rivals during these world cup and they have missed the mark.

Its a great shame and I do hope that people start sharing this more and more because its astonishingly better than a lot of world cup ads. Take for example Pepsi’s attempt to bring African culture and love for football into their viral…big names, cheesy production yet it gained millions of views.
This is a powerful production that shows off true culture and passion, great skills and a wide variety of all ages showing how people enjoy, watch, follow and play the beautiful game.

Compare this to Adidas Star wars edition – truly great viral, full credit due. Nike, Write the future – again fantastic viral and the ongoing sharing stats will prove that time over. Puma, The journey of Football….Its a different route to the other two but its the best of its kind.

It deserves better!

I hope you enjoy it and share it round your various social media circles

Not too far from the truth…

This is a collaboration between Nivea, Cosmopolitan and some music and YouTube stars. Whilst appearing to look like a regular music video, you can soon tell by the constant and repetitive lyrics that this is some form of viral collaboration.

Does it work?

Its certainly impressive, and eye catching but I think more time could have spent to promote the brands behind the lyrics. There is a scene with all the girls standing together dancing, forming the words Nivea. They all have glow sticks and a flash of an overhead shot during the video gives a snippet of what the word is. A bit more time could have been spent here, as it is an impressive shot.

So my conclusion is that it is an good video, but an annoying song. The main reason it is annoying is because of the repetitive lyrics and uncertainty to whether they are meaning to promote the brands. Im a little disappointed its number 1 in the viral charts at the moment. But im pretty confident thats due to teenage boys seeing girls in bikinis as the thumbnail – not appreciating the video as a good viral for the brand.

Acted out by Americans, the sketch involves a BP board meeting discussing how best to solve the current problem. This time the problem is coffee spilt over the table…not quite as devastating for sure, but a crisis nonetheless!

This disastrous situation leads the whole team down a number of avenues and tactics to solve the problem. All are thwarted by the impossible spillage and the blame and responsibility is shifted round the group.

It is a pretty funny parody of a not so funny situation with a cheeky cameo from Kevin Costner too. Definitely worth a watch however and with nearly 5 million views on YouTube alone Im sure the rest of the world agrees too.